Hamster
A tramp walks into a bar and asks the barman for a drink. The barman refuses on the grounds that he
can't afford it.

The tramp replies "If I show you what I've got in my pocket and you agree that it's fantastic can
I have that drink?" The barman agrees whereupon the tramp takes a hamster out of his pocket and
puts him on the bar. The hamster runs along the bar and over to the piano where he begins playing
Gershwin melodies.

The barman, amazed, gives the tramp his drink. Ten minutes later the tramp asks for another drink
and the barman refuses until the tramp makes a similar offer. This time he takes a frog out of
his pocket and puts him on the bar. The frog suddenly begins to sing like Pavarotti accompanied
by the hamster on the piano.

At that moment a chap in the corner of the bar rushes up to the tramp and offers him $200 for the
frog. The tramp refuses but the chap increses his offer to $500. The tramp accepts and the chap
pays up and rushes out of the bar.

As the barman was serving the tramp with his second drink he said, "You must be mad. That frog must
be worth millions!"

"Not really" said the tramp. "The hamster's a ventriloquist."

category: bar  date entered: 2006-09-18