100 for the Story!

A tourist walked into a Brighton curio/antique shop.

After looking around for a while, he noticed a very life-like bronze statue
of a rat.

It had no price tag, but it was so striking that he decided to buy it
anyway.

He took it to the owner and said: 'How much is this bronze rat?'

The owner replied: 'It's £12 for the rat, and £100 for the story.'

The tourist gave the owner his £12 and said: 'I'll just take the rat, You
can keep the story.'

As he walked off down the street, he noticed that a few real rats had
crawled out of the sewers and begun following him.

This was a little disconcerting, so he started to walk a little faster, but
within a couple of blocks the swarm of rats had grown to hundreds, and they
were all squealing and screeching in a very menacing way.

He increased his speed & ran on towards the beach, and as he ran, he looked
behind him and saw the rats now numbered in their MILLIONS, and they were
running faster & faster. By now very concerned, he ran down to the end of
the pier and threw the bronze rat far out into the water.

Amazingly, the millions of real rats jumped into the water after it and were
all drowned.

The man walked back to relate all this to the shop owner, who said: 'Ah,
you've come back for the story then?'

'No,' said the tourist, 'I came back to see if you've got bronze statues of a Muslim
Fundamentalist Cleric, some assorted immigrants, a poof, a Manchester United supporter,
and anything French!'