{"id":1153,"date":"2025-08-15T07:19:11","date_gmt":"2025-08-15T07:19:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tappyli.com\/?p=1153"},"modified":"2025-08-15T07:19:11","modified_gmt":"2025-08-15T07:19:11","slug":"mistake-on-the-sign-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tappyli.com\/?p=1153","title":{"rendered":"Mistake On The Sign."},"content":{"rendered":"

Eggplants for sale<\/h2>\n

A grocer put up a sign that read: \u201cEggplants: 25 cents each or three for a dollar.\u201d<\/p>\n

All day long, customers came in exclaiming: \u201cDon\u2019t be ridiculous! I should get four for a dollar!\u201d<\/p>\n

Meekly, the grocer packaged four eggplants for each customer that complained. The tailor next door had been watching these antics and finally asked the grocer: \u201cAren\u2019t you going to fix the mistake on your sign?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat mistake?\u201d the grocer asked. \u201cBefore I put up that sign no one ever bought more than one eggplant.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat happened?\u201d\u00a0asked the hospital visitor to the heavily bandaged man sitting up in bed.<\/h2>\n

\u201cWell, I went down to Margate at the weekend and decided to take a ride on the roller coaster. As we came up to the top of the highest loop, I noticed a little sign by the side of the track. I tried to read it but it was very small and I couldn\u2019t make it out.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was so curious that I decided to go round again, but we went by so quickly that I couldn\u2019t see what the sign said.<\/p>\n

\u201cBy now, I was determined to read that sign so I went round a third time. As we reached the top, I stood up in the car to get a better view.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd did you manage to see what the sign said this time?\u201d asked the visitor.<\/p>\n

\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat did it say?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cDon\u2019t stand up in the car!\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

A customer at Green\u2019s Gourmet Grocery marvels at the proprietor\u2019s quick wit and intelligence.<\/h2>\n

\u201cTell me, Green, what makes you so smart?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI wouldn\u2019t share my secret with just anyone,\u201d Green replies, lowering his voice so the other shoppers won\u2019t hear. \u201cBut since you\u2019re a good and faithful customer, I\u2019ll let you in on it.\u00a0Fish heads.\u00a0You eat enough of them, you\u2019ll be positively brilliant.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cYou sell them here?\u201d the customer asks.<\/p>\n

\u201cOnly $4 each,\u201d says Green.<\/p>\n

The customer buys three. A week later, he\u2019s back in the store complaining that the fish heads were disgusting and he isn\u2019t any smarter.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou didn\u2019t eat enough,\u201d says Green.<\/p>\n

The customer goes home with 20 more fish heads. Two weeks later, he\u2019s back and this time he\u2019s really angry.<\/p>\n

\u201cHey, Green,\u201d he says, \u201cYou\u2019re selling me fish heads for $4 apiece when I can buy the whole fish for $2. You\u2019re ripping me off!\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cYou see?\u201d\u00a0<\/strong>says Green.\u00a0\u201cYou\u2019re smarter already.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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