Going Ape
“Gimme a beer!” a gorilla grumped to the barman.
“Oh my!” said the barman. “You can talk!”
“Well of course I can. And I have plenty to say. Dang jobsite just fired me, and we were only hallway through the trim.”
“You’re a finish carpenter?”
“Uhuh.”
“So, what are you going to do now? I hear Barnum & Bailey are coming to town. I bet they’d love to give a job to a talking gorilla.”
The gorilla swirled his beer, and thought for a minute.
“Don’t they operate in a huge tent?”
“Yup, they sure do.”
“So, what makes you think,” he said, scratching his head, “that they’d need a finish carpenter?”