Banta was walking down the street when a little kid covered in soot said to him respectfully, "Sir, can you tell me the time?" Banta stopped, carefully unbuttoned his coat and jacket, removed a large watch from a vest pocket, looked at it and said, "It is a quarter to three, young man." "Thanks," said the boy. "At exactly three o'clock you can kiss my ass." With that, the kid took off running, and with an angry cry, the outraged Banta started chasing him. He had not been running long when Santa stopped him. "Why are you running like this?" asked Santa. Gasping and almost incoherent with fury, Banta said, "That little b@st#rd asked me the time and when I told him it was quarter to three he told me that at exactly three, I should kiss his ass!" "So what's your hurry," said Santa. "You still have ten minutes." |