Two Wheels for His Spacecraft

"Sir," he said in halting English, "I wonder if I might buy two wheels for my spacecraft."

Hymie had no idea what the extraterrestrial was talking about until he pointed a spindly green finger at the bagels in the window.

"Oh, no...no," grinned Hymie, "those aren't wheels...those are bagels."

Not certain that he'd made himself clear, "Sir, I would like to buy two of those wheels for my spacecraft."

Hymie's good humor began to waver. "Lissen, greenie, I said those are *bagels*. They're for eating."

Still smiling, the alien said, "Sir, I would like to buy two of those wheels for my spacecraft."

Getting angry now, Hymie turned and pulled a bagel from the bin, handed it to the alien, and told him to taste it.