Ham on Wry

A STRANGER WANDERED INTO THE BAR one afternoon, writes A. V. from Hamden, Connecticut, and ordered a Manhattan for himself and a round for the house. Upon being presented with the tab, he realized he'd skipped the pool players and several card players in the game room, and insisted that they have one also. The barman said, "That'll be $37.80." "Have one yourself," the stranger said. So he did and made it "$40 even."