An Italian man had a sucessful florist stand on a busy street corner in downtown. One day, the monastery across the street set up a stand with two friars outside, selling the same flowers for half the price.
The Italian man began to see his sales taken up by the friars, so he went across the street and asked the friars to compete failry. They refused, citing the fact that the country is based on free enterprise, and they can set their price wherever they like. The Italian cussed and went back to his own stand.
Two hours later, when the Italian had not made another sale, he went back across the street and asked the friars to at least move to the other street. Again, they refused, the Italian man cussed again and told the friars they had better not be set up there tomorrow or they would beet his friend Hugh.
The next morning, the Italian set up shop, and watched as the friars set up in exacly the same spot as yesterday. So the Italian man got on his phone, asking Hugh to come take care of this situation.
Hugh came out shortly after, broke the friar's table in half, trampled their flowers, and gave the friars such a start, they set up their stand on the side street with a higher price the next day.
The moral of this story is: Hugh, and only Hugh, can prevent florist friars.
no subject
Date: 2003-06-18 09:54 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2003-06-18 10:15 am (UTC)that's the best!!!
\m/
Re:
Date: 2003-06-18 10:29 am (UTC)We have an animatronic one. . . 16 ft tall or so.
It talks to the kids.
:)
no subject
Date: 2003-06-18 10:48 am (UTC)Re:
Date: 2003-06-18 10:50 am (UTC)I will have to dig up a picture of it.
no subject
Date: 2003-06-18 10:57 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2003-06-18 02:08 pm (UTC)I cleaned up my entire neighborhood.
Then the trashy neighbors started throwing bottles in the street just to watch my sorry ass pick them up the next day. Way to make a kid cynical.
hardy har- har.
Date: 2003-06-18 03:35 pm (UTC)The Italian man began to see his sales taken up by the friars, so he went across the street and asked the friars to compete failry. They refused, citing the fact that the country is based on free enterprise, and they can set their price wherever they like. The Italian cussed and went back to his own stand.
Two hours later, when the Italian had not made another sale, he went back across the street and asked the friars to at least move to the other street. Again, they refused, the Italian man cussed again and told the friars they had better not be set up there tomorrow or they would beet his friend Hugh.
The next morning, the Italian set up shop, and watched as the friars set up in exacly the same spot as yesterday. So the Italian man got on his phone, asking Hugh to come take care of this situation.
Hugh came out shortly after, broke the friar's table in half, trampled their flowers, and gave the friars such a start, they set up their stand on the side street with a higher price the next day.
The moral of this story is: Hugh, and only Hugh, can prevent florist friars.
Re: hardy har- har.
Date: 2003-06-20 01:58 am (UTC)gigglz!
Snort!