A little old lady 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-powered vacuum cleaners.

'



'Go away!' said the old lady.

'I'm broke and haven't got any

money!' And she 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 her hallway carpet. 'If this vacuum cleaner does not remove all traces of this horse manure from your carpet, Madam, I will personally eat the remainder.

'



The old lady stepped back and said, 'Well let me get you a fork then,

'cause they cut off my electricity this morning!