The statue and the story
 

A coworker is retiring, and I was assigned to come up with a gift. I was browsing through an antique store and in the back I came across a bronze statue of a rat, which I thought would be the perfect gag gift for him.

I asked the store owner how much for the statue. He replied, “There’s a story about that statue that you’ll want to hear. I’ll let you have the rat for $50, but the story will cost you another hundred."

I told him I really didn’t care about the story, but I did want the statue. He said "All right, but I guarantee you’ll be back for the story."

I threw the statue in the car and started for home. As I was sitting at a stoplight, I saw people shouting and pointing at my car. Looking around, I saw there were hundreds of rats coming out of storm drains and basements, all running toward my car!! I took off, and thousands of rats came chasing after me!! So I drove up onto the bridge over the river and threw the statue over. Thousands of rats ran past me, jumping off the bridge into the river and drowned.

Whew – was that close!! After catching my breath, I turned around and drove back to the antique store. When I walked in, the owner saw me and said "I knew you’d be back for the story." I said “Forget the story, but you don’t happen to have a statue of a lawyer, do you?"

forget the lawyer statue, i want a stripper statue.:biggrin2:

Just be careful of those strippers who crawl out of storm drains and basements. Take your Cipro!!!!