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To: Jacques Chitte who wrote (14918)6/8/2000 3:16:00 PM
From: Elmer Flugum  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 62551
 
THE BIG SQUEEZE

[Estimated Taxes June 15 th]

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 (weight lifters,
longshoremen, etc.) but nobody could do it.

One day a 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
"okay," grabbed a lemon, and squeezed away. He then
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."