On his 74th birthday, a man got a gift certificate from his wife. The certificate paid for a visit
to a medicine man living on a nearby reservation that was rumored to have a wonderful cure for
erectile dysfunction. After being persuaded, he drove to the reservation, handed his ticket
to the medicine man and wondered what he was in for.
The old man slowly, methodically produced a potion, handed it to him, and with a grip on
his shoulder, warned, "This is powerful medicine and it must be respected. You take only a
teaspoonful and then say '1-2-3'. When you do that, you will become manlier than you have ever
been in your life and you can perform as long as you want."
The man was encouraged. As he walked away, he turned and asked,
"How do I stop the medicine from working?"
"Your partner must say '1-2-3-4,'"he responded. "But when she does, the medicine will
not work again until the next full moon."
He was very eager to see if it worked so he went home, showered, shaved, took a
spoonful of the medicine, and then invited his wife to join him in the bedroom.
When she came in, he took off his clothes and said, "1-2-3!"
Immediately, he was the manliest of men. His wife was excited and began throwing off
her clothes. And then she asked, "What was the 1-2-3 for?"
And that, boys and girls, is why we should never end our sentences with a preposition,
OR ONE COULD END UP WITH A DANGLING PARTICIPLE!!
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