Fw: The big squeeze (humor)

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Subject: The big squeeze

>

> The local bar was so sure that its

> > bartender was the =

> > >strongest manaround 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 this scrawny little man came

> > into the bar,

> > >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 weight-lifter, or what? "

>

> > > The man replied " I work for the

> > IRS. "

> >

>