From:	Andy Schipper 
Sent:	Wednesday, August 05, 1998 9:11 AM
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Subject:	FW: FW: [Fwd: Re: Hello.....] (fwd)

At last, a tale with a moral...
 
A man is waiting for wife to give birth.  The doctor comes in and
informs the dad that his son was born without torso, arms or legs. 
The son is just a head!  But the dad loves his son and raises him as
well as he can, with love and compassion. After 18 years, the son is
old
enough for his first drink. Dad takes him to the bar and tearfully
tells
the son he is proud of him.  Dad orders up the biggest, strongest
drink for
his boy.  With all the bar patrons
looking on curiously and the bartender shaking his head in disbelief,
the
boy takes his first sip of alcohol. Swoooop!  A torso popsout! 
The bar is dead silent; then bursts into a whoop of joy.  The father,
shocked, begs his son to drink again. The patrons chant "Take another
drink"!  The bartender still shakes his head in dismay.  Swoooop! Two
arms pop out. The bar goes wild.  The father, crying and wailing, begs
his
son to drink again. The patrons chant "Take another drink"! 
The bartender ignores the whole affair.  By now the boy is getting
tipsy,
and with his new hands he reaches down, grabs his drink and guzzles
the last of it.  Swoooop!  Two legs pop out.  The bar is in chaos.The
father falls to his knees and tearfully thanks God. 
The boy stands up on his new legs and stumbles to the left....then to
the
right....right through the front door, into the street, where a truck
runs
over him and kills him instantly.  The bar falls silent. 
The father moans in grief.  The bartender sighs and says, "That boy
should
have quit while he was a head."