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Port joke

From Alan Kellogg comes this chuckle: It seems that a trio of English gentlemen were forced to take refuge from inclement weather in an abandoned building. The storm confirmed a tendency to hang on for awhile, so the three commenced to exploring the site. It soon became apparent that their refuge had once been a tavern, now long in disrepair. However, all but one box had been removed when the business closed up. Having nothing else to do they decided to give the contents of the box a proper sending off. A bit of work with knife and a few stray slats of wood served to pry the nailed down lid, whereupon they discovered that the box was full of bottles of Portuquese origin. Nothing loathe, they retrieved one such, uncorked it, and the eldest took a swig. "Gah!" He announced with feeling, "That is the vilest product of Portuquese vinyards I have e'er tippled." His companions looked at each other, then with a shrug the youngest averred, "Any port in a storm."