Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site npois.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!ihnp4!houxm!ahuta!hocsl!npois!jay From: jay@npois.UUCP (Anton Winteroak) Newsgroups: net.jokes Subject: village idiot Message-ID: <157@npois.UUCP> Date: Wed, 9-Jan-85 15:22:18 EST Article-I.D.: npois.157 Posted: Wed Jan 9 15:22:18 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 12-Jan-85 00:56:19 EST Organization: ATTIS, Neptune, NJ Lines: 14 Like many towns in New England, my home town had a village idiot, who was barely able to take care of himself. But he had pride, so rather than just giving him money to live on, the mayor gave him a job. Every day, Footsie was supposed to polish the four brass cannon at the corners of the green. In return, he would get enough money for his apartment, some tv dinners, some wine, and a new hat once in a while. He did a very good job for about fifteen years. He was proud of his work, and people always had a good word for him as they passed. Then one day, he came into the mayor's office and said "I quit!" Stunned, the mayor asked him why he wanted to leave a job that he was doing so well with, to which Footsie replied, "I've been saving my money, and I've bought a cannon. Now I'm going into business for myself."