The local bar was so sure that its bartender
was the strongest man around that they offered a
standing $1000 bet. The bartender would squeeze
a lemon until all the juice ran into a glass, and
hand the lemon to a patron. Anyone who could
squeeze one more drop of juice out would win
the money.
Many people had tried over time (weightlifters,
longshoremen, etc.)but nobody could do it.
One day this scrawny little man came in,
wearing thick glasses and a polyester suit, and said in
a tiny, squeaky voice, 'I'd like to try the bet.'
After the laughter had died down, the
bartender said OK, grabbed a lemon, and squeezed
away. Then he handed the wrinkled remains of the rind to
the little man.
But the crowd's laughter turned to total silence
as the man clenched his fist around the lemon
and six drops fell into the glass.
As the crowd cheered, the bartender paid the
$1000, and asked the little man,' What do you
do for a living? Are you a lumberjack, a
weightlifter, or what?'
The man replied, 'I work for the IRS.'
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