For some reason this off-color joke is always the first joke I think of when someone asks me, “Got any jokes?” Somehow I still don’t get to tell it very often…
A man goes on vacation to Las Vegas and is very careful to make sure he doesn’t lose more than he can afford. He pre-pays for his hotel room with a credit card, and after deciding he can afford to lose up to $1,000, brings exactly that amount in cash with him and leaves his credit cards and checkbook at home.
Well, his luck is not very good, and by the end of his trip he has lost every cent that he brought with him. To make things worse, just when he thought he’d planned ahead for this exact scenario, he only realizes after checking out of his hotel and getting into a cab that he forgot to leave himself any money to pay for his ride back to the airport!
“Er, excuse me,” he says to the cabby just as he began pulling out, “I just realized that I left my wallet at home. I have no money, credit cards or checks to pay you with. But if you give me your name and address, when I get home I’ll --”
“What? What do you think, I was born yesterday? No free rides! Get out of my car! Get out, you bum!” The driver slams on the brakes, then goes to the back and throws the man’s luggage out of the trunk onto the ground in front of the hotel. He feels completely humiliated as he scrambles to pick up his bags with everybody staring at him. Fortunately, the cabbie next in line is more sympathetic, and takes him to the airport on an IOU, which he repays in double when he gets home.
Three years later, the man returns to Las Vegas and his luck is very good. As he prepares to return home he sees the same cabbie who ejected him before, fourth in line in the cab stand. When the cabbie doesn’t recognize him, he seizes his chance for revenge.
He gets into the first cab and says, “How much to go to the airport?” “Twenty dollars.”
“Great, I have that and more. In fact, here’s a $100 bill for you if you’ll pull over at a rest stop on the way and suck my dick!”
“What?! You sicko – asshole – get out of my car!”
He gets out and goes to the second and third cabs in the line, repeating the question and getting the same rejection. Finally, he reaches the car with the driver who had kicked him out before.
“How much for a ride to the airport?”
“Twenty dollars.”
“I only have a $100 bill left here, can you break that?”
“Sure I can. Was that what all the fuss was about?”
“Yeah, for some reason you’re the first guy who can!”
And so, as the cab pulled out of line and passed the other cars, the guy flashed his $100 bill, a big smile and a thumbs up to the drivers of the other cabs!