A Pointed Answer
Dr. M. whose bruskness was well known throughout Silesia, was going by coach one day from Breslau to Liegnitz. In the waiting-room were several gentlemen waiting for the same coach. One of them came up to the doctor.
“Are you Dr. M.?” he asked.
“At your service,” was the answer.
“I am glad to hear it. Since you know everything, you could possibly answer a question.”
“Perhaps so; let me hear what it is.”
“Well, you see my mustache is already gray, while the hair on my head is still black; what is the cause of it?”
Without a moment’s reflection the doctor replied: “The cause is simply this, that you have always used your mouth more than your head.”