Anyone who could squeeze one more drop of
juice out would win the money. Many people
had tried over time (weightlifters,
longshoremen, etc.) but nobody could do
it.
One day a scrawny little man came in,
wearing thick glasses and a polyester
suit, and said in a tiny, squeaky voice,
"I'd like to try the bet."
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. 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.
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 weightlifter, or what?"
The man replied, "I work for the IRS."