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Cutting Back
Every Friday a guy would walk into a bar and order 3 beers.
Then he'd sit at a table, drink each one by himself and leave.
He does this every Friday for a few weeks until the bartender becomes so curious he has to ask the guy about this routine.
"Well, you see I have two buddies and we always would have a beer with each other when we were together. But now they've both moved to different parts of the country. We still keep up the tradition where we're at, and have just one beer for each of us on Friday nights."
His curiosity satisfied, the bartender goes back to serving his other customers.This goes on for several months until one day the guy comes in and orders only 2 beers. Seeing how sad the fellow is, the bartender brings him his 2 beers and offers condolences for his loss.
Confused the guy asks why the bartender was offering condolences?
"It's just that since you normally order 3 beers, but tonight you only ordered 2. I just figured something must have happened to one of your buddies?"
"Oh no, we're all just fine. It's just that it's Lent and I gave up drinking till Easter."
