WHY YOU NEVER
QUESTION A DRUNK
I was shopping at the local
supermarket where I selected:
A half-gallon of 2% milk,
A carton of eggs,
A quart of orange juice,
A head of romaine lettuce,
A 2 lb. can of coffee, and
A 1 lb. package of bacon.
As I was
unloading my items on the conveyor belt
to check out, a drunk standing behind
me watched as
I placed the items in front of the
cashier.
While the cashier
was ringing up the purchases,
the drunk calmly stated, 'You must be
single.'
I was a bit startled by this
proclamation, but I
was intrigued by the derelict's
intuition, since I
was indeed single. I looked at the
six items on the
belt and saw nothing particularly
unusual about my
selections that could have tipped off
the drunk to
my marital status.
Curiosity getting the
better of me, I said: 'Well,
you know what, you're absolutely
right. But how on
earth did you know that?'
The drunk replied, 'Cause you're ugly.'