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November 1976

The Anecdote Bin

Dedicated to the lighter side of our common problem - From the August 1965 Grapevine

SPEAKING OF PINTS: A man in Atlanta drew a thirty-day sentence as a prowler five years ago, but is still in jail. Seems that when his thirty days were almost up, he broke out and was nabbed again for a longer term. This happened four times. A judge finally asked him how come. "I just get that old liquor in my head," the man told him. Asked where he got the booze, the prisoner said he and two other escapees bought two pints at a service station.

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