Ole and Sven and dere families live in da voods & share da same outhouse. Vun day Sven comes to Ole & says, "Ole, I got some bad news, eh? Da outhouse is full up an' ve should do sometin' about it." Ole tinks fer a minit an' says, "Ya know, Sven, I don't much wanna shovel dat stuff outa dere. Ya know dat I usta verk fer da iron mines down dere in Visconsin. I usta set da charges dat vould blast da ore out. I tink I could set up a charge under da outhouse, blow all da crap outa dere an' leave da outhouse standin' pretty as ya please. "Vell, Ole," says Sven, " if you could do dat, you vould be a God!" So dey go off to get da dynamite to do da yob. Dey come back an' Ole sets da charge yust so. Sven an' Ole are stretchin' out da ignition cable into da voods and disappear behind da trees yust as Ole's vife, Lena, comes outa da house headin' fer da outhouse. Yust as she gets inside an' settles down Sven an' Ole set off da charge. BOOOOOOOM!!!! an all da mud under da outhouse goes blastin' out into da voods. Ven da dust settles dey see dat da outhouse is standin' dere yust like Ole promised. Yust den da door flies open an' Lena stumbles outa da outhouse coughin' an' beatin' da dust offa her an' mutters, "Geez, I'm glad I didn't do dat in da house!!"

Sven walked to the outhouse and found Ole standing there staring down the hole.
Sven asked Ole what was wrong and Ole told him he lost a dime down there.

Sven asks, "Vat ya gonna do?

Ole pulls out a $10 bill and drops it down the hole.

Sven yells, "Ole! Are you nuts?"

Ole replies. "You don't think I'd go down there for just 10 cents, do ya?"

An elderly neighbor lady from my childhood (now long-gone, both the lady and my childhood) told of the time when she was young and they had a new outhouse pit dug. She and her siblings were running and jumping over the as-yet open former long drop. In doing so, she lost her bonnet into the abyss. The hired man rather clumsily retrieved it with a rake, smearing it in the process, which garnered him a sound verbal thrashing from my neighbor's mother.