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olde tyme joke
Two elderly gents would spend their afternoons sitting on a bench in front of the barber shop arguing about current affairs, debating political issues and discussing life in general. Among their favorite arguments: which brand of local beer is the best. The one gent has his favorite, while the other gent favors a different brand.
After several years of listening to this argument, the barber in front of whose shop the two gents sit says, "Why don't you resolve this dispute once and for all. Send samples of each brand of beer off to one of them new-fangled laboratories where they can test them and determine which is actually the better quality of the two."
The gents bothfind this suggestion appealing, so they walk across the street to the saloon and ask the bartender to find a couple of jars, fill them with the respective brands of beer, and ship them off to the laboratory.
After a few months, an envelope arrives. Eager to read the test results, the two gents scurry over to their bench in front of the barber shop and open the envelope. Inside is a letter which reads, "Thank you for submitting the specimens. We are happy to report that both performed very well under testing. It is our conclusion that both horses are in the best of health."