DUH VI

From Reader's Digest
Contributed by Lawrence E. Wyatt


   One day at a rural elementary school, the teacher had each member of the class tell a tale and then state the moral of the story. First up was Suzy. "My father owns a farm and every week we put the eggs in a basket to take to market," she said. "But one day we hit a bump, and the eggs flew out of the basket and smashed on the road. The moral of the story is: don't put all your eggs in one basket."
   Next was Lucy: "My dad owns a farm too," she said. "One day we put 12 eggs into an incubator, but only eight hatched. The moral of the story is: don't count your chickens before they're hatched."
   Last was Billy. "My uncle Ted's plane was shot down in the war, and he parachuted to a remote island with nothing but a flask of medicinal whiskey," the boy said. "Surrounded by a dozen hostile inhabitants, he drank the whiskey, then killed all 12 with his bare hands."
   "That's some story," the teacher said. "But what's the moral?"
   "The moral," Billy said, "is don't mess with Uncle Ted when he's been drinking."