Guitar Jones
aka Angry Johnny
On his 78th birthday a man got a gift certificate from his wife.
The certificate paid for a visit to a medicine man living on a
nearby reservation, who was rumored to have a wonderful cure for
erectile dysfunction.
After being persuaded, the man drove to the reservation, handed
his gift certificate to the medicine man and wondered what he
was in for.
The medicine man slowly, methodically produced a potion, handed
it to him, and with a grip on his shoulder, warned: "This is
powerful medicine and it must be respected. You take only a teaspoonful
and then say, '1-2-3'. When you do that, you will become more
manly than you have ever been in your life and be able to perform as long as
you want!"
The elderly man was encouraged. As he walked away, he turned
and asked, "How do I stop the medicine from working?" "Your partner must
say, '1-2-3-4'," the medicine man responded, "but when she does, the
medicine will not work again until the next full moon."
He was very eager to see if it worked. When he got home, he
shaved, showered, took a spoonful of the medicine, and then invited his
wife to join him in the bedroom. When she came in, he took off his
clothes and said, "1-2-3!" Immediately, he was the manliest of men!
His wife was excited and began throwing off her clothes and then she
asked, "What was the 1-2-3 for?"
And that, boys and girls, is why we should never end our sentences
with a preposition because, if we do, we could end up with a dangling participle.
The certificate paid for a visit to a medicine man living on a
nearby reservation, who was rumored to have a wonderful cure for
erectile dysfunction.
After being persuaded, the man drove to the reservation, handed
his gift certificate to the medicine man and wondered what he
was in for.
The medicine man slowly, methodically produced a potion, handed
it to him, and with a grip on his shoulder, warned: "This is
powerful medicine and it must be respected. You take only a teaspoonful
and then say, '1-2-3'. When you do that, you will become more
manly than you have ever been in your life and be able to perform as long as
you want!"
The elderly man was encouraged. As he walked away, he turned
and asked, "How do I stop the medicine from working?" "Your partner must
say, '1-2-3-4'," the medicine man responded, "but when she does, the
medicine will not work again until the next full moon."
He was very eager to see if it worked. When he got home, he
shaved, showered, took a spoonful of the medicine, and then invited his
wife to join him in the bedroom. When she came in, he took off his
clothes and said, "1-2-3!" Immediately, he was the manliest of men!
His wife was excited and began throwing off her clothes and then she
asked, "What was the 1-2-3 for?"
And that, boys and girls, is why we should never end our sentences
with a preposition because, if we do, we could end up with a dangling participle.
