The New Hire

The other two men, Sam and Ed, guffawed.

"Damn, that's a good one, Ben!" Sam cried.

"Just don't let Bobbie hear anything like that," Ed warned.

Bobbie Lee was the next traveler on Norm's passenger list. He was to pick her up in Jasper, about a hundred miles north of their present location.

"Fuck her," Sam said.

"You'd like to, I have no doubt," Ed quipped.

"The bitch is most likely a lesbian, anyway," Ben opined. "What right-minded woman would want to work with you pricks?"

Sam and Ed laughed again.

"She's a secretary," Ed pointed out. "It ain't like she's going to get her dainty little hands dirty doing real work."

"Not on you, that's for sure," Ben agreed.

"Speaking of Bobbie inspired me," Sam said. He meant he had a joke of his own to tell.

Ed groaned, rolling his eyes.

"Let's hear it," Ben said.

So far, none of his passengers had included Norm in their repartee. It was just as well, Norm thought. He was content to listen.

"Okay, here it is," Sam announced: "A transsexual is being interviewed on a radio talk show. The host asks, 'When you became a woman, what sort of pain did you experience during the operation?' The transsexual replies, 'When they cut my penis off, it didn't hurt as much as I thought it would. And when they put the silicone implants in my chest, that didn't hurt too much, either.' Amazed, the host said, 'Wow! Then you didn't experience any pain at all?' The transsexual replied, 'I never said that. It hurt like hell when they removed half my brain and doubled the size of my mouth!'" Finishing his joke, Sam laughed heartily, but the others were silent.

"Come on," Sam said. "That joke was funny, and you know it!"

"It was lame," Ben said.

"It was hilarious," Sam cried.

"It was stupid," Ed maintained.

"You just don't have a sense of humor." Sam looked to Ben. "It was funny, wasn't it Ben? Tell this humorless numbskull my joke was funny."