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The bronze statues|A tourist wanders into a back-alley antique shop in San Francisco's Chinatown. Picking through the objects on display he discovers a detailed, life-sized bronze sculpture of a rat. The sculpture is so interesting and unique that he picks it up and asks the shop owner what it costs. "Twelve dollars for the rat, sir," says the shop owner, "and a thousand dollars more for the story behind it." "You can keep the story, old man," he replies, "but I'll take the rat." The transaction complete, the tourist 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 into step 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 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 light post, grasping it with one arm while he hurls the bronze rat into San Francisco 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 antique shop. "Ah, so you've come back for the rest of the story," says the owner. "No," says the tourist, "I was wondering if you have a bronze lawyer." Check out all our Lawyer Jokes jokes! Random JokesLawyers and spermAttack Dog Excess billing hours What type of tracks? There are no honest lawyers What is his occupation? Trying to be impressive From another planet Who handles cases? Big ethical dilemma Talk to the judge Merry Christmas law What were Michael Jacksons baby first words? Computer Ease! After a long pubcrawl... Why did the lizard go on a diet? How does a man show he's planning for the future? The Slow Racehorse Blind Man Belly Button Pick up and put down! Too Much Computer TOP 10 reasons fishing beats sex! Athletes Behind the Hedge Most popular video Good News, Bad News, Worse News VI This guy unexpectedly got the day off and decided... It finally happened |
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