A man asked a waiter to take a bottle of Merlot to an
unusually attractive woman sitting alone at a table in a cosy little
restaurant. So the waiter took the wine to the woman and said, “This is
from the gentleman who is seated over there,” and indicated the sender with
a nod of his head. She stared at the wine coolly for a few seconds,
not looking at the man, then decided to send a reply to him with a note.
The waiter, who was lingering nearby for a response, took the note from her and
conveyed it to the gentleman.
The note read: “For me to accept
this bottle, you need to have a Mercedes in your garage, a million dollars
in the bank and seven inches in your pants.”
After reading the note, the man
decided to compose one of his own in return. He folded the note, handed it to
the waiter and instructed him to deliver it to the
lady.
It read: "Just to let you know
things aren't always what they appear to be, I have a Ferrari Maranello, a
BMW Z8, a Mercedes CL600, and a Porsche Turbo in my several garages. I have
beautiful homes in Aspen and Miami and a ten thousand acre ranch in
Louisiana. There is also over twenty million dollars in my bank account and
portfolio but, not even for a woman as beautiful as you are, would I cut off two
inches. Just send the bottle back.”