Sunday, October 15, 2023

The Lemon

 

 A local bar owner was so sure that his bartender was the strongest guy
around that he offered a standing bet of $1,000. The bartender would
squeeze a lemon dry until all the juice ran into a glass. Anyone who
could squeeze one more drop of juice out would win the money.

Many people had tried over the years: weightlifters; lumberjacks;
firefighters; soldiers; etc. But nobody could do it

One afternoon, a scrawny little man came in wearing thick glasses and
a cheap suit, and said in a tiny, squeaky voice, "I'd like to try that
challenge."

After the laughter died down and the little man was still sitting on
the bar stool with a serious face, the bartender grabbed a plump,
juicy lemon, and started squeezing. After a bit more than 30 seconds
of squeezing, the bartender was satisfied that he'd drained every last
drop of juice from the emaciated lemon and set it down in front of the
little man.

The little man picked up the lemon, examined it for a few seconds,
lightly tossed it into the air as if weighing the dried out remains of
the fruit. Then he took an empty glass, held the lemon over top of it
and squeezed the lemon with one hand, producing six tiny drops of
lemon juice.

 

 

 



Everyone was flabbergasted and amazed. The bartender, still in shock,
asked the little man, "What in the world are you? What do you do for a
living?"

The little man replied, "My money, if you please."
And, as the bartender counted out ten $100 bills and handed it to the
little man, he said, "Thank you. I work for the IRS."

 

 

h/t to IAdolphOliverBush

10 comments:

  1. Ha, ha, ha!!!

    Thanks for the laugh

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  2. "THE" + "IRS" = "THEIRS" . . . . . damn

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  3. Funny shit right thar and true, but his nic is even funnier

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  4. Two guys are sitting in a bar in Lower manhattan. One guy says to the other, "Y'know, The guys who put up these buildings never stop to think of the wind tunnels they're creating by putting them so close together. The wind coming between those buildings is so strong, I bet I could jump off the roof of this place and the wind would blow me right back onto the roof." The second guy, pretty much pickled, says I'll take that bet!" The two go up to the roof. The first guy gets up onto the parapet and jumps off. A few seconds later, he's back up on the roof. The second guy says "I've GOT to try that!!!" He gets up onto the parapet, jumps off, falls twenty stories, and goes "SPLAT!!!" on the pavement like Wile E. Coyote. The first guy goes back down to the bar and assumes his position behind his beer. The bartender wipes down the bar, looks up at the guy, and says "You sure are MEAN when you're DRUNK, Superman!!!"

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  5. More fact than fiction, much less humor. Still, smiling at adversity helps maintain sanity.

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  6. Okay, a take off on the same joke. Family is in a restaurant with a young kid in a high chair who was playing with some coins. Kid puts some of them in his mouth and accidentally swallows them. Starts choking and turning blue. They are pounding on back and getting out all the money except the last dime. Nothing is working. A lady walks up, says "I can help" she reaches in the kids pants and starts squeezing his balls. Gently at first and then a bit harder. The kid finally coughs up the last dime. Parents say, "Oh thank you, are you a doctor?" She says " no, I work for the IRS"

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  7. He can squeeze blood from a stone too.

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  8. A rich guy is eating a bowl of stew at the local diner when a fly lands on his food, the rich guy grabs the fly by the back of his neck and shakes him up and down all the while yelling “spit it out”.......rich guys don’t get that way by being generous

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