[lfjokes] vacuum cleaner demo

[Adam Shand]

From: Gene Merrill <gene at well.com>

A little old lady answered a knock on the door one day, only to be
confronted by a well dressed young man carrying a vacuum cleaner. 

"Good morning," said the young man. "If I could take a couple of minutes
of your time, I would like to demonstrate the very latest in high-powered
vacuum cleaners."

"Go away!" said the old lady. "I haven't got any money!" and she proceeded
to close the door.

Quick as a flash, the young man wedged his foot in the door and pushed it
wide open. "Don't be too hasty!" he said. "Not until you have at least
seen my demonstration." And with that, he emptied a bucket of horse manure
onto her hallway carpet. "If this vacuum cleaner does not remove all
traces of this horse manure from your carpet, Madam, I will personally eat
the remainder."

"Well," she said, "I hope you've got a good appetite because the
electricity was cut off this morning."