| In a restaurant, an old waiter brought a plate of consommé to a customer with soaking his thumb in the soup. The customer held his tongue. Then the waiter brought a steak with soaking his thumb in the gravy sauce. The customer kept on silent with tolerance. Last of all, the waiter brought ice cream for a dessert without putting his thumb in it. The customer could not help asking him, "Why did you soak your thumb in the soup and the gravy, but not put it in the ice cream?" The old waiter answered, "The answer is simple, young man. I suffer from rheumatism, and it eases my pain to soak my thumb into hot things." The customer got angry, "You warmed your thumb in my dish! Why don’t you just shove it up your ass?" The waiter nodded, "That’s what I do when I’m in the kitchen." |