BLONDE BAPTIST LADY
A lady, who is visiting South Carolina from Texas, walks into a bar and
orders three mugs of Bud. She sits in the back of the room, drinking a sip
out of each one in turn. When she finishes them, she comes back to the bar
and orders three more.
The bartender approaches and tells the cowgirl, "You know, a mug goes flat
after I draw it. It would taste better if you bought one at a time."
The lady replies, "Well, you see, I have two sisters. One is in
Australia, the other is in Dublin. When we all left our home in Texas, we
promised that we'd drink this way to remember
the days when we drank together. So I'm drinking one beer for each of my
sisters and one for myself."
The bartender admits that this is a nice custom, and leaves it there.
The lady becomes a regular in the bar, and always drinks the same way.
She orders three mugs and drinks them in turn.
One day, she comes in and only orders two mugs. All the regulars take
notice and fall silent. When she comes back to the bar for the second
round, the bartender says, "I don't want to intrude on your grief, but I
wanted to offer my condolences on your loss."
The lady looks quite puzzled for a moment, then a light dawns in her
eyes and she laughs.
"Oh, no, everybody's just fine," she explains, "It's just that my husband
and I joined the Baptist Church and I had to quit drinking."
"Hasn't affected my sisters though.
