How would they know?
Tuesday, October 04, 2005
I got this joke today in my email...
An old woman walks into the store to buy dog food. When she gets to the register she is told she has to bring the dog in, because old people eat dog food and they want to make sure she has a dog.
When she comes back she is told that dogs are not allowed in the store and thus goes home unsatisfied.
The next day she tries to buy cat food, but is again told by the sales-clerk that old people eat pet-food and thus she must produce proof of cat by bringing in the animal.
She does this, and is again told "no cats allowed in the store."
So the next day she brings in a box, goes and gets her dog and cat food and precedes to the register. Again she is told she must show proof of pet. To which she replies, "I am not allowed to bring my pets into your store, but if you'd please kindly stick your hand in the box, you will be satisfied that I do, indeed, have pets."
The register clerk declines mumbling something to the effect of "it'll bite/scratch/claw/gnaw me to pieces." This, the old lady assures the clerk, will not happen. So the clerk sticks his hand into the box and immediately discovers that the old woman does indeed have pets. What is in the box?
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Now if I forward this message to 8 people, I am assured the answer will be revealed to me. The message's subject is "this really works." This raises a question - how can anyone tell me this works? They wouldn't KNOW! Especially if I am in the first 8 emails they send out, they would not have even seen the answer let alone been able to tell me about it. I would hope people have more to do with their lives than continually send these emails. And further, said person would be lucky to have 8 friends. But.. I have a theory...
Most people who get this email will look at it and say.. "damn that is a piece of shit." Some of those people will even respond and let their friends know that this is a piece of shit. Thus the email has the propensity for generating "piece of shit" 8 times. The old woman's cardboard container* holds 1 piece of shit for every email you send to a now former friend.
Unfortunately for me, this email comes from family who are too dense to get the game - yes, as are all of you, I too am related to someone who is the reason these emails exist in the first place.
*I decided using the word BOX there was going to get too many awkward chuckles aimed at this kind old, ingenious, woman.
posted by ZEUS @ 1:39 PM,
