Subject: A Reading Dog
From: Unicorn (unicorn@indenial.com)
Date: Tue Sep 12 2000 - 14:18:21 EDT
"A Reading Dog"
A young boy goes off to college, but about 1/3 way
through the semester, he has foolishly squandered
what money his parents gave him.
"Hmmmm," he wonders, "How am I gonna get more
dough?" Then he gets an idea. He calls his father.
"Dad," he says, "you won't believe the wonders that
modern education are coming up with! Why, they
actually have a program here that will teach Fido
how to talk!"
"That's absolutely amazing!" his father says. "How
do I get him in that program?"
"Just send him down here with $1000," the boy says,
"I'll get him into the course." So, his father sends
the dog and the $1000.
About 2/3 way through the semester, the money runs
out. The boy calls his father again.
"So how's Fido doing, son?" his father asks. "Awesome,
dad, he's talking up a storm," he says, "but you just
won't believe this - they've had such good results with
this program, that they've implemented a new one to
teach the animals to READ!"
"READ!?" says his father, "No kidding! What do I
have to do to get him in that program?"
"Just send $2,500, I'll get him in the class."
And his father sends the money. At the end of the
semester, the boy realizes he has a problem...when
he gets home and his father finds out that the dog
can neither talk nor read, he's in big trouble, so he
shoots the dog.
When he gets home, his father is all excited.
"Where's Fido? I just can't wait to hear him talk and
listen to him read something!"
"Dad," the boy says, "I have some grim news. This
morning when I got out of the shower, Fido was in the
living room kicking back in the recliner, reading the
morning paper, like he usually does. Then he turned to
me and asked, 'So, is your daddy still messin" around
with that little redhead who lives on Oak Street?'"
The father says, "Oh, drat! I hope you SHOT that lyin'
son of a bitch!"
"I sure did, Dad!"
"That's my boy!"
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