Rule of Thumb

A woman walks into the butcher shop just before closing. She says, "thank heavens I've made it in time! Have you any turkey?"

The butcher goes into his walk-in cooler and takes out his only turkey, and plops it onto the scale. It weighs 4-1/2 pounds.

"Oh, dear. Haven't you anything bigger?" the woman inquires.

The butcher returns the turkey to the cooler, takes it out again, and plops it onto the scale, only this time, he presses his thumb down a bit on the turkey. The scale shows 71/4 pounds.

"Marvelous, you're a real life-saver!" exclaimed the woman. "I'll take both of them, please."



To view the complete PDF of the story, click here...
pdf thumbnail")