willywanker
just one man's opinion
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A successful businessman flew to Vegas for the weekend
to gamble. He lost the shirt off his back, and had
nothing left but a quarter and the second half of his
round trip ticket -- If he could just get to the airport
he could get himself home.
So he went out to the front of the casino where there
was a cab waiting. He got in and explained his situation
to the cabbie. He promised to send the driver money from
home, he offered him his credit card numbers, his
drivers license number, his address, etc. but to no
avail. The cabbie said, "If you don't have fifteen
dollars, get the hell out of my cab!"
So the businessman was forced to hitchhike to the
airport and was barely in time to catch his flight.
One year later the businessman, having worked long and
hard to regain his financial success, returned to Vegas
and this time he won big. Feeling pretty good about
himself, he went out to the front of the casino to get a
cab ride back to the airport. Well who should he see out
there, at the end of a long line of cabs, but his old
buddy who had refused to give him a ride when he was
down on his luck. The businessman thought for a moment
about how he could make the guy pay for his lack of
charity, and he hit on a plan.
The businessman got in the first cab in the line, "How
much for a ride to the airport," he asked? "Fifteen
bucks," came the reply. "And how much for you to go down
on me during the way?" "What?! Get Out out of my cab,
you scum." was the reply. The businessman got into the
back of each cab in the long line and asked the same
questions, with the same result - getting kicked out of
each taxi.
When he got to his old friend at the back of the line,
he got in and asked "How much for a ride to the
airport?" The cabbie replied "fifteen bucks." The
businessman said "O.K." and off they went.
Then, as they drove slowly past the long line of cabs
the businessman gave a big smile and thumbs up sign to
each driver.
to gamble. He lost the shirt off his back, and had
nothing left but a quarter and the second half of his
round trip ticket -- If he could just get to the airport
he could get himself home.
So he went out to the front of the casino where there
was a cab waiting. He got in and explained his situation
to the cabbie. He promised to send the driver money from
home, he offered him his credit card numbers, his
drivers license number, his address, etc. but to no
avail. The cabbie said, "If you don't have fifteen
dollars, get the hell out of my cab!"
So the businessman was forced to hitchhike to the
airport and was barely in time to catch his flight.
One year later the businessman, having worked long and
hard to regain his financial success, returned to Vegas
and this time he won big. Feeling pretty good about
himself, he went out to the front of the casino to get a
cab ride back to the airport. Well who should he see out
there, at the end of a long line of cabs, but his old
buddy who had refused to give him a ride when he was
down on his luck. The businessman thought for a moment
about how he could make the guy pay for his lack of
charity, and he hit on a plan.
The businessman got in the first cab in the line, "How
much for a ride to the airport," he asked? "Fifteen
bucks," came the reply. "And how much for you to go down
on me during the way?" "What?! Get Out out of my cab,
you scum." was the reply. The businessman got into the
back of each cab in the long line and asked the same
questions, with the same result - getting kicked out of
each taxi.
When he got to his old friend at the back of the line,
he got in and asked "How much for a ride to the
airport?" The cabbie replied "fifteen bucks." The
businessman said "O.K." and off they went.
Then, as they drove slowly past the long line of cabs
the businessman gave a big smile and thumbs up sign to
each driver.
