Once the 13-year-old girls had all the cactus needles pulled out, Emmett referred them to Doctor Quinn, Medicine Woman, for further treatment. He was returning his pliers to the toolshed--and wondering about the little guy on the flying bicycle who passed overhead--when a graybearded gentleman walked up and asked him, "Sir, would you have a pair of wire cutters I could borrow just for a moment?"
"Reckon as how I do," said the gunslinger, fetching them. "What ya need 'em for?"
"Just this," replied the bearded man, a former sailor to judge by his way of walking. He brought a long-stemmed yellow rose into view, and used the wire cutters to clip off each and every thorn from the stem, then returned the tool with his thanks, adding: "I'm going to be asking a certain beautiful Dutch woman to dance a tango with me, holding this rose in her teeth, and I don't want her to hurt her mouth."
Emmett nodded. "I see. And is the rose yellow because you're from Texas?"
"I was once stationed in Texas, and I love that state," explained the Navy retiree; "but the reason for the color choice is that a yellow rose is for friendship. I wouldn't want the Dutch lady to feel pressured by my bringing her a RED rose too soon. She's a very good and refined lady, who deserves to be treated with an extra lot of respect."
"That sounds good," said the gunslinger approvingly. "If anything, it sounds TOO good. Where's the joke in it?"
"No joke," the bearded man admitted. "But even in THIS thread, I like to promote a bit of chivalry; that's why I invited YOU into this thread, because you were so chivalrous in your movie."