A Bar Bet

The local bar was so sure that its bartender was the strongest man around that they offered a standing $1,000.00 bet, that the bartender could squeeze a lemon until all the juice ran into a glass and hand it to a patron. Anyone that could squeeze one more drop of juice would win the money. Many people tried over time (weightlifters, longshoremen, etc.), nobody could do it.

One day this scrawny little man came in wearing thick rim glasses and a polyester suit, and said in a tiny squeaky voice, "I'd like to try the bet". After the laughter had died down the bartender said okay, grabbed a lemon and sqeezed away, then handed the wrinkled remains of the rind to the little
man. But the crowd's laughter turned to total silence as the man clenched his fist around the lemon and six drops fell into the glass.

As the crowd cheered, the bartender paid the man the $1,000.00, and ask the little man, "What do you do for a living? are you a lumberjack, a weightlifter, or what?" The man replied, "I work for the IRS"

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