Two brothers, farm boys, go to an auction one day and each buys a pig. When they get home, the younger boy turns to his brother and asks, "How are we going to know who owns which pig?"
The older brother says, "I'll cut one of the ears off my pig, and then we can tell 'em apart."
This works fine until a couple of weeks later when the younger boy storms into the house.
"Your pig has chewed the ear off of my pig," he says. "Now we got two pigs with only one ear each. How we gonna tell who owns which pig?"
"Well," says the older brother, "I'll cut the other ear off my pig. Then we'll have two pigs and only one of them will have an ear."
Again this works fine until a couple of weeks later when the younger brother again storms into the house.
"Now your pig has chewed the other ear off my pig," he says. "Now we got two pigs with no ears. How we gonna tell who owns which pig?"
"Ah, this is serious," says the older brother. "I'll tell you what I'll do. I'll cut the tail off my pig. Then we'll have two pigs with no ears, and only one with a tail."
Another couple of weeks go by, and you guessed it, the younger boy storms into the house once more.
"Your pig has chewed the tail off my pig, and now we have two pigs with no ears and no tails. How are we going to tell them apart now?"
"Ah, I give up," says the older brother. "How's about you have the black one, and I'll have the white one."
