[2259] in Humor
HUMOR: Down to the Last Drop
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jonathon Weiss)
Wed Apr 8 16:04:45 1998
From: Jonathon Weiss <jweiss@MIT.EDU>
To: humor@MIT.EDU
Date: Wed, 08 Apr 1998 15:55:29 EDT
From: Steve Weiss <SteveWeiss@comshare.com>
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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 (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,
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 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."
