posted on April 8, 2003 09:23:09 PM new
A group of men sat at a bar, drinking and telling each other some of their past stories of bravery. While the group of men sat there drinking and laughing at each other's stories, a small nerdy-looking character entered the room, sat next to them and ordered a beer. Overhearing the men's stories, he started laughing and caught their attention.
One of the men invited him to join them and give a story of his own. Despite his shyness, he was eventually pressured into telling a story of his own. He finally started, "Well it all took place at the city zoo..." The guys started to laugh.
"My wife and I were taking some pictures of the monkeys, when all of a sudden there was a loud scream. When I looked around there was a crowd of people running toward us with a large roaring sound behind them. So I grabbed my wife and took off, running. Apparently a lion had escaped and was terrorizing the compound. We quickly past by the crowd, but the lion was close behind. All of a sudden, just like in the movies, my wife trips and falls. I don't know what got into me but I actually stopped to help her up with the lion just a few feet away. With the lion right there I knew we could not make it by running, so I pushed my wife aside to safety and I played hero -- I decided to play decoy. I just stood there in the middle of the lion's path. I wanted to run but I just couldn't, and as the lion got closer it sprang at me. As it sprang at me I slid to the left. The lion, being furious that it missed, turned around and sprang at me again. I slid to the right. This went on for some time, until the lion somehow slipped and fell, and got up and headed in the opposite direction."
"Dammmnnn, that's one hell of a story, bartender get this guy another beer," one of the guys yelled, and the others agreed. Through all the commotion one of the guys, said "damn you're brave, personally, if it were me I would have sh*t myself."
The heroic storyteller replied, "Well, ummm, what do you think me and the lion were slipping and sliding on?"
