In article <ViFag.85589$Wl.48139@fe08.news.easynews.com>, Rolex
<rolex@twebmaster.com> wrote:
> A man walked into a curio shop in Galveston Texas. Looking around at the
> exotica, he noticed a very life-like, life-size bronze statue of a rat.
> It had no price tag, but it looked so striking that he decided he must
> have it.
>
> He took it to the owner and asked "How much is the bronze rat?"
>
> "Twelve dollars for the rat, a hundred dollars if you bring it back,"
> said the owner.
>
> The man gave the shop owner twelve dollars. "I'll take the rat; AndI
> won't be bringing it back."
>
> As he walked down the street carrying the bronze rat, he noticed that a
> few real rats had crawled out of alleys and sewers, and began following
> him down the street. This was a bit disconcerting, so he began to walk a
> little bit faster. Within a couple of blocks, the group of rats behind
> him grew to over a hundred, and they began squealing.
>
> He started to trot towards the Harbor. He took a nervous look around and
> saw that the rats numbered in the thousands, maybe in the millions, and
> they were all squealing and coming towards him faster and faster.
> Terrified, he ran to the edge of the water and threw the bronze rat as
> far out into the Harbor as far as he could.
>
> Amazingly, the millions of rats all jumped into the water after it, and
> were drowned.
> The man walked back to the curio shop. "Aha," said the owner, "You're
> bringing it back !"
>
> "Actually no," said the man. "I came back to see how much you want for
> that little bronze Mexican over there."
>
>
> --
> Rolex
> "May Dragons Fly Ever in your Dreams"
>
>
Shhh! Don't tell Congress, and especially not Lew Dobbs, about this.
Y Not :-)
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