Do You Happen To Have A Bronze Rat - By: Dr Bill

The following is an updated version of an old joke that I heard many years ago. It was sent in by a reader of this column and it fits right in with today's political climate.

An old man, who runs a trinket shop, tells a customer that there's a great story about the bronze rat that he is looking at. The customer tells the old man he can keep the story, but he buys the rat.

With the transaction complete, the customer leaves the store with the bronze rat under his arm. As he crosses the street in front of the store, two live rats emerge from a sewer drain and fall in step right behind him. Nervously looking over his shoulder, he begins to
walk faster, but every time he passes another sewer drain, more rats come out and follow him.

By the time he's walked two blocks, at least a hundred rats are at his heels and people begin to point and shout. He walks even faster and soon breaks into a trot, as multitudes of rats swarm from sewers, basements, vacant lots and abandoned cars. Rats by the
thousands are at his heels and as he sees the waterfront at the bottom of the hill, he panics and starts to run at full tilt.

No matter how fast he runs, the rats keep up, squealing hideously, now not just thousands, but millions, so that by the time he comes rushing up to the water's edge, a trail of rats twelve city blocks long is behind him. Making a mighty leap, he jumps up onto a lamp post, grasping it with one arm while he hurls the bronze rat into San Fransisco Bay with the other, as far as he can heave it.

Pulling his legs up and clinging to the light post, he watches in amazement as the seething tide of rats surges over the breakwater into the sea, where they drown.

Shaken and mumbling, he makes his way back to the trinkets shop. "Ah..." says the old man, "I see you've come back to hear the story."

"No," says the customer. ""I was wondering if you had a bronze congressman."

I don't know about you, but that made me laugh pretty hard. Thanks to Jimbo in Ohio, who sent that in.

Laughter is a very healthy thing, believe it or not. Studies have shown that people who have a good sense of humor have higher survival rates than those that don't and they have a much easier
time dealing with disease and illness.

If you want to do something for your health that doesn't cost anything, watch a funny movie, or television show. Read a funny book, or magazine. I've been reading MAD Magazine for a very long time, because it always makes me laugh. Today on the internet, you can watch funny stuff all day long and believe me, you'll be better off.

While you're sitting in the chair having a laugh, my pharmaceutical grade fish oil could be working for you, as you have a good time. All you have to do is take it and let it do its job... and it doesn't matter what you are doing at the moment. One thing's for sure, if you don't take it...you're not going to be as healthy as someone who does.

About the Author

Dr. Bill is an orthopaedic surgeon and author. He recommends this pharmaceutical grade fish oil for more energy, reduced joint pain and increased heart health.

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