An out of work oilfield hand answered a knock on the door one day, only to
be confronted by a well-dressed young man carrying a vacuum cleaner. 'Good
morning,' said the young man. 'If I could take a couple of minutes of your
time, I would like to demonstrate the very latest in high-poweredvacuum
cleaners.' 'Go away!' said the unemployed oilfield hand. 'I'm broke and
haven't got any money!' and he proceeded to close the door. Quick as a
flash, the young man wedged his foot in the door and pushed it wide open.
'Don't be too hasty!' he said. 'Not until you have at least seen my
demonstration.' And with that, he emptied a bucket of horse manure onto his
hallway carpet. 'If this vacuum cleaner does not remove all traces of this
horse manure from your carpet, Sir, I will personally eat the remainder.'
The unemployed oilfield hand stepped back and said, 'Well let me get you a
fork, 'cause they cut off my electricity this morning.