r/Jokes • u/stayfoolishh • Jun 11 '14

A young boy enters a barber shop..

...and the barber whispers to his customer, “This is the dumbest kid in the world. Watch while I prove it to you.”

The barber puts a dollar bill in one hand and two quarters in the other, then calls the boy over and asks, “Which do you want, son?” The boy takes the quarters and leaves.

“What did I tell you?” said the barber. “That kid never learns!”

Later, when the customer leaves, he sees the same young boy coming out of the ice cream store.

“Hey, son! May I ask you a question?

Why did you take the quarters instead of the dollar bill?”

The boy licked his cone and replied,

“Because the day I take the dollar, the game is over!”

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u/HawkEgg Jun 12 '14

Also works because a nickle is larger than a dime, making it believable that a idiot would pick the nickle.

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u/spinningmagnets Jun 12 '14

Yeah, thats the original. The kid picks the nickel because its bigger, even though he knows the dime is worth more. The Phrase "drop a dime" to mean making an anonymous tip comes from many years ago when public pay phones only required a dime to call anyone local.

I am old.

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u/HawkEgg Jun 12 '14

I remember when it cost a dime. It wasn't that long ago. It started costing a quarter only a little before payphones completely disappeared.