A man happened to notice that a local restaurant had a sign that said "Under New Management." Curious as if it improved the quality of food or service, he went inside.
As he sat as his table, he saw many servers hurriedly moving about very efficiently. Before he could really stop to take it all in, he was immediately greeted by his own server.
"May I take your order?"
The man was amazed at how quickly he was approached. He ordered his food and watched his server head off to place his order.
As he sat, he started to notice a few odd things about the servers as they dashed about. The first thing that caught his eye was that every server had a spoon in their shirt pocket. Before he could really begin to ponder the meaning of it, his server was back with his appetizer.
"Here you go! Your food will be ready momentarily."
"Wait!" The man stopped his server before he could take off again. "Why do each of you have a spoon in your shirt pocket?"
"Oh! That's part of our manager's new policy on efficiency! You see, statistically, the most commonly dropped piece of silverware is..."
Just then they heard a clang-clang as a patron dropped a spoon.
"Ah yes, as you can see... their server has immediately replaced their spoon with the one from his pocket. No need to head all the way back to the kitchen, and thus: efficiency!"
"I see. That is very impressive!"
The waiter smiled and nodded and headed back about his business. As the man ate his appetizer he began to notice other odd things about the servers. This time, he noticed that each of them had a tiny, white, piece of string hanging out of their pants' zippers.
Just as he noticed this, his server was back with his meal.
"Here you go! Made to order!"
"Wait!" He stopped his server again before he could rush off. "Could you please explain the white strings?"
"Oh..." he server said embarrassingly, "You noticed that. Well, it's another part of our new manager's plan for efficiency. You see, each piece of string is tied to....erm... ourselves. In this way, when we use the restroom we can pull it out without having to touch it with our bare hands. Thus, removing the need to wash our hands and, again..."
"Efficiency."
"You got it!"
"I have another question, though. How do you get *it* back in without touching it?"
"Well, I don't know about the other guys but I use my spoon."
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I don't know many jokes by heart. But back in elementary school, the way boys made quick friends was telling each other jokes that they hadn't yet heard. And so, I will now regale you with the one other joke that is seared into my memory. It was schoolyard gold. And I shall tell it to you in the exact same manner as my 8 year-old past self told it.
A chief of an Indian tribe had a big problem. For some reason, he couldn't fart. So he went to the medicine man and said,
"Big chief, no fart!"
The medicine man gave him a can of beans and said, "Eat all of these and you will fart!"
The next day, the chief went to the medicine man again.
"Big chief, no fart!"
The medicine man gave him a box full of beans and said, "Eat all of these, and you will fart!"
The very next day, the chief came yet again to the medicine man.
"Big chief, no fart!"
The medicine man gave the chief a dumptruck full of beans and said, "Eat all of these, and you will fart!"
The day after that, the chief's *wife* came to the medicine man and said:
"Big fart, no chief!"
_________________ Les Zombis et les Loups-Garous!
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