Subject: Cough Syrup


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  > John was a clerk in a small drugstore but he was not much of
  > a salesman.  He could never find the item the customer wanted.
  > Bob, the owner, had had about enough and warned John that the
  > next sale he missed would be his last.
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  > Just then a man came in coughing and he ask John for their
  > best cough syrup.  Try as he might John could not find the
  > cough syrup.  Remembering Bob's warning he sold the man a box
  > of Ex-Lax and told him to take it all at once. The customer
  > did as John said and then walked outside and leaned against
  > a lamp post.
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  > Bob had seen the whole thing and came over to ask John what
  > had transpired.
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  > "He wanted something for his cough but I couldn't find the
  > cough syrup.  I substituted Ex-Lax and told him to take it
  > all at once," John explained.
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  > "Ex-Lax won't cure a cough" Bob shouted angrily.
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  > "Sure it will" John said, pointing at the man leaning on
  > the lamp post.  "Look at him.  He's afraid to cough!"
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