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This is another of those tricks played on
the unsuspecting new apprentice or helper in a
workshop.
I was the head machinist of the shop and my
good friend and assistant machinist, Larry,
and I were in charge of shop gags.
We had hired a young man, Herman P., who came up to New York from
Florida to seek his fame and fortune. He was a
general shop helper, a "factotum." He was of a
good nature and wanted to get ahead and make some money.
We asked him if he would like to make some easy money, he said sure, so
we arranged to meet toward the end of the
lunch break to discuss some extra money.
The game went like this:
Herman was to put a funnel inside the front of his trousers. He was to tilt his head back and we
would put a quarter on his forehead, and if he
could then tilt his head forward and make the quarter drop into the
funnel he could keep it. Everybody in the shop was watching and
several said they had a quarter to donate to
the game.
Herman dropped the first quarter right into the funnel then put it into
his pocket. Then the second and the third,
with cheers from the crowd. Herman was
grinning.
At this point Larry went to the water cooler, got a cup of icy cold
water and hid it behind his back.
The next time Herman tilted his head back, Larry poured the water into
the funnel, which then went all over the
inside front part of his pants.
He just stood there a moment contemplating, then said "Guys, you got me.
I've been had."
Everybody had a real good laugh. The best show in town for 75¢.
From Wayne Norman
Pinched off the internet
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Second year kids used
to do it on first year kids at the Whyalla Technical High School when I
went there.
PT
Barnum was not wrong.
The pharmaceutical variation of the
funnel trick is to keep the Government's attention focused on
life-saving wonder drugs while you're running amok ripping them off for
junk pharmaceuticals.
In Australia $3 or $4 billion dollars of public money
goes down the funnel each year. That's why there's never enough money to
employ more phys ed teachers.
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