Terry1953
01-20-2013, 06:17 PM
A couple lived near the ocean and used to walk the beach a lot.
One summer they noticed a girl who was at the beach pretty much every day.
She wasn't unusual, nor was the travel bag she carried, except for one
thing; she would approach people who were sitting on the beach, glance
around furtively, then speak to them.
Generally, the people would respond negatively and she would wander off,
but occasionally someone would nod and there would be a quick exchange of
money for something she carried in her bag. The couple assumed she was
selling drugs and debated calling the cops, but since they didn't know for
sure they just continued to watch her.
After a couple of weeks the wife asked, "Honey, have you ever noticed that
she only goes up to people with boom boxes and other electronic devices?"
He said he hadn't.
Then she said, "Tomorrow I want you to get a towel and our big radio and
go lie out on the beach. Then we can find out what she's really doing."
Well, the plan went off without a hitch, and the wife was almost hopping
up and down with anticipation when she saw the girl talk to her husband and
then leave.
The man walked up the beach and met his wife at the road.
Well, is she selling drugs?" she asked excitedly.
No, she's not," he said, enjoying this probably more than he should have.
"Well, what is it, then?" his wife fairly shrieked.
The man grinned and said. "She's a battery salesperson."
Batteries?" cried the wife.
"Yes" he replied. "She sells C-cells by the seashore."
One summer they noticed a girl who was at the beach pretty much every day.
She wasn't unusual, nor was the travel bag she carried, except for one
thing; she would approach people who were sitting on the beach, glance
around furtively, then speak to them.
Generally, the people would respond negatively and she would wander off,
but occasionally someone would nod and there would be a quick exchange of
money for something she carried in her bag. The couple assumed she was
selling drugs and debated calling the cops, but since they didn't know for
sure they just continued to watch her.
After a couple of weeks the wife asked, "Honey, have you ever noticed that
she only goes up to people with boom boxes and other electronic devices?"
He said he hadn't.
Then she said, "Tomorrow I want you to get a towel and our big radio and
go lie out on the beach. Then we can find out what she's really doing."
Well, the plan went off without a hitch, and the wife was almost hopping
up and down with anticipation when she saw the girl talk to her husband and
then leave.
The man walked up the beach and met his wife at the road.
Well, is she selling drugs?" she asked excitedly.
No, she's not," he said, enjoying this probably more than he should have.
"Well, what is it, then?" his wife fairly shrieked.
The man grinned and said. "She's a battery salesperson."
Batteries?" cried the wife.
"Yes" he replied. "She sells C-cells by the seashore."