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The bronze rat
HAIRY
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A Tourist walked into a Chinese curio shop in San Francisco. While looking around at the exotic merchandise, he noticed a very lifelike, life-sized, bronze statue of a rat. It had no price tag, but was so incredibly striking the tourist decided he must have it. He took it to the old shop owner and asked, "How much for the bronze rat?"
"Ahhh, you have chosen wisely! It is $12 for the rat, $100 for the story," said the wise old Chinaman. The tourist quickly pulled out twelve dollars. "I'll just take the rat, you can keep the story."
As he walked down the street carrying his bronze rat, the tourist noticed that a few real rats had crawled out of the alleys and sewers and had begun following him down the street. This was a bit disconcerting so he began walking faster.
A couple blocks later he looked behind him and saw to his horror the herd of rats behind him had grown to hundreds, and they began squealing.
Sweating now, the tourist began to trot toward the Bay. Again, after a couple blocks, he looked around only to discover that the rats now numbered in the MILLIONS, and were squealing and coming toward him faster and faster.
Terrified, he ran to the edge of the Bay and threw the bronze rat as far as he could into the Bay.
Amazingly, the millions of rats all jumped into the Bay after the bronze rat and were all drowned.
The man walked back to the curio shop in Chinatown.
"Ahhh," said the owner, "You have come back for story?"
"No sir," said the man, "I came back to see if you have a bronze Republican." [;)][;)]
"Ahhh, you have chosen wisely! It is $12 for the rat, $100 for the story," said the wise old Chinaman. The tourist quickly pulled out twelve dollars. "I'll just take the rat, you can keep the story."
As he walked down the street carrying his bronze rat, the tourist noticed that a few real rats had crawled out of the alleys and sewers and had begun following him down the street. This was a bit disconcerting so he began walking faster.
A couple blocks later he looked behind him and saw to his horror the herd of rats behind him had grown to hundreds, and they began squealing.
Sweating now, the tourist began to trot toward the Bay. Again, after a couple blocks, he looked around only to discover that the rats now numbered in the MILLIONS, and were squealing and coming toward him faster and faster.
Terrified, he ran to the edge of the Bay and threw the bronze rat as far as he could into the Bay.
Amazingly, the millions of rats all jumped into the Bay after the bronze rat and were all drowned.
The man walked back to the curio shop in Chinatown.
"Ahhh," said the owner, "You have come back for story?"
"No sir," said the man, "I came back to see if you have a bronze Republican." [;)][;)]
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A tourist walks into a curio shop in New York City. Looking around at the exotics, he notices a very lifelike, life-sized bronze statue of a rat. It had no price tag, but it was so striking he decided he must have it.
He took it to the owner:
"How much for the bronze rat?"
"Twelve dollars for the rat, one hundred dollars for the story," said the owner.
The tourist gave the man twelve dollars. "I'll just take the rat, you can keep the story."
As he walked down the street carrying his bronze rat, he noticed that a few real rats had crawled out of the alleys and sewers and began following him down the street. This was very disconcerting, and he began walking faster. But within a couple blocks, the herd of rats behind him had grown to hundreds, and they began squealing.
He began to trot toward the Hudson River, looking around to see that the rats now numbered in the MILLIONS -- and they were squealing and coming toward him faster and faster. Concerned, even scared, he ran to the edge of the river, and threw the bronze rat as far out into the river as he could. Amazingly, the millions of rats all jumped into the Bay after it, and were all drowned.
The man walked back to the curio shop. "Ah ha," said the owner, "you have come back for the story?"
"No," said the man, "I came back to see if you have a bronze anti-gunner."
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He takes it to the owner and asks, "How much for the bronze rat?"
The owner replies, "$12 for the rat and $100 for the story".
The tourist gives the man $12 and says, I'll just take the rat, you can keep the story."
As he walks down the street carrying his bronze rat, he notices that a few real rats have crawled out of the alleys and sewers and begun following him down the street. This is disconcerting, and he begins walking faster. But within a couple of blocks, the herd of rats behind him has grown to hundreds, and they begin squealing. He begins to trot toward the Bay, looking around to see that the rats now number in the MILLIONS, and are squealing and coming toward him faster and faster.
Concerned, even scared, he runs to the edge of the Bay, and throws the bronze rat as far out into the water as he can. Amazingly, the millions of rats all jump into the Bay after it, and are all drowned.
The man walks back to the curio shop. "Ah ha," says the owner, "you have come back for the story?"
"No," says the man, "I came back to see if you have a bronze Liberal Democrat, a bronze Muslim cleric & anything French."[:D] [:D] [:D] [:D] [:D] [:D] [:D] [:D]
A tourist walked into a curio shop in San Francisco. Looking around at
the exotica, he noticed a very lifelike, life-sized bronze statue of a rat.
It had no price tag, but it was so striking he decided he must have it.
He asked the owner, "How much for the bronze rat?"
"Twelve dollars for the rat. One hundred dollars for the story,"
said the owner.
The tourist gave the man twelve dollars. "I'll take the rat. You can
keep the story."
As he walked down the street carrying his bronze rat, he noticed that a
few real rats had crawled out of the alleys and sewers and they were
following him down the street. This was disconcerting. He began trotting.
Within a couple of blocks, the herd of rats had grown to hundreds, and
they were squealing. He ran toward the bay. He looked around and saw that
the rats now numbered in the MILLIONS, they were squealing loudly, and they
were coming toward him fast.
Scared, he ran to the edge of the bay and threw the bronze rat as far out
into the bay as he could. Amazingly, the millions of rats all jumped
into the bay after it, and they all drowned.
The man walked back to the curio shop. "Aha," said the owner, "you have
come back for the story?"
"No," said the man. "I came back to see if you have a bronze Democrat."
"Respect your Tools"
"Freedom is not Free"
The democrats and republicans would have drowned along with all the other rats in the story.
agreed! [:D]
Good one! TOTALLY took me off guard. I thought you were going to say a "bronze Jew".
That would have been more in line with Hairy's worldview, but the republicans are a close second.
Lord knows he'd never wish for a Bronze arab, muslim, or terrorist.
Did Harry drown also, must have[:(]Unlike the Republicans, no Libertarians were injured by the Bronze Rat. [;)]
Good one! TOTALLY took me off guard. I thought you were going to say a "bronze Jew".
versatile joke...just substitute your "favorite" political/ethnic/religious group and you're good to go
It's fairly accurate, though. The Democ rats would have stopped, set up a committee, talked and negotiated for several weeks, then written up a 1500 page piece of legislation and sneaked it through the US House and Senate without it being read while simultaneously saturating all TV networks with coverage of the death of Michael Jackson and spending several million dollars of taxpayer money. Then they would have adjourned for a month's vacation before returning to follow the bronze rat.
Nailed it on the head...LMAO![:D][:D][:D] You're brilliant...Brilliant I say!