An Irishman went to London for a visit to the zoo. While there,
he saw a man with an elephant act. The man claimed the elephant
could look at person and tell that person's age. The Irishman
was very skeptical and said so, in no uncertain terms. The man
had the elephant look at a small boy and the elephant stamped
its foot 9 times. "Is that right?" he asked the boy.
"Oh yes." the boy said.
The Irishman was very loud, in his not believing that this was
true. The man asked the elephant to tell the ages of several
people, and each time the elephant stamped his foot and the
people said he was correct.
The Irishman got even louder and more abusive toward the man.
Finally the man could take it no longer and wagered the Irishman
that the elephant could look at him and tell him his age. The
Irishman took him up on the wager. The elephant looked real
close at the Irishman, turned around, raised his tail and cut
wind like you wouldn't believe, turned back around and stomped
his foot twice.
Whereupon the Irishman stumbled back and with a sound of
disbelief in his voice cried, "BeGabbers, he's right! Farty-two!"
he saw a man with an elephant act. The man claimed the elephant
could look at person and tell that person's age. The Irishman
was very skeptical and said so, in no uncertain terms. The man
had the elephant look at a small boy and the elephant stamped
its foot 9 times. "Is that right?" he asked the boy.
"Oh yes." the boy said.
The Irishman was very loud, in his not believing that this was
true. The man asked the elephant to tell the ages of several
people, and each time the elephant stamped his foot and the
people said he was correct.
The Irishman got even louder and more abusive toward the man.
Finally the man could take it no longer and wagered the Irishman
that the elephant could look at him and tell him his age. The
Irishman took him up on the wager. The elephant looked real
close at the Irishman, turned around, raised his tail and cut
wind like you wouldn't believe, turned back around and stomped
his foot twice.
Whereupon the Irishman stumbled back and with a sound of
disbelief in his voice cried, "BeGabbers, he's right! Farty-two!"