Moped

Moped

A hip young man goes out and buys the best car available: a Cougar XR7.
It is also the most expensive car in the world, and it costs him $500,000.
He takes it out for a spin and stops for a red light. An old man on a Moped
(about 75 years old) pulls up next to him. The old man looks over at the
sleek, shiny car and asks, "What kind of car ya' got there, sonny?"

The young man replies, "A Cougar XR7. It cost a half a million dollars!"

"That's a lot of money," says the old man. "Why does it cost so much?"

"Because this car can do up to 320 miles per hour!" states the young dude
proudly.

The Moped driver asks, "Mind if I can take a look inside?"

"No problem," replies the owner. So the old man pokes his head in the
window and looks around. Then sitting back on his Moped, the old man
says, "That's a pretty nice car, all right...but I'll stick with my Moped!"

Just then the light changes so the guy decides to show the old man just
what his car can do. He floors it, and within 30 seconds the speedometer
reads 160 mph. Suddenly, he notices a dot in his rear view mirror. It
seems to be getting closer! He slows down to see what it could be and
suddenly, whhhoooossshhh!

Something whips by him, going much faster!!!! "What on Earth could be
faster than my Couger?!" the young man asks himself. He floors the
accelerator and takes the Cougar up to 250 mph. Then, up ahead of him,
he sees that's the old man on the Moped. Amazed that the Moped could
pass his Cougar he gives it some more gas and passes the Moped at 275
mph. Whoooooosh!

He's feeling pretty good until he looks in his mirror and sees the old man
gaining on him again. Astounded by the speed of this old guy he floors the
gas pedal and takes the Cougar all the way up to 320 mph. Not ten seconds
later he sees the Moped bearing down on him again. The Cougar is flat out
and there's nothing he can do. Suddenly, the Moped plows into the back of
his Cougar, demolishing the rear.

The young man jumps out, and unbelievably, the old man is still alive!!! He
runs up to the mangled old man and says, "Oh my God! Is there anything
I can do for you?"

The old man whispers with his dying breath, "Unhook...my suspenders
from your side-view mirror.


*Contributed by my dear friend Shirley