On Coronation day a Rat joke for y'all...

[truebrit71]

A tourist walked into a curio shop in San Francisco. Looking around at the exotica, he noticed a very lifelike life-sized bronze statue of a rat. It had no price tag, but it was so striking he decided he must have it.

He took it to the counter. “How much for the bronze rat?”

“Twelve dollars for the rat, one hundred dollars for the story,” the owner said.

The tourist gave the shop owner twelve dollars. “I’ll take the rat. You can keep the story.”

As he walked down the street carrying the rat, he soon noticed that a few real rats had crawled out of the alleys and sewers and began following him.

This was disconcerting, so 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, but looking back he saw that the rats now numbered in the millions were squealing ever louder, and coming toward him faster and faster.

Now scared, he broke into a run, then a full Olympic sprint to the edge of the Bay, where he threw the bronze rat as far out as he could.

Amazingly, the millions of rats all jumped into the Bay after the bronze rat, and they 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.”

[NGU]

1. LOL

[pbartch]

2. Good joke!!! Now, please look at mine and post that it's funny too.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x2471800

[truebrit71]

3. I did..now it's your turn...

..man oh man threads just drop like lead ballons in here sometimes don't they?

[NYC]

4. Excellent.

Thank you.

[truebrit71]

5. Okay, come on you guys..read the frickin joke will ya?

...it's funny...

[XanaDUer]

6. Kick!

Since he waited to get onto Malloy...

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

7. LOL! I just heard you on Malloy! I was on the board a little earlier and

never saw this thread. I decided to go to sleep listening to Mike. Then I heard your very funny joke! Thank you! :)

[SheWhoMustBeObeyed]

8. Yep. It was funnier told than read.

;)

[prairierose]

9. Yes, I think it's a good story but....

I also think it's better when you tell it than reading it!

[truebrit71]

10. Thank you,,,thank you.... *blush*....

You can't really tell the accent on the screen can you?

Cheers!!

[prairierose]

13. No, the lovely accent doesn't ....

come across on the screen. Too bad!

[ralps]

11. It'sa funny joke truebrit71, but like some other folks wrote, hearing it

seemed better.

:hi:

[Catamount]

12. Really enjoyed your joke on Malloy tonight.

Please keep posting them here.