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Saturday, May 2, 2015

The Lemon Squeezer

At a bar in New York City, the bartender was so sure 
that he was the strongest man around, that he offered a 
standing $1000 bet. 

The bartender would squeeze a lemon until all the juice 
ran into a glass, and then hand the lemon to the patron. 

Anyone who could squeeze two more drops of juice out of 
it, would win the money.  Over the years, many people had 
tried.....weightlifters, longshoremen, etc., but nobody had 
ever been able to do it. 

One day, a scrawny little fellow came into the bar, 
wearing thick glasses and a polyester suit. 

He sat down, ordered a glass of beer, and started 
looking around the bar. After reading the sign on the 
wall about the lemon challenge, he said in a small voice: 
"I was just reading your sign, and I'd like to try the bet." 

After the laughter had died down, the bartender said:"Ok." 

He grabbed a lemon and squeezed all the juice he could 
out of it. Then he handed the wrinkled remains of the rind 
to the little fellow. 

But the crowd's laughter turned to total silence as 
the man clenched his little fist around the lemon and six 
drops fell into the glass. 

As the crowd cheered, the bartender paid the guy his 
$1000, and then asked: "Do you mind if I ask what do 
you do for a living? ...Are you a lumber jack, a 
weight-lifter, or what?" 

The little fellow quietly replied: "I work for 
Internal Revenue Service!!!"
  
Thanks Kerry

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