(humorous story)

Linda, a little old lady living in a small village outside the city, answered a knock on the door one day, to be confronted by a well-dressed young man carrying a vacuum cleaner.

“Good morning, Ma’am,” said the young man. “If I could take a couple of minutes of your time, I would like to demonstrate the very latest in vacuum cleaners.”

“Go away!’ said Linda brusquely. “I’m an old single woman and haven’t got any money for new fangled contraptions,” and she proceeded to close the door.

Quick as a flash, the young man wedged his foot in the door and pushed it wide open. “Don’t be too hasty,” he commanded. “Not until you have at least seen my demonstration.” And with that, he emptied a bucket of horse manure onto her dining room carpet.

“Now, if this vacuum cleaner does not remove all traces of this horse manure from your carpet, Madam, I will personally eat the remainder.”

Linda stepped back and said with a smile, “Well let me get you a spoon, young man, because the electricity in our village has been switched off since the morning!”

October 30, 2019