Alligator Shoes ... nyuk, nyuk

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ALLIGATOR SHOES
  
An Army Ranger was on vacation in the depths of Louisiana 
and he wanted a pair of genuine alligator shoes in the 
worst way, but was very reluctant to pay the high prices 
the local vendors were asking.
  
After becoming very frustrated with the "no haggle" 
attitude of one of the shopkeepers, the Ranger shouted, 
"maybe I'll just go out and get my own alligator so I can 
get a pair of shoes made at a reasonable price!"
  
The vendor said, "By all means, be my guest.  Maybe you 
will run into a couple of Marines who were in here earlier 
saying the same thing."
  
So the Ranger headed into the bayou that same day and a few 
hours later came upon two men standing waist deep in the 
water.  He thought, "those must be the two Marines the guy 
in town was talking about."  Just then, the Ranger saw a 
tremendously long gator swimming rapidly underwater towards 
one of the Marines.
  
Just as the gator was about to attack, the Marine grabbed 
its neck with both hands and strangled it to death with 
very little effort.  Then both Marines dragged it on shore 
and flipped it on its back.  Laying nearby were several 
more of the creatures.
  
One of the Marines then exclaimed, "Rats!  This one doesn't 
have any shoes either!"
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