Alligator Shoes

An Army Ranger was on vacation in the depths of
Louisiana and he wanted a pair of genuine alligator shoes in the worst
way, but was very reluctant to pay the high prices the local vendors
were asking.
After becoming very frustrated with the "no
haggle" attitude of one of the shopkeepers, the Ranger shouted, "maybe
I'll just go out and get my own alligator so I can get a pair of shoes
made at a reasonable price!"
The vendor said, "By all means, be my guest.
Maybe you will run into a couple of Marines who were in here earlier
saying the same thing."
So the Ranger headed into the bayou that same
day and a few hours later came upon two men standing waist deep in the
water.  He thought, "those must be the two Marines the guy in town was
talking about."  Just then, the Ranger saw a tremendously long gator
swimming rapidly underwater towards one of the Marines.
Just as the gator was about to attack, the
Marine grabbed its neck with both hands and strangled it to death with
very little effort.  Then both Marines dragged it on shore and flipped
it on its back.  Laying nearby were several more of the creatures.
One of the Marines then exclaimed, "Damn,  this
one doesn't have any shoes either!"