A tourist walks into a curio shop in San Francisco...

[Champion Jack]

...Looking around at
the exotica, he notices a very lifelike life-sized bronze statue of a
rat. It has no price tag, but is so striking he decides he must have
it. He takes it to the owner: "How much for the bronze rat?" "$12 for
the rat, $100 for the story," says the owner. The tourist gives the
man $12. "I'll just take the rat, you can keep the story."

As he
walks down the street carrying his bronze rat, he notices that a few
real rats have crawled out of the alleys and sewers and begun
following him down the street. This is disconcerting, and he begins
walking faster. But within a couple of blocks, the herd of rats behind
him has grown to hundreds, and they begin squealing. He begins to
trot toward the Bay, looking around to see that the rats now number in
the MILLIONS, and are squealing and coming toward him faster and
faster. Concerned, even scared, he runs to the edge of the Bay, and
throws the bronze rat as far out into the water as he can.
Amazingly,the millions of rats all jump into the Bay after it, and are all
drowned. The man walks back to the curio shop. "Ah ha," says the
owner, "you have come back for the story?" "No," says the man, "I
came back to see if you have a bronze Republican."

[Robb]

1. Bwa ha ha!!!

Good one! :thumbsup:

[Duncan Grant]

2. LOL!

:) :bounce:

[Weiners]

3. I don't get it ?????

I thought earlier in the story you state that all the Rats jump into the Bay. :)

[yorgatron]

4. know why S.F. doesn't slide into the ocean

when there's an earthquake? because there's a wingnut on every corner!