I had a serious column lined up for today, one just bulging with wisdom and grand thoughts. That one fell through, so I'll tell one of my favorite jokes instead.
It seems this waitress was working in a truck stop. One day at about lunch time, she looked out the window at the forest across the street, and noticed a bunny hop out of the woods.
The bunny hopped across the road and into the restaurant when the automatic doors swung open.
The bunny hesitated, looked around, then hopped into the nearest available booth, its front paws up on the table.
The waitress didn't know what to do. Approaching the table, she asked, "May I help you?"
Do you have cold coffee?" the bunny asked, eyes shining, whiskers quivering with excietment.
"No, I'm afraid we don't," the waitress said.
The bunny's ears drooped. It crawled off the booth, out the doors, and off into the woods.
"Gee, that was unusual, but it's too late to do anything about it now," thought the waitress.
The next day, at about lunch time, the bunny hopped out of the woods and into the restaurant again. He sat up at the booth, front paws on the table, eyes shining, whiskers quivering with excietment.
The waitress approached the table warily. "May I help you?" she said.
"Do you have cold coffee?" the bunny asked.
The waitress inwardly cringed. "No. No, I'm sorry , we don't," she said apologetically.
The bunny's ears drooped. It crawled off the booth, out the doors, and off into the woods.
Well, the waitress felt just terrible. She said to herself, "All right, that does it. If he comes in again tomorrow, I'm going to be ready for him."
The next day, the waitress showed up at work early, and brewed up a nice fresh pot of coffee. When it was finished brewing, she poured it into a pitcher, and set it in the refrigerator.
Then she went to work, keeping an eye on the forest across the road.
Sure enough, at about lunch time, the bunny hopped out of the woods, across the road, and into the restaurant. He sat up at the booth, front paws on the table, eyes shinig, whiskers quivering with excietment.
This time the waitress was ready for him. She swooped over to the table, and said brightly, "May I help you?"
"Do you have cold coffee?" the bunny asked.
"Yes! Yes, we have cold coffee!" the waitress said.
The bunny's face lit up, and he said, "Could you heat it up?"
