Bassy
Lieutenant Commander
- Joined
- Aug 15, 2003
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A sixteen year-old boy came home with a Porsche and<br />> > his parents began to yell and scream, "Where did you<br />> > get that car???!!!<br />> ><br />> > He calmly told them, "I bought it today."<br />> ><br />> > "With what money?" demanded his parents. "We know<br />> > what a Porsche costs."<br />> ><br />> > "Well," said the boy, "this one cost me fifteen<br />> > dollars."<br />> ><br />> > So the parents began to yell even louder. "Who<br />> > would sell a car like that for fifteen dollars?"<br />> > they said.<br />> ><br />> > "It was the lady up the street," said the boy. "I<br />> > don't know her name; they just moved in. She saw me<br />> > ride past on my bike and asked me if I wanted to buy<br />> > a Porsche for fifteen dollars."<br />> ><br />> > "Oh my Goodness," moaned the mother, "John, you go<br />> > right up there and see what's going on."<br />> ><br />> > So the boy's father walked up the street to the<br />> > house where the lady lived and found her out in the<br />> > yard calmly planting petunias!<br />> > He introduced himself as the father of the boy to<br />> > whom she had sold a Porsche for fifteen dollars and<br />> > demanded to know why she did it.<br />> ><br />> > "Well," she said, "this morning I got a phone call<br />> > from my husband.<br />> > I thought he was on a business trip, but learned<br />> > from a friend he has run off to Hawaii with his<br />> > secretary. He claimed he was stranded and asked me<br />> > to sell his Porsche and send him the money. So I<br />> > did."