A little old Texas lady answered a knock on the doorone day, only to be confronted by a well-dressedyoung man carrying a vacuum cleaner.
Good morning,” said the young man, “If I could take a coupleof minutes of your time, I would like to demonstrate the verylatest in high-powered vacuum cleaners, straight fromCalifornia.”
“Go away!” said the old lady, “I haven’t got any money tospend on things like that!” and she proceeded to close thedoor.
Quick as a flash, the young man wedged his foot in the doorand pushed it wide open.
“Don’t be too hasty!” he said. “At least wait until you’ve seenmy demonstration.’
And with that, he emptied a bucket of horse manure onto herhallway carpet.
“If this vacuum cleaner doesn’t remove all traces of this horsemanure from your carpet, Madam, I will personally eat theremainder, cross my heart.
The old lady stepped back and said, “Wait here while I go get aspoon. I hope you’ve got a darn good appetite, because theycut off my electricity this morning.