A bum is panhandling outside a poolhall. He is dirty, smelly, scraggly, and it's obvious that all his possessions in the world are in his garbage sack. The bum asks a guy coming out of the poolhall for a handout of $10.
The guy says, "If I give you $10, are you going down the street to the bar and drink it away?"
The bum says, "Oh no, I used to drink, but I have given that up!"
The guy says, "If I give you $10, are you going across the street to the strip bar and spending it on loose women?"
The bum says, "Oh no, I used to fool around, but I have given that up!"
The guy asks, "If I give you $10, are you going to go inside the poolhall and gamble it all away?"
And the bum says, "Oh no, I used to play pool and gamble, but I gave that all up!"
The guy says, "Well, if I give you $10, will you come home with me to show my wife what happens to a guy that gives up drinking, women, gambling and pool?!"
The guy says, "If I give you $10, are you going down the street to the bar and drink it away?"
The bum says, "Oh no, I used to drink, but I have given that up!"
The guy says, "If I give you $10, are you going across the street to the strip bar and spending it on loose women?"
The bum says, "Oh no, I used to fool around, but I have given that up!"
The guy asks, "If I give you $10, are you going to go inside the poolhall and gamble it all away?"
And the bum says, "Oh no, I used to play pool and gamble, but I gave that all up!"
The guy says, "Well, if I give you $10, will you come home with me to show my wife what happens to a guy that gives up drinking, women, gambling and pool?!"
