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The Jumping Man

One day a man was jumping up and down on a manhole

cover screaming at the top of his lungs, "Seventeen!! Seventeen!!"

Intrigued by the man's insane behavior, another man walks

over to him and asks why he is doing that. The first man

responded, "It's a blast. You have to try it. Jump as high as you can and scream 'Seventeen!!' as loud as you can. You get such a rush."

Reluctantly, the second man gets on the manhole cover

and barely hops and says, "Seventeen?" very timidly.

The first one says, "No, no, no. You're doing it wrong. Jump

higher. Yell louder."

So, the second man begins jumping a little higher and

speaking louder than normal. Finally he says, "Hey, you

know, I am getting a little bit of a rush. Seventeen!!

Seventeen!!"

The man jumps higher and higher, screaming louder

and louder. The first man, once the second had jumped

high enough, yanked the manhole cover out, replaced it,

and began jumping, "Eighteen!! Eighteen!!"