Seth's List for 05/15/03
Two guys were picked up by the cops for smoking dope
and appeared in court before the judge. The judge said, "You
seem like nice young men, and I'd like to give you a second chance
rather than jail time. I want you to go out this
weekend and try to show others the evils of drug use and get them
to give up drugs forever. I'll see you back in court Monday."
Monday, the two guys were in court, and the judge
said to the first one, "How did you do over the weekend?"
"Well, your honor, I persuaded 17 people to give
up drugs forever," he said.
"Seventeen people? That's wonderful. What did
you tell them?" the judge said.
"I used a diagram, your honor. I drew two circles:
and told them this (the big circle) is your brain before drugs and
this (the small circle) is your brain after drugs."
"That's admirable," said the judge. "And
you, how did you do?" he asked the second guy.
"Well, your honor, I persuaded one hundred fifty
six people to give up drugs forever," he said.
"That many people! How amazing! How did you manage
to do that!" the judge asked.
"Well, I used the same two circles. I pointed
to the small circle and told them, 'this is your ass before prison..."
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