
Once upon a long time ago...
While on line at a theater downtown I was approached by a busker.
He introduced himself, "Hello, I am Funny Bum. I tell jokes."
I smiled as he continued, "If you laugh you give me a dollar. We got a deal?"
I thought about it for a second and complied, "Well, you can certainly try."
He reiterated, "Remember, you laugh you gotta pay me."
I nodded as he launched into his first joke: "Why do bees wear yamika's?"
Stumped, I asked, "Ok, why?"
He said, "Because they don't want to be mistaken for wasps!"
Bah-dum-bump. I handed him a dollar.
He continued, "Can Funny Bum try again?"
He was a little old black man and cute as hell so I agreed, "Of course."
He asked, "How do you say Mississippi with only one i?"
I replied, "No idea."
He placed one hand over his left eye and said, "Mississippi."
I frowned, "That my friend, does not get a dollar."
He clapped his hands and said, "Wait, wait, wait. Let me try one more."
I said, "Ok, Funny Bum gets one more shot."
Funny Bum asked, "How do you make a handkerchief dance?"
I thought about it for a few seconds and then shrugged.
He punctuated his punchline with a little hop, "You put a little boogie in it."
Yea, I handed him another dollar.
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