Macy
11/02/2002, 1:32 PM
> A successful Aussie businessman flew to Vegas for the weekend to gamble.
> He lost the shirt off his back, and had nothing left but a quarter and
> thesecond 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 hiscredit card numbers, his
> driver's license number, his address, etc.
>
> 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,atthe end
> of
> a long line of cabs, but his old buddy who had refused to givehim 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 give me a blow
> job on the way?" "What?! Get the hell out of my cab."
>
> The businessman got into the back of each cab in the long line and asked
> the same questions, with the same result. When he got to his old friend
> atthe 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 "OK"
> 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 of the other
> drivers.
> He lost the shirt off his back, and had nothing left but a quarter and
> thesecond 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 hiscredit card numbers, his
> driver's license number, his address, etc.
>
> 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,atthe end
> of
> a long line of cabs, but his old buddy who had refused to givehim 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 give me a blow
> job on the way?" "What?! Get the hell out of my cab."
>
> The businessman got into the back of each cab in the long line and asked
> the same questions, with the same result. When he got to his old friend
> atthe 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 "OK"
> 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 of the other
> drivers.