bubbakat
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A local bar was so sure that its bartender was the strongest man around<br />that they offered a standing $1,000 bet. The bartender would squeeze a lemon<br />until all the juice ran into a glass, and hand the lemon to a patron. Anyone<br />who could squeeze one more drop of juice out would win the money. Many<br />people had tried over time (weightlifters, longshoremen, etc.) but nobody<br />could do it. One day a scrawny little man wearing thick glasses and a<br />polyester suit came in and said in a tiny, squeaky voice, "I'd like to try<br />the bet." After the laughter had died down, the bartender said okay, grabbed<br />a lemon, and squeezed away. Then he handed the wrinkled remains of the rind<br />to the little man. But the crowd's laughter turned to total silence as the<br />man clenched his fist around the lemon and six drops fell into the glass. As<br />the crowd cheered, the bartender paid the $1,000, and asked the little man,<br />"What do you do for a living? Are you a lumberjack, a weightlifter, or<br />what?" The man replied, "I work for the IRS."