Got this via e-mail today, and immediately thought of Rossmoor's resident HORSE champion:
On his 74th birthday Reg got a gift certificate from his wife.[/B]
The certificate paid for a visit to a medicine man living on a nearby reservation who was
Rumored to have a wonderful cure for erectile dysfunction.[/B]
After being persuaded, he drove to the reservation, handed his ticket to the medicine man.[/B]
The old man handed a potion to him, and with a grip on his shoulder warned,
'This is a powerful medicine. You take only a teaspoonful, and then say '1-2-3.'
When you do, you will become more manly than you have ever been in your life, and you can perform as long as you want."[/B]
The man was encouraged. As he walked away, he 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."[/B]
He was very eager to see if it worked so he went home, showered, shaved, took a spoonful of the medicine, and
Then invited his wife to join him in the bedroom.[/B]
When she came in, he took off his clothes and said, "1-2-3!" Immediately, he was the manliest of men.
His wife was excited and began throwing off her clothes, and then she asked, "What was the 1-2-3 for?"
And that, folks, is why we should never end our sentences with a preposition, because we could end up with a dangling participle.
On his 74th birthday Reg got a gift certificate from his wife.[/B]
The certificate paid for a visit to a medicine man living on a nearby reservation who was
Rumored to have a wonderful cure for erectile dysfunction.[/B]
After being persuaded, he drove to the reservation, handed his ticket to the medicine man.[/B]
The old man handed a potion to him, and with a grip on his shoulder warned,
'This is a powerful medicine. You take only a teaspoonful, and then say '1-2-3.'
When you do, you will become more manly than you have ever been in your life, and you can perform as long as you want."[/B]
The man was encouraged. As he walked away, he 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."[/B]
He was very eager to see if it worked so he went home, showered, shaved, took a spoonful of the medicine, and
Then invited his wife to join him in the bedroom.[/B]
When she came in, he took off his clothes and said, "1-2-3!" Immediately, he was the manliest of men.
His wife was excited and began throwing off her clothes, and then she asked, "What was the 1-2-3 for?"
And that, folks, is why we should never end our sentences with a preposition, because we could end up with a dangling participle.
