The Best Squeezer ! The local bar was so sure that its bartender was the strongest man around so that they offered a standing prize of $ 1000 if anyone could beat him. The bartender would squeeze a lemon until all the juice ran into a glass, and hand the lemon to a patron. If anyone could squeeze just one more drop of juice out of the crumpled rind he/she would win the money. Many people had tried over time (weight-lifters, longshoremen, etc.) but nobody could do it. One day this scrawny little man came into the bar, 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. He grabbed a lemon, and squeezed away. Then he handed the wrinkled rind remains to the little man. But the crowds laughter turned to total silence as the man clenched his fingers around the lemon and six drops fell into the glass! As the crowd cheered, the bartender grumbled and paid the $1000, and asked the little man; "What do you do for a living? Are you a lumberjack, a weight-lifter, or what?" The scrawny little man replied, "I work for the IRS."
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