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« on: September 30, 2007, 11:43:03 AM » |
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Bass Pro Shop
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> > > > >> A woman goes into Bass Pro Shop to buy a rod and
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> > > > reel for her grandson's
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> > > > >> birthday. She doesn't know which one to get so
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> > > > she just grabs one and
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> > > > >> goes over to the counter.
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> > > > >> A Bass Pro Shop associate is standing there
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> > > > wearing dark shades. She
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> > > > >> says, "Excuse me, sir. Can you tell me anything
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> > > > about this rod and
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> > > > >> reel?"
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> > > > >> He says, "Ma'am, I'm completely blind; but if
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> > > > you'll drop it on the
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> > > > >> counter, I can tell you everything from the sound
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> > > > it makes." She doesn't
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> > > > >> believe him but drops it on the counter anyway.
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> > > > >> He says, "That's a six-foot Shakespeare graphite
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> > > > rod with a Zebco 404
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> > > > >> reel and 10-LB. Test line. It's a good all around
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> > > > combination; and it's
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> > > > >> on sale this week for only $20.00."
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> > > > >> She says, "It's amazing that you can tell all
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> > > > that just by the sound of
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> > > > >> it dropping on the counter. I'll take it!" As she
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> > > > opens her purse, her
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> > > > >> credit card drops on the floor.
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> > > > >> "Oh, that sounds like a Master Card," he says.
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> > > > >> She bends down to pick it up and accidentally
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> > > > breaks wind. At first she
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> > > > >> is really embarrassed, but then realizes there is
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> > > > no way the blind clerk
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> > > > >> could tell it was she who tooted. Being blind, he
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> > > > wouldn't know that she
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> > > > >> was the only person around.
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> > > > >> The man rings up the sale and says, "That'll be
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> > > > $34.50 please."
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> > > > >> The woman is totally confused by this and asks,
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> > > > "Didn't you tell me the
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> > > > >> rod and reel were on sale for $20.00? How did you
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> > > > get $34.50?"
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> > > > >> He replies, " Yes, Ma'am. The rod and reel is
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> > > > $20.00, but the Duck Call
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> > > > >> is $11.00 and the Catfish Bait is $3.50."
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