----- Original Message ----- From: Alloy, Lina To: Tucker, David Sent: Friday, January 12, 2001 10:08 AM Subject: Fw: Smart Shopper > It was many years ago since the embarrassing day when a young > woman, with a baby in her arms, entered his butcher shop and > confronted the butcher with the news that the baby was his and asked > what was he going to do about it? > > Finally he offered to provide her with free meat until the > boy was 16. She agreed. > > He had been counting the years off on his calendar, and one > day the teenager who had been collecting the meat each week, > came into the shop and said, "I'll be 16 tomorrow." > > "I know," said the butcher with a smile, "I've been counting > too, tell your mother, when you take this parcel of meat > home, that it is the last free meat she'll get, and watch the > expression on her face." > > When the boy arrived home he told his mother. The woman > nodded and said, "Son, go back to the butcher and tell him I > have also had free bread, free milk, and free groceries for > the last 16 years and watch the expression on HIS face!" >