Category: Joke Board
A Bronze Rat
A tourist walked into a curio shop in San Francisco. Looking around at the
exotica, he noticed a very bronze statue of a lifelike, life-sized rat. It
has no price tag, but is so striking he decides he must have it. He took it
to the owner.
"How much for the bronze rat?" "Twelve dollars for the rat, one hundred
dollars for the story," said the owner.
The tourist gave the man twelve dollars. "I'll just take the rat, you can
keep the story."
As he walked down the street carrying his bronze rat, he noticed that a few
real rats had crawled out of the alleys and sewers and began following him
down the street. This was disconcerting, and he began walking faster. But
within a couple of blocks, the herd of rats behind him had grown to
hundreds, and they began squealing.
He began to trot toward the Bay, looking around to see that the rats now
numbered in the MILLIONS, and were squealing and coming toward him faster
and faster. Now scared, he ran to the edge of the Bay, and threw the bronze
rat as far out into the Bay as he could.
Amazingly, the millions of rats all jumped into the Bay after it, and were
all drowned.
The man walked back to the curio shop.
"Aha," said the owner. "You have come back for the story?" "No," said the
man, "I came back to see if you have a bronze Republican.".....
brilliant! these are lethal