A salesman was traveling through the countryside, selling insect repellent.
he came to a farmhouse and tried his pitch on the farmer. "Sir, my bug spray
is so good you will never be bitten again, I guarantee it." The farmer was
dubious. "Young man, I'll make you a proposition I'll tie you out in my
cornfield buck naked, covered with that bug spray. If there is not a single
bite on you come morning, I'll buy a whole case from you." The salesman was
delighted. They went to the field and he stripped. The farmer sprayed him
thoroughly with the bug spray and tied him to a stake. Back to the house
went the farmer. The next morning, the farmer and his family trooped out to
the cornfield. Sure enough, the salesman was there, hanging in his bonds,
not a single bite on him. Yet he was a total wreck! Pale, ghastly, haggard,
and drawn, but not one bite on him. The farmer was perplexed. "Son," he
said, "now, you don't have a bite on you but you look like hell! What the
devil happened?" The salesman looked up through bloodshot eyes and croaked,
"For crying out loud, Mister, doesn't that calf have a mother?!!!
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