A tourist walks into a curio shop in San Francisco.
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?"
"Twelve dollars for the rat, a hundred dollars for the
story," says the owner.
The tourist gives the man twelve dollars. "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
alleys and sewers, and begun following him down the
street. This is a bit disconcerting, so he begins
walking a little faster. Within a couple blocks, the
group of rats behind him grows to over a hundred, and
they begin squealing. He starts to trot toward the
Bay. He takes a nervous look around and sees that the
rats now number in the thousands, maybe millions and
they are all squealing and coming toward him faster
and faster.
Terrified, he runs to the edge of the Bay, and throws
the bronze rat as far out into the Bay 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, "I'll bet you have come back
for the story?"
"No," said the man, "I came back to see if you have a
bronze Republican!"
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