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Article #2775Re: Three men in a bar
From: oanews
Date: Fri, 27 Jan 1995 16:57
Date: Fri, 27 Jan 1995 16:57
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In article <3gav0u$6s9@marble.Britain.EU.net> Paul Sloane <PSloane@MathSoft.com> writes:
>Three men rode into town on Monday. One of them was the
>father of another one's son but all three were wearing different
>coloured hats though none could see the colour of his own hat. One of
>them always spoke the truth, one always lied and one (who did not have
>a red hat) alternated between truth and lies.
>
>Anyway, they walked into a bar and each put $10 on the bartop. The
>barman, who was a perfect logician (though he had a curious habit of
>never going abover floor 16 in an elevator) gave each of them $1 change
>and kept $2 for himself.
>
>The first man asked for a glass of water. The barman pulled a gun and
>shot him through the heart. The man said 'Thankyou' then collapsed,
>accidentally knocking over a nearby goldfish bowl in the process.
>
>The second man had been playing with his 12 balls, one of which was
>lighter or heavier, but now he asked for a whiskey on the rocks. He
>took one sip and gasped 'This tastes of Albatross!!' before falling
>down dead.
>
>The third man was a one-armed surgeon who carried an alligator under
>his arm. He stood on a block of ice and asked the barman, 'Do you serve
>midgets?'
>The barman replied,'Yes, we do.'
>'OK then - make it a brandy for me and a midget for the alligator!'
>
>Who was the liar?
>
>Paul Sloane
The man who jumped out of an airplane with a backpack containing 53
bicycles because he just won a goat from Monty Hall.
--
-Don +++ Look down, look down, you're standing in your grave. +++
+++ ... tomorrow comes. +++
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