Fw: HUMOR: The Bar Bet
-----Original Message----- From: Jim Pellmann <jgp@Rational.Com> To: Offsite_Humor@Rational.Com <Offsite_Humor@Rational.Com> Date: Wednesday, February 18, 1998 4:50 PM Subject: HUMOR: The Bar Bet > >--- Forwarded mail from "Oracle Service Humor Mailing List" ><oracle-humor@lyris.oraclehumor.com> > >Date: Sat, 14 Feb 1998 23:13:13 -0500 >To: "Oracle Service Humor Mailing List" <oracle-humor@lyris.oraclehumor.com> >From: "Oracle Service Humor Mailing List" <oracle-humor@lyris.oraclehumor.com> >Subject: HUM: The Bar Bet (**1/2) >Reply-To: "Oracle Service Humor Mailing List" ><oracle-humor@lyris.oraclehumor.com> > >The local bar was so sure that its bartender was the strongest man >around that they offered a standing $1000 bet. > >The bartender would squeeze a lemon until all the juice ran into a >glass, and hand the lemon to a patron. Anyone who could squeeze one >more drop of juice out would win the money. > >Many people had tried over time (weightlifters, longshoremen, etc.) but >nobody could do it. > >One day this scrawny little man came in, wearing thick glasses and a >polyester suit, and said in a tiny, squeaky voice, "I'd like to try the >bet." > >After the laughter had died down, the bartender said OK, grabbed a >lemon, and squeezed away. Then he handed the wrinkled remains of the >rind to the little man. > >But the crowd's laughter turned to total silence as the man clenched >his fist around the lemon and six drops fell into the glass. > >As the crowd cheered, the bartender payed the $1000, and asked the >little man, "what do you do for a living? Are you a lumberjack, a >weightlifter, or what?" > >The man replied, "I work for the IRS." > > > Submitted by: Roger A Hepworth @ juno.com > > > > \\|// > (o o) ORACLE SERVICE HUMOR MAILING LIST >------------oOOo-(_)-oOOo----------------------------------------------- > >HOW DO I SUBSCRIBE? >It's free! Just send a message to >oracle-humor-subscribe@lyris.oraclehumor.com > >WHERE DO I SEND JOKES? WHERE'S THE WEBSITE? >jokes@oraclehumor.com http://www.oraclehumor.com > >LEGAL STUFF: Wallaby Solutions runs this piece as submitted and >does not claim to own any copyright privileges to it. The work was >submitted to us as an item for the mailing list, and it was posted >solely on the basis of its quality. If this is an administrative >posting, then follow any copyright guidelines noted on the posting. > >---End of forwarded mail from "Oracle Service Humor Mailing List" ><oracle-humor@lyris.oraclehumor.com> |
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