Osgood
Western Thunderer
A Temperance Society lecturer was travelling the Scottish Highlands and Islands in his quest to spread the word.
Hiring a church hall in a north coastal town one evening, he attracted a large crowd of sceptical folk.
But he had a cunning demonstration intended to counter the anticipated scepticism.
"Ladies and gentlemen, I have here a glass beaker containing burn water, and another with Scotch whisky.
I will now put this freshly dug-up worm into the beakers - please observe the results"
He dipped the worm into the burn water, it wriggled frantically around.
He pulled it out, shook it and placed it in the whisky beaker.
The worm wriggled once, then straightened out and went still.
He pulled the by now deceased worm out and asked:
"Now, what can you deduce from that?"
A long silence, then a wily Scotsman at the back stood up and proclaimed:
"Aye, if ye drink whisky, ye'll noo get worrrms"
Hiring a church hall in a north coastal town one evening, he attracted a large crowd of sceptical folk.
But he had a cunning demonstration intended to counter the anticipated scepticism.
"Ladies and gentlemen, I have here a glass beaker containing burn water, and another with Scotch whisky.
I will now put this freshly dug-up worm into the beakers - please observe the results"
He dipped the worm into the burn water, it wriggled frantically around.
He pulled it out, shook it and placed it in the whisky beaker.
The worm wriggled once, then straightened out and went still.
He pulled the by now deceased worm out and asked:
"Now, what can you deduce from that?"
A long silence, then a wily Scotsman at the back stood up and proclaimed:
"Aye, if ye drink whisky, ye'll noo get worrrms"
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