Posted by Terry (24.94.59.215) on April 20, 2000 at 08:08:11:
By the time a Marine pulled into a little town, every
> >> hotel
> >> room was
> >> taken.
> >>
> >> "You've got to have a room somewhere," he pleaded. "Or
> >> just a
> >> bed, I don't
> >> care where."
> >>
> >> "Well, I do have a double room with one occupant, a
> >> Navy guy,"
> >> admitted
> >> the manager, "and he might be glad to split the cost.
> >> But to
> >> tell you the truth, he snores so loudly that people in
> >>
> >> adjoining rooms have complained in the past. I'm not
> >> sure it'd
> >> be worth it to you."
> >>
> >> "No problem," the tired Marine assured him. "I'll take
> >> it."
> >>
> >> The next morning the Marine came down to breakfast
> >> bright-eyed
> >> and bushy-tailed. "How'd you sleep?" Asked the
> >> manager.
> >>
> >> "Never better."
> >>
> >> The manager was impressed. "No problem with the other
> >> guy
> >> snoring, then?"
> >>
> >> "Nope, I shut him up in no time." Said the Marine.
> >>
> >> "How'd you manage that?" asked the manager.
> >>
> >> "He was already in bed, snoring away, when I came in
> >> the
> >> room," the Marine explained. "I went over, gave him a
> >> kiss on
> >> the cheek, said, 'Goodnight, beautiful,' and he sat up
> >> all
> >> night watching me."
> >>