Cowboy: First you make your lasso. Then you throw it.
City slicker: Than I throw it?
Cowboy: Well, how-dy! Don't tell me you don't know when to use "than" and "then"!
Cowboy: Recognizing the difference between "than" and "then" is tougher than a $2 steak ...
... but it's something that every cowboy's just gotta learn.
Cowboy: "Than" is used when making comparisons.
"Then" is used when referring to time or a sequence of events.
City slicker: This is tough.
Cowboy: Yessiree, but if you keep confusing "than" and "then", then you'll keep looking like a big galoot.
Well, then. Let's run through this one more time.
City slicker: So, first I make a lasso, then I throw it ... and then what happens?
Cowboy: Other than that, you just have to tame this wild mustang with nothing more than your bare hands.
City slicker: Oh ...
Cowboy: And I'd be careful. She looks meaner than a bag of rattlesnakes.
Cowboy: Uh, that's meaner than something real mean.
City slicker: Lasso, then throw, then tame a wild mustang with nothing more than my bare hands ...
[horse snorts and stamps her hoof]
City slicker: Whoa! Whooooooooa! .... Ow!
Cowboy: And another chucklehead stops confusing "than" and "then".
City slicker: I'm OK ...