A drunk rolled up at a fairground rifle range booth and threw down the necessary money. The booth operator at first refused to let him have a turn,
He aimed unsteadily in the general direction of the target and after trying to focus, pulled the trigger three times.
An hour or so later he came back, even more drunk than before. Once again the showman demurred, but once again the drunk insisted, and once more
Eventually the drunk rolled up again and insisted on a third attempt. Once more he picked up the rifle, waved it around in the general direction of the target,
"That's fantastic", the man said. "Hasn't he scored three bulls?"
The showman, cursing his luck, made a show of going over to the target and inspecting it closely.
"Yes, sir!" he announced to the crowd. "This is fantastic! Congratulations, sir, you have won the star prize, this magnificent 68-piece set of glassware!"
"I don't want any glasses", the drunk replied. "Give me another one of those little crusty meat pies!"
considering that his inebriated state would endanger the public. But the drunk insisted and was given a gun.
The booth owner, on inspecting the target, was astonished to see that he had scored three bull's-eyes.
The star prize for the evening was a large set of glassware, but the showman was certain that the drunk wasn't aware of what he had done, and gave him instead a consolation prize,
a small, live turtle. The drunk wandered off into the crowd.
scored three bull's-eyes and was given another turtle.
and pulled the trigger three times. Once more he had scored threebull's-eyes . But this time there was an onlooker with good eyesight.