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Show Woman Patron Buying Ham A:ks Butcher to "Burger" It He was just a country butcher, but he deals with a lot of city slickers and he must be alert to see to it they put nothing over on him. He was discussing dis-cussing the suggestion that many of the customers who come to him are so dumb that he could sell them tripe for porterhouse steak. As an example exam-ple he explained that a woman came into his shop and asked for a pound of ham. This he cut, and then to his surprise the customer said, "Now please burger It." The butcher did not grasp the request re-quest immediately, and then it dawned upon him that the buyer wanted meat for a hamburger steak. Trying to explain the makings used for a hamburger, the woman became very Indignant, saying she knew what she wanted. Not wiiling to accept his explanation, explana-tion, he did the next best thing and ran the slice of ham through the chopper, wrapped It up, and the customer cus-tomer went away in contentment. Her subsequent visits to the store were friendly and the subject was never mentioned. New York Sun. |