humor - fit for a king

a dime a dozen. that's not how many pizzas you can buy with a dime.....

the jokes have stopped coming. and humor has dried out. the king who fed on jokes and humor was very sad.... though the court jesters were trying very hard to please him by telling him all sorts of jokes and humor, he could not be brought to have even a trace of being amused. he's a very tough king to please, indeed. he asked his prime minister to put a big ad on all the media, throughout all his kingdom - jokers and humorists wanted!

many turned up, but could do no better than the ones before them until one chap showed up one day.....

he said, "your majesty, have you heard of 'a dime a dozen' story?"

"no."

"ok, your majesty, that's how it started... there was a man with a dime, he went to the market wanting to buy a loaf of bread. but the bread would cost him 10 dimes. he said to the bread seller, i want to buy a loaf of bread, but i only have 1 dime which i will pay you, and still owing you 9 dimes."

the bread seller said, "who are you? i don't know you, why should i trust you?"

"you don't have to trust me. do you trust the fish seller, the meat seller and the fruit seller?"

"yes. they are my good frens for we have known each other for many years."

"then, you should trust me."

"why?"

"because i also owe them money."

the king was nodding his head, smiled. but he said, "ok.... there's a dime, but where's the dozen?"

"i'm glad you asked, your majesty. fyi, i have told the jokes to 11 people already, and you are the 12th person i repeated the joke....."

the king suddenly realised he had been too harsh in his demand for jokes and humor that he had turned himself into a laughing stalk....