THE PERFECT BROOM
A very trying customer had handled almost every article in the hardware store but nothing satisfied her. Wearying of her criticism, the harried clerk suggested inspection of a new lot of brooms just received. “They’re not even first class ones,” the customer grumbled. “Cheap straw, flimsily made, shoddy material-and the handle is rough, too. Not like the ones they used to make. This would fall apart after one good sweep. What is it good for, anyway?” “Well,” replied the clerk, “you might ride it.” From Sunshine Magazine, August, 1973
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