posted 02-15-2004 07:25 PM         

A man walked into a bar with a duck and a biscuit box made of
tin. He set
the duck on top of the biscuit box on the bar and the duck began
dancing.

The bartender found this rather interesting as did the rest of
the customers
in the pub. They all came round the duck and watched it for
hours, and while
doing so, bought more and more drink.

By the end of the night the bar was full of people watching this
amazing
duck, still dancing and giving the odd quack now and again. The
bar tender
realized that he hadn't seen business this good in a long time.
It was so
good that he offered to buy the duck from the man to which the
man agrees to
sell for $500. The bartender thinks it is a bit expensive but
agrees to buy
it anyhow. On selling the duck, the man went home, leaving a
crowded bar
watching his dancing duck.

Later that night, the man got a telephone call; it was the
bartender and he
exclaimed that the duck was a great success and that he earned
his money
back in the amount of drinks he sold, but he inquired, "There is
one
thing... How do you get the duck to stop dancing?"

"Oh simple?just take the lid off the biscuit box and blow out
the candle."