Posted: July 24, 2000 12:27 pm
Posted By phinns
A traveling salesman passing through a small town decided to stop at a local bar to get something to eat and drink. As he sat at the bar, he noticed in the back of the establishment a horse tied to a post with a bucket, overflowing with money, on the floor beside the horse. Above the horse was a sign that read "If you can make the horse laugh, you win all the money in the bucket. $1.00 per try." Because there was a sizeable amount of money in the bucket, he decided to give it a try. He placed his dollar in the bucket, whispered in the horse's ear, and the horse started to laugh hysterically. Bewildered, the bartender said, "I can't believe you just did that! There must be over a thousand dollars in that bucket! You made the horse laugh, it's all yours!"
Several months later, the salesman was passing through that small town once again and decided to stop at that same bar to get something to eat and drink. He looked at the back of the establishment and saw that same horse with that bucket just overflowing with money. This time the sign read, "If you can make the horse cry, you win all the money in the bucket. $1.00 per try." The salesman figured he'd give it another try, put his money in the bucket, stood next to the horse and the horse started to sob uncontrollably. The bartender asked the man, "Aren't you the guy that was in here a few months ago and made the horse laugh?" "Yes I am", said the salesman. The bartender said, "Tell me. How'd you get that horse to laugh?" The salesman said, "I told him mine was bigger than his." "Well I can see why the horse would laugh", replied the bartender. "But you have to tell me, how'd you get the horse to cry?" The salesman replied, "I showed him!"
A traveling salesman passing through a small town decided to stop at a local bar to get something to eat and drink. As he sat at the bar, he noticed in the back of the establishment a horse tied to a post with a bucket, overflowing with money, on the floor beside the horse. Above the horse was a sign that read "If you can make the horse laugh, you win all the money in the bucket. $1.00 per try." Because there was a sizeable amount of money in the bucket, he decided to give it a try. He placed his dollar in the bucket, whispered in the horse's ear, and the horse started to laugh hysterically. Bewildered, the bartender said, "I can't believe you just did that! There must be over a thousand dollars in that bucket! You made the horse laugh, it's all yours!"
Several months later, the salesman was passing through that small town once again and decided to stop at that same bar to get something to eat and drink. He looked at the back of the establishment and saw that same horse with that bucket just overflowing with money. This time the sign read, "If you can make the horse cry, you win all the money in the bucket. $1.00 per try." The salesman figured he'd give it another try, put his money in the bucket, stood next to the horse and the horse started to sob uncontrollably. The bartender asked the man, "Aren't you the guy that was in here a few months ago and made the horse laugh?" "Yes I am", said the salesman. The bartender said, "Tell me. How'd you get that horse to laugh?" The salesman said, "I told him mine was bigger than his." "Well I can see why the horse would laugh", replied the bartender. "But you have to tell me, how'd you get the horse to cry?" The salesman replied, "I showed him!"
