A little old lady answered a knock on the door one day, only to be confronted by a well dressed young man carrying a vacuum cleaner.
Good morning, said the young man, if I could take a couple minutes of your time, I would like to demonstrate the very latest high powered vacuum cleaner.
Go away, said the old woman, I haven't got any money, I'm stony broke.
She started to close the door but quick as a flash the young man wedged his foot against the door and pushed it wide open.
Don't be too hasty, he said, not until you've seen my demonstration .
With that he emptied a bucket of horse manure on her hall carpet......
If this vacuum cleaner doesn't remove all traces of this horse manure from your carpet, madam, I will personally eat the remainder.
The old lady stepped back and said, well I hope you've got a damned good appetite sonny, because they cut off my electricity this morning, now then- what part of stony broke don't you understand.
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