So True...

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THE BRONZ RAT

 

A woman walks into a curio shop in San Franciso. Looking around at the exotica, she notices a very life-like bronz statue of a rat. It has no price tag, but it looks so striking, she decided she must have it. She takes it to the shop owner and asks, "How much is this bronz rat?"  "Twelve dollars for the rat and a hundred dollars for the story," says the owner. The woman gives the shop owner twelve dollars. "I'll just take the rat; you can keep the story," she replied.

 

As she walks down the street carrying the bronz rat, she notices that a few real rats have crawled out from the alleys and sewers and begin following her down the street. This is a bit disconcerning, so the woman begins to walk a little faster.

 

Within a couple of blocks, the group of rats behind her grows to over a hundred and they begin squealing. Her fast walk soon turns into a trot as she now makes her way towards the Bay. Now she nervously looks around over her sholder and sees that the rats following her now number into the thousands. Soon over a million rats are racing and squealing, coming faster and faster, ever closer to her.

 

Terrified, she begins to run as fast as she can to the edge of the Bay and throws the bronz rat as far out into the Bay as she can. Amazingly, all the rats, millions of them, jump into the Bay after the statue of the bronz rat and all of them drown.

 

Winded but impressed, the woman walks back to the curio shop from which she purchased the bronz rat. "Aha," says the shop owner, "I'll bet you have come back for the story?" "Actually no!" says the woman, " I came back to see if you have a bronz statue of a republican!"

 

Hee! Hee! Hee! I just love this one.

 

Kevin