A disheveled man walks into a bar with a small box with music coming out of it and puts it on top of the bar.
Curious, the bartender says, "Hey pal, what's the music box for?"
The man protects the box, but asks the bartender, "If I show you something you've never seen before, will you give me a free drink?"
The bartender laughs and says, "Buddy, I've been tending
bar for thrity years! I've seen EVERYTHING! If you show me something I've never seen before, I'll give free drinks to EVERYBODY!"
Now all the patrons in the bar are watching. The bum opens the box, and inside, is a miniature man about so tall playing a piano. He plays Beethoven, ragtime, Jerry Lee Lewis, Elton John and is just going nuts playing stuff.
Everyone mills around ohhing and awing. The bartender is overcome with amusement: "Allright! Drinks for everyone!"
The crowd packs in and gets their drinks, then goes and sits down.
When they're alone again, the bartender can't help himself.
"So, uh, listen pal, where'd you get the tiny musician?"
"Well", says the bum, downing his drink, " just a couple hours ago, I woke up on the beach, and I didn't want to live anymore, so I was shuffling down the shore with my feet in the sand, ready to throw myself in the ocean, and I kicked up a bottle. I thought maybe it would fetch me enough money for another drink so I rubbed the dirt off and a genie popped out and granted me one wish!"
"Oh, I see!", said the bartender, actually a little confused,"so you wished for a twelve inch pianist?"
"Yeah. Something like that...", says the drunk. |  |