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quote: Originally posted by Dacarlo
A professor of chemistry wanted to teach his 5th grade
class a lesson about the evils of liquor, so he produced
an experiment that involved a glass of water, a glass of
whiskey, and two worms.
"Now, class, closely observe the worms," said the professor
while putting a worm into the water.
The worm in the water writhed about, happy as a worm
in water could be. He then put the second worm into the
whiskey. It curled up and writhed about painfully, then
quickly sank to the bottom, dead as a doornail.
"Now, what lesson can we learn from this experiment?"
the professor asked.
Johnny, who naturally sits in back, raised his hand
and wisely, responded confidently, "Drink whiskey and you
won't get worms."
If I'm right, this is based on a conversation the Chicago Cubs once had with Hack Wilson. Hack played in the 1920s and 30s has the record for most RBI in a season with 191 and is in the MLB Hall of Fame. He was a heavy drinker and died before he was 50 years old because of it. In an attempt to get him to stop drinking, or at least become more of a social drinker, the team poured a glass of whiskey and dropped a worm in it. The worm curled up and died quickly. The team looked at him and said, "See that? What does THAT tell you?"
Of course, he replied with, "That means I don't have any worms in me."
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