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KJ: $5 in Urinal Brings To Mind Old Joke

KJ/Coeur d'Alene, a newby reader writes, "The five dollars in the urinal reminded me of and old joke (This isn't the original but you'll get the idea):

The County Agent was visiting a small dairy farm when he excused himself to use the facilities. He opened the door to the outhouse sitting at the top of a small hill and was embarrassed to find one of the farm hands already sitting within.

As the County Agent was closing the door, the hand cried out, "Hey! It's OK, you can come in. It's a two-holer!"

Sure enough, when the County Agent looked into the outhouse, there were two seats. The County Agent sat down just as the farm hand was finishing his business. When the farm hand stood and pulled up his coveralls, some pocket change rattled loose and fell down the hole. The farm hand cursed, then took his wallet out of his back pocket, fished out a five dollar bill, and through it down the hole after the pocket change.

The County Agent was shocked. "Why in the world would you throw five dollars down that outhouse hole," he asked.

The farm hand looked at the County Agent as if addressing a slow child, "We'll I'm sure as heck not going to go down in there just for thirty-five cents.




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D.F. Oliveria started Huckleberries Online on Feb. 16, 2004. Oliveria's Sunday print Huckleberries is a past winner of the national Herb Caen Memorial Column contest.