LAUGH, I had to change my PANTS

[Mush 0]

Got this on my mail today


>>----- Original Message -----
>> >
>> > Subject: A good laugh...
>> >
>> > For anyone who didn't see David Letterman's take on this: (And
>>it's a
>> > true
>> > story...)
>> >
>> > On a recent weekend in Atlantic City, a woman won a bucketful of
>> > quarters at
>> > a slot machine. She took a break from the slots for dinner with
>>her
>> > husband
>> > in the hotel dining room. But first she wanted to stash the
>>quarters in
>> > her
>> > room. "I'll be right back and we'll go to eat," she told her
>>husband
>> > and
>> > carried the coin-laden bucket to the elevator. As she was about
>>to
>> > walk
>> > into the elevator she noticed two men already aboard. Both were
>> > black...oOne
>> > of them was tall...very tall...an intimidating figure. The
>>woman
>> > froze.
>> >
>> > Her first thought was: These two are going to rob me. Her next
>>thought
>> > was:
>> > Don't be a bigot, they look like perfectly nice gentlemen. But
>>racial
>> > stereotypes are powerful, and fear immobilized her. She stood
>>and
>> > stared at
>> > the two men. She felt anxious, flustered and ashamed. She hoped
>>they
>> > didn't
>> > read her mind but gosh, they had to know what she was
>>thinking!!!
>> >
>> > Her hesitation about joining them in the elevator was all too
>>obvious
>> > now.
>> > Her face was flushed. She couldn't just stand there, so with a
>>mighty
>> > effort
>> > of will she picked up one foot and stepped forward and followed
>>with
>> > the
>> > other foot and was on the elevator. Avoiding eye contact, she
>>turned
>> > around
>> > stiffly and faced the elevator doors as they closed.
>> >
>> > A second passed, and the another second, and then another. Her
>>fear
>> > increased! The elevator didn't move. Panic consumed her. My God,
>>she
>> > thought, I'm trapped and about to be robbed! Her heart
>>plummeted.
>> > Perspiration poured from every pore. Then one of the men said,
>>"Hit
>> > the
>> > floor." Instinct told her to do what they told her. The bucket
>>of
>> > quarters
>> > flew upwards as she threw out her arms and collapsed on the
>>elevator
>> > floor.
>> > A shower of coins rained down on her. Take
>> > my money and spare me, she prayed.
>> >
>> > More seconds passed. She heard one of the men say politely,
>>"Ma'am, if
>> > you'll just tell us what floor you're going to, we'll push the
>> > button."
>> >
>> > The one who said it had a little trouble getting the words out.
>>He was
>> > trying mightily to hold in a belly laugh. The woman lifted her
>>head
>> > and
>> > looked up at the two men. They reached down to help her up.
>>Confused,
>> > she
>> > struggled to her feet.
>> >
>> > "When I told my friend here to hit the floor," said the average
>>sized
>> > one,
>> > "I meant that he should hit the elevator button for our floor. I
>>didn't
>> > mean
>> > for you to hit the floor, ma'am." He spoke genially. He bit his
>>lip. It
>> > was
>> > obvious he was having a hard time not laughing.
>> >
>> > The woman thought: My God, what a spectacle I've made of myself.
>>She
>> > was
>> > humiliated to speak. She wanted to blurt out an apology, but
>>words
>> > failed
>> > her.
>> > How do you apologize to two perfectly respectable gentlemen for
>> > behaving as
>> > though they were going to rob you? She didn't know what to say.
>>The
>> > three
>> > of them gathered up the strewn quarters and refilled her bucket.
>> >
>> > When the elevator arrived at her floor they then insisted on
>>walking
>> > her to
>> > her room. She seemed a little unsteady on her feet, and they
>>were
>> > afraid she
>> > might not make it down the corridor. At her door they bid her a
>>good
>> > evening. As she slipped into her room she could hear them
>>roaring with
>> > laughter as they walked back to the elevator. The woman brushed
>> > herself
>> > off. She pulled herself together and went downstairs for dinner
>>with
>> > her
>> > husband.
>> >
>> > The next morning flowers were delivered to her room - a dozen
>>roses.
>> > Attached to EACH rose was a crisp one hundred dollar bill. The
>>card
>> > said:
>> > "Thanks for the best laugh we've had in years."
>> > It was signed;
>> > Eddie Murphy
>> > Michael Jordan
>> >


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[n2skdvn 0]

snopes!!! sheesh!!!!!

if my calculations are correct SLINKY + ESCULATOR = EVERLASTING FUN
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[PhillyKev 0]

I heard that story 20 years ago saying it was Eddie Murphy and his body guard.