Too Tough
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| Notes: | arrange with the emcee beforehand to set the scene as a butcher shop. mama bear should grow increasingly picky to build tension for the punchline. |
Emcee: The scene is a butcher shop. A mama bear has entered and is shopping for dinner ideas.
[Mamma Bear:] What specials do you have today? [Storekeeper:] 'Road kill possum, only $.50/LB' [Mamma Bear:] 'No thanks what else?' [Storekeeper:] 'Fresh venison $1.00/LB' [Mamma Bear:] 'No thanks... had that last week.'
Proceed through several more choices each slightly more expensive than the last. The shopper refuses each one.
[Storekeeper:] 'How about some fresh Boy Scout, $300.00/LB' [Mamma Bear:] 'Three Hundred dollars a pound? Why so expensive?' [Storekeeper:] 'Did you ever try to clean one?