A guy was driving home one evening when he suddenly realizes that it
is his daughter's birthday and that he hasn't bought her anything. Out
the corner of his eye he sees a shopping mall. Knowing it was "now or
never", he pulls his car through three lanes of traffic, finds a
parking bay and runs into the mall. After a frantic search he finds a
toy store, goes inside and attracts the attention of a shop assistant.
When asked what he would like, he simply says "a Barbie doll".
The shop assistant looks at him in the particularly condescending
manner that only shop assistants can muster up and asks "Which Barbie
would that be, sir?" The man looks surprised so the assistant
continues "We have Barbie Goes to the Gym for $19.95, Barbie Goes to
the Ball for $19.95, Barbie Goes Shopping for $19.95, Barbie dates
BaddTeddy for $19.95, Barbie Goes to the Beach for $19.95, Barbie Goes
Night Clubbing for $19.95, Cyber Barbie for $19.95 and Divorced Barbie
for $265.00" The man can't help himself and asks "why is Divorced
Barbie $265.00 when all the other Barbies are selling for $19.95?"
"That's obvious!" says the assistant, "Divorced Barbie comes with
Ken's house, Ken's car, Ken's furniture ....