The wurst joke

[Douglas D. Anderson]

Young Hans worked in his father's butcher shop. His first job was to
chop up the scraps of pork the butchers left, mix this with salt and
pepper and certain herbs, and run this through a hand press into the
intestines, and every six or so inches twist this off into sausages.
After a couple of years he was nearly 15, and he begged his father to
learn more of the butchering, but his father chided him and said he
can learn "when the time comes". He found a sweetheart, the daughter
of a regular customer, and would flirt with her as her mother made her
purchases. One day Hans thought it would be a good idea to give his
girlfriend Hilda a gift, to prove his love and affection for her. He
carefully wrapped up several sausages in clean white butcher wrap, and
tied the bundle with string, finishing the string in a nice bow. The
next time Hilda was in the store he whispered to her to come behind
the counter, and presented the package to her. She carefully unwrapped
the gift, and was astonished at what she saw, and exclaimed "It's only
wurst!" to which Hans replied "And wurst is all I have, to take your
heart away!"


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