The Asylum Loonies..

One night in the bar, the owner is lamenting the fact that business is so
quiet on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays.


As he moans to some of the regulars a stranger, dressed in a tweed jacket and
wearing glasses wanders over and says, "I'm sorry, but I couldn't help
overhearing your conversation. I'm a doctor at the lunatic asylum up the road
and I'm trying to integrate some of the more sane individuals into the
community. Why don't I bring some of my patients along, say next
Tuesday. You'll have some customers and my patients will have a night out."


Well, the publican isn't sure but the thought of more paying customers on a
quiet night appeals, so he agrees.


So, the following Tuesday the guy in the tweed jacket and glasses shows up
with about ten lunatics.


He says to the publican, "They might try to pay for their drinks in unusual
ways, please just accept whatever they give you, put it all on a tab and I'll
settle up at closing time."


The barman has a great time selling loads of drinks and encouraging the
loonies to eat chips and peanuts. The loonies have a great time, getting drunk
and paying for their drinks with empty Coke cans, banana peels, used tea bags
and plastic shopping bags.


At closing time the barman adds up the bill and it comes to just over two
hundred dollars! The guy with the glasses and the tweed jacket starts to
organize the loonies ready to take them back to the asylum. Finally he comes
over and asks for the bill. The publican, feeling that he's charged them rather
a lot and feeling he should do his bit to help these poor
unfortunate people give him a discount.


"Let's call It $150," he says.


The guy in the tweed jacket smiles and says, "That's fine. Have you got change
for a garbage can?"