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Show OFF BEAT A theater in a small western town had a burglar alarm fitted in the boxoffice. You just had to press j a pedal on the floor, and a bell rang j at police headquarters. Two days after it was installed, a gangster poked his gun through the boxoffice window and demanded the cash. The girl pressed her foot on the pedal, stalled a bit. then began to hand over the money. At this point the phone rang. The gangster grabbed the receiver. "What is it?" he asked. "This is the police station, darn you," said an angry voice. "Say, do you know you've got your foot on the pedal and we can't hear ourselves our-selves talk because of that blooming alarm bell!" |