Brevity by Dan Thompson for October 01, 2011

Cheer up — it beats 3-bean salad by 7 beans.

Thanks Marg!

And BlueWaves, I’ve always loved restaurant menus or signs that say “Half Fried Chicken.”

If he drops the bowl, does he spill the beans?At the factory do they have a bean counter?

How do the companies get away with it these days——if clam chowder had one less clam in it, they’d hafta call it “chowder”.

It’d be even funnier if there were only nine beans.

…but it’s still pretty funny, ntl!

I know, with me… and soup, there might be one “cling-on” bean left in the can…! Yum!

__Ooooh! “Extra nutritious! High Fiber!”“Round up the marketing team!!!”

so – how many of us actually counted the beans?

ah, how refreshing. truth in advertising

The guy looks really disappointed that there are only ten beans.

I just figured we ALL counted the beans…..

It didn’t even occur to me that it was such a geeky thing to do…. (blush)

Prider — had there been 9 beans, the joke would have been that he was disappointed by not getting all ten.

If that were so, he’d be elated by a can containing 11.

As it stands, he just found out that “10 Bean Soup” means there are only 10 beans in it, which to me is funnier.

Even finding 12 would be disappointing when you expect a thick bean soup.

That’s MMm…mmm…good for your heart!

Not only did I count the beans, I forgot to comment on it unil too late!

…well you get what you pay for…