[1445] in Humor
HUMOR: Shirts and Shoes
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Andrew A. Bennett)
Mon May 20 14:48:36 1996
To: humor@MIT.EDU
Date: Mon, 20 May 1996 14:32:01 EDT
From: "Andrew A. Bennett" <abennett@MIT.EDU>
Date: Sun, 19 May 1996 12:27:39 -0800
From: connie@interserve.com (Connie Kleinjans)
From: fiachna@netcom.com (K'Ailsa Rowan)
From: "NRIDER.US.ORACLE.COM (Nonie Rider)" <NRIDER@us.oracle.com>
Forwarded from a friend:
> As I waited for the cashier to make change at my
> local Waffle House this evening, my eyes wandered
> to the sign on the wall behind him:
>
> Shirt and shoes
> must be worn
> to be served.
>
> I had visions of dozens of wearer-less shirts and shoes being turned away
> unserved. The shoulders of the shirts droop with discouragement, and the
> empty arms hang limp; dusty shoes shuffle slowly to the door.
>
> Unserved shirts and shoes hang about the parking lot and accost strangers:
> " Hey buddy, I'll buy you a free meal if you wear me inside."
>
> They begin to raid the dumpster beside the building. Looking more and
> more disreputable, they turn to drink and get into brawls.
>
> Wearers of served shirts and shoes complain.
> The police are called. . . .
>
> Will this be an embarrassment to Atlanta during the Olympics? Will the
> dreaded media tell the world that we have an unserved-shirts-and-shoes
> problem? Ah, the shame of it all!
