Erlkönig: austinite-in-a-bar.shtml

> Three guys are in a bar: an Aggie, a guy from California, and a
> guy from Austin. They drink and get a little rowdy.
>
> Suddenly, completely without warning, the Aggie grabs a bottle of
> tequila, unscrews the top, takes a good swig, and throws the bottle in
the
> air.
>
> He then jerks out a Colt .45 pistol and shoots the bottle, spraying
> tequila all over everything and everybody.
>
> The patrons at the bar shout, "Hey bud, why'd you waste that tequila?"
>
> The Aggie says, "Heck, it's just tequila. Us Aggies go across the
> border all the time and get all the tequila we want."
>
> Not to be outdone, the Californian whips out a corkscrew and
> uncorks a bottle of wine. He pours a little bit into a glass, swirls it
in
> the glass, sniffs, comments on the tart, insolent piquance of
> its bouquet, sips, tosses the bottle in the air, nicks it with a
> round from a silly little chrome-plated pistol, and showers a couple of
> patrons at the bar with wine.
>
> The patrons, upset by the casual waste and general lack of concern
> for their safety, express their displeasure and astonishment, to which the
> Californian replies,"Well, I'm from the Napa valley, and we have more than
> enough wine where I come from."
>
> The Austinite, up to this point a quiet observer, touches the
> crystal hanging from his neck, checks out his tattoo, flips back his
> ponytail,
> and puts down his guitar. He pops the top off his bottle
> of Shiner beer, hammers it back, throws the empty bottle into the air,
> pulls out a 9mm Beretta, takes careful aim, shoots both the Californian
> and the Aggie, and catches the falling bottle.
>
> The patrons scream, "Why did you do that!?!" The Austinite
> replies, "I'm from Austin. We've got too many Aggies and WAY too many
> Californians, but glass bottles, now-THOSE can be recycled!"