A father comes home and asks where his son is. His wife replies that
he's downstairs playing with his new chemistry set. The father is
curious so he wanders down stairs to see what his son is doing. As he's
walking down the steps he hears a banging sound. When he gets to the
bottom he sees his son pounding a nail into the wall. He
says to his son, "What are you doing? I thought you were playing with
your chemistry set. Why are you hammering a nail into the wall?" His
son replied, "This isn't a nail, dad, it's a worm. I put these chemicals
on it and it became hard as a rock." His dad thought about it for a
minute and said, "I'll tell you what son, give me those
chemicals and I'll give you a new Volkswagon." His son quite naturally
said, ``Sure why not.'' The next day his son went into the garage to
see his new car. Parked in the garage was a brand new Mercedes. Just
then his dad walked in. He asked his father where his Volkswagon was.
His dad replied, "It's right there behind the Mercedes. The Mercedes is
from your mother."

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