The local bar was so sure that its bartender was the strongest man around that they offered a standing $1000 bet.<\/p>\n
The bartender would squeeze a lemon until all the juice ran into a glass, and hand the lemon to a patron. Anyone who could squeeze one more drop of juice out would win the money.<\/p>\n
Many people had tried over time (weight-lifters, longshoremen, etc.) but nobody could do it.<\/p>\n
One day this scrawny little man came into the bar, wearing thick glasses and a polyester suit, and said in a tiny squeaky voice “I’d like to try the bet.”<\/p>\n
After the laughter had died down, the bartender said OK, grabbed a lemon, and squeezed away. Then he handed the wrinkled remains of the rind to the little man.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
As the crowd cheered, the bartender paid the $1000, and asked the little man, “What do you do for a living? Are you a lumberjack, a weight-lifter, what?”<\/p>\n
The man replied, “I’m an IRS Agent.” <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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