The Eighteen Bottles
I had eighteen bottles of whiskey in my cellar and was told by my wife
to empty the contents of each and every bottle down the sink, or else...
I said I would and proceeded with the unpleasant task. I withdrew the
cork from the first bottle and poured the contents down the sink with
the exception of one glass, which I drank. I then withdrew the cork from
the second bottle and did likewise with it, with the exception of one
glass, which I drank. I then withdrew the cork from the third bottle and
poured the whiskey down the sink which I drank. I pulled the cork from
the fourth bottle down the sink and poured the bottle down the glass,
which I drank. I pulled the bottle from the cork of the next and drank
one sink out of it, and threw the rest down the glass. I pulled the sink
out of the next glass and poured the cork down the bottle. Then I corked
the sink with the glass, bottled the drink and drank the pour. When I
had everything emptied, I steadied the house with one hand, counted the
glasses, corks, bottles, and sinks with the other, which were twenty-nine,
and as the houses came by I counted them again, and finally I had all
the houses in one bottle, which I drank. I'm not under the affluence of
incohol as some thinkle peep I am. I'm not half as thunk as you might
drink. I fool so feelish I don't know who is me, and the drunker I stand
here, the longer I get.
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