On my birthday, I got a gift certificate from my wife. The certificate paid
for a visit to a witch doctor living on a nearby reservation who was rumored
to have a wonderful cure for erectile dysfunction. After being persuaded, I
drove to the reservation, handed my ticket to the witch doctor, and wondered what I was in for.
The old man slowly, methodically produced a potion, handed it to me, and
with a grip on my 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 you can perform as long as you want.'
I was encouraged. As he walked away, I turned and asked, 'How do I stop the medicine from working?'
'Your partner must say '1-2-3-4 ,' he responded. 'But when she does, the
medicine will not work again until the next full moon.'
I was eager to see if it worked. I went home, showered, shaved, took a
spoonful of the medicine, and then invited my wife to join me in the
bedroom. When she came in, I took off my clothes and said, '1-2-3!'
Immediately, I was the manliest of men. My 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.
for a visit to a witch doctor living on a nearby reservation who was rumored
to have a wonderful cure for erectile dysfunction. After being persuaded, I
drove to the reservation, handed my ticket to the witch doctor, and wondered what I was in for.
The old man slowly, methodically produced a potion, handed it to me, and
with a grip on my 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 you can perform as long as you want.'
I was encouraged. As he walked away, I turned and asked, 'How do I stop the medicine from working?'
'Your partner must say '1-2-3-4 ,' he responded. 'But when she does, the
medicine will not work again until the next full moon.'
I was eager to see if it worked. I went home, showered, shaved, took a
spoonful of the medicine, and then invited my wife to join me in the
bedroom. When she came in, I took off my clothes and said, '1-2-3!'
Immediately, I was the manliest of men. My 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.
