first drink
A man is waiting for his wife to give birth. The doctor comes in
and informs the dad that his son was born without torso, arms or
legs. The son is just a head!
But the dad loves his son and raises him as well as he can, with
love and compassion. After 21 years, the son is old enough for his
first drink. Dad takes him to the bar, tearfully tells the son he
is proud of him and orders up the biggest, strongest drink for his
boy. With all the bar patrons looking on curiously and the
bartender shaking his head in disbelief, the boy takes his first sip
of alcohol.
Swoooop! A torso pops out!
The bar is dead silent; then bursts into a whoop of joy. The
father, shocked, begs his son to drink again. The patrons chant,
"Take another drink"! The bartender still shakes his head in dismay.
Swoooop! Two arms pop out.
The bar goes wild. The father, crying and wailing, begs his son
to drink again. The patrons chant, "Take another drink"! The
bartender ignores the whole affair. By now the boy is getting
tipsy, and with his new hands he reaches down, grabs his drink and
guzzles the last of it.
Swoooop! Two legs pop out.
The bar is in chaos. The father falls to his knees and
tearfully thanks God.
The boy stands up on his new legs and stumbles to the left.
Then to the right -- right through the front door, into the street,
where a truck runs over him and kills him instantly.
The bar falls silent. The bartender sighs and says, "That boy
should have quit while he was a head."
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