How many storytellers does it take to screw in a lightbulb?
Two: one to screw it almost all the way in and the other to give it a surprising twist at the end.
Posted recently to the Storytell Discussion list by Florida storyteller Pat Nease (reprinted here with her permission).
Photo by Kim'n'Cris Knight
A marathon runner and a storyteller walk into a bar. The bartender says, What do you guys want? The marathoner says, I have a story to tell and he has a story to tell, pointing to the storyteller. Which do you want to hear? The bartender says, I'll listen to the marathoner's story. The storyteller pouts and asks the bartender why he chose the marathoner. The bartender says, Because I know in about 2 hours and roughly 10 minutes, HE'S going to get tired of talking.
Reprinted by permission of the author, storyteller Gregory Leifel of Illinois.
