A waitress asks a guy, who oddly has a talking ostrich with him, for his order. The guy says, “I’ll have a hamburger, fries, and a coke.” She then turns to the ostrich and says, “And what will you have?”
“I’ll have the same,” says the ostrich.
A short time later the waitress returns with the order. “That will be $18.40 please.” The man reaches into his pocket and, without looking, pulls out the exact amount for payment.
The next day, the guy and the ostrich come back and the guy orders, “A hamburger, fries, and a coke” again, while the ostrich says nothing more than, “I’ll have the same.”
Once more, the guy reaches into his pocket and pays with exact change. This becomes a daily routine until one evening they enter the restaurant and the waitress asks, “The usual?”
“No, this is Friday night, so I will have a steak, baked potato, and salad”, says the guy.
“Me too,” says the ostrich.
The waitress brings the order and says, “That will be $42.62.”
Once again, the guy pulls the exact amount out of his pocket and places it on the table. The waitress can’t hold back her curiosity any longer. “Excuse me, sir. How do you manage to always come up with the exact change out of your pocket every time?”
“Well,” says the guy, “several years ago an angel appeared before me after I had prayed for hours on end and said I could ask for two things and both would be granted. The first thing I asked for was that if I ever had to pay for anything, I would just put my hand in my pocket and the right amount of money would always be there.”
“That’s brilliant!” says the waitress. “Most people would have asked for a million dollars or something, but you’ll always be as rich as you want for as long as you live!”
“That’s right. Whether it’s for a gallon of milk or a Rolls Royce, the exact money will always there,” says the guy.
The waitress then asks, “But, sir, what’s with the ostrich?”
The guy then sighs and says, “Well, my second request was for a tall chick with long legs who agrees with everything I say…”
Peace, love, light, and joy,
Andrew Arthur Dawson
