How They Do It

"How They Do It"*

*In the market with his dad, a little boy was flipping
a quarter into the air and then catching it with his
teeth. Someone bumped the little boy at the wrong
moment and the quarter came down and lodged
into the boy's throat.

The boy starts to choke and his father starts hollering for help.

A middle aged man hears the commotion, casually
puts his cart to the side, straightens his coat and
tie, and makes his way to the boy and his father.

"Excuse me, sir," the man tells the father. The man
reaches down to the still standing (but still choking)
boy, carefully takes hold of the kid's nether-region,
and squeezes gently but firmly.

After a few seconds, the boy convulses violently and
coughs up the quarter, which the man catches in his
free hand. The man releases the boy and walks back
over to his cart.

After making sure his son is ok, the father walks over
to the man and thanks him profusely for saving his
son's life. "I've never seen anyone do that -- that's
amazing! Are you a surgeon?"

"Oh good heavens, no," replied the slightly embarrassed
man. "I work for the IRS."
Received on Sat Dec 6 07:52:03 2008