NEEDING TO USE THE RESTROOM

AN ELDERLY LADY,

BADLY NEEDING TO USE THE RESTROOM,

WALKED INTO A LOCAL RESTAURANT.

THE PLACE WAS HOPPING WITH

MUSIC AND LOUD CONVERSATION

AND EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE

THE LIGHTS WOULD TURN OFF.

EACH TIME THE LIGHTS WOULD GO OUT,

THE PLACE WOULD ERUPT INTO CHEERS.

SHE WALKED UP TO THE BARTENDER,

AND ASKED,

“MAY I PLEASE USE THE RESTROOM?” 

THE BARTENDER REPLIED,

“OK, BUT I SHOULD WARN YOU

THAT THERE IS A STATUE

OF A NAKED MAN IN THERE

WEARING ONLY A FIG LEAF.” 

“WELL, THAT'S OKAY,

I’LL JUST LOOK THE OTHER WAY,”

SHE SAID. 

THE BARTENDER THEN SHOWED

THE ELDERLY LADY TO THE

BACK OF THE RESTAURANT.

AFTER A FEW MINUTES,

SHE CAME BACK OUT

AND THE WHOLE PLACE STOPPED

JUST LONG ENOUGH TO GIVE HER

A LOUD ROUND OF APPLAUSE. 

SHE WENT TO THE BARTENDER

AND SAID, “SIR, I DON’T UNDERSTAND.

WHY DID THEY APPLAUD FOR ME

JUST BECAUSE I WENT TO THE RESTROOM?” 

“YOU SEE,”

LAUGHED THE BARTENDER,

“EVERY TIME SOMEONE

LIFTS THE FIG LEAF

ON THAT STATUE,

THE LIGHTS GO OUT.”