A well-dressed business man was walking down the street when Lil'
 Johnny, covered in soot, asked to him respectfully, "Sir, can you tell
 me the time?"

    The portly man stopped, carefully unbuttoned his coat and jacket,
 removed a large watch from a vest pocket, looked at it and said, "It
 is a quarter to three, young man."

    "Thanks," said Johnny, "at exactly three o'clock you can kiss my
 ass."

    With that, Lil' Johnny took off running, and with an angry cry, the
 outraged businessman started chasing him. He had not been running long
 when an old friend stopped him.

    "Why are you running like this at your age?" asked his friend.

    Gasping and almost incoherent with fury, the businessman said,
 "That little brat asked me the time and when I told him it was quarter
 to three he told me that at exactly three, I should kiss his ass!"

    "So what's your hurry?" asked his friend, "You still have ten
 minutes."