Sitting Around for a Drink I have enjoyed reading your "Funny" section now for some time and thought I might chime in by telling you a funny story related to me by my late father back in the 1950s. It is supposedly true, or so my Dad claimed, and goes like this: Some years ago a prominent St John's merchant, for purposes of this story I'll call him as "Skipper Gerald," frequently paid a visit to his customers around the NL coast in his vessel in the summertime. When he arrived at each little harbour he would tie up, and visitors would come aboard and yarn, bringing Skipper Gerald up to date on the "goings on" in their community. Of course, as was the custom, this was always accompanied by a little toddy of rum, and sometimes even more than one, depending how much was needed to get his visitors talking. Sometimes the offer of a drink was a little slow coming. On one occasion Skipper Gerald asked Uncle Harry if anything interesting had happened over the year, to which he replied, "Yes, Uncle Jed's sow had born 13 piglets." "So, what's so strange about that?"replied Skipper Gerald. "Well," answered Uncle Harry, "the sow only had 12 teats." "What did the 13th piglet do?" asked Skipper Gerald. "Well," replied Uncle Harry, "he just sat around looking for a drink, the same as I is right now." John Cornick Halifax, Nova Scotia   Submitted By: John Cornick