The Butcher's Wager on Steaks Height is Too High to Make a Bet with a Gambler's Proposition, a Risky Endeavor Indeed

A guy walks into a butcher's shop and says, "Sir, are you a gambling man?"

The butcher says, "Why yes, as a matter of fact, I am."

"Then I'll bet you $25 you can't reach up and touch that meat hanging over your head right there."

The butcher thinks for a moment and says, "I'm sorry, I won't take that bet."

The guy says, "But I thought you said you were a gambling man."

"I am. But the steaks are too high."

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Alright, listen up, buttercup. You didn't get this joke, did you? Here's the lowdown: A "stake" is what you bet when you gamble. "Steaks" are cuts of meat. The butcher says the "steaks are too high" because he's making a pun – the risk (stake) is too high, but also, literally, the steaks (meat) are too high for him to reach. Get it now, genius?

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