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Drunks on the town
I won't get to translate this tonight (maybe someone else will enjoy the exercise) but I wanted to share a joke:
Two drunks are in a bar on the top floor of the Empire State Building.
The first says to the second, "You know, the updraft on this building is so strong, you can jump out the window, and it'll catch you and bring you right back up again."
The second drunk says, "Yeah, sure. Now I've heard 'em all!"
But the first says, "No, no! I'm serious! Look, I'll show you! Come on!" and the first drunk staggers over to the window, the second staggering along behind, spilling gin out of his glass the whole way.
So the first opens the window, sticks a hand out to feel the wind, and he counts, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, and then he jumps out the window. The second drunk is horrified, but he can't take his eyes off the outragious sight of his companion shrinking smaller, and smaller, and smaller as he fades into the distance.....and then....a small dot, some hundred and fifty storeys below, he unbeleivably stops shrinking. The second drunk shakes his head to clear his eyes, and he can't believe it, but the other seems to come closer, and closer and closer...until he's back there outsid the window yelling "quick! Grab my arm and pull me in!" Shocked back out of his reverie, the second drunk grabs the first by the arm and pulls him back in the window, and he is overwhelmed with excitement, and he says, "OMIGOD! You HAVE to show me how you do that! I have to TRY that! How do I DO it?!!
And the first drunk says, okay, calm down, I'll show you just hang on a minute...
And the first drunk sticks his hand out the window, and he counts, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, Go! and he slaps his companion on the back, and the second drunk jumps out the window.
The first drunk watches, bemused, as the other falls down 20 flights, 40, 80, 160, shrinking to the tiniest dot until he disappears in the distance. The first drunk shakes his head. Closes the window, and staggers back to the bar.
He sits on a stool, orders another drink. The bartender grunts. He slams the drink down in front of the drunk with disgust, saying,
"You are an evil son of a bitch when you're drunk, Superman!"
Mark Springer
Sacramento, CA, USA
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