Never End a Sentence with a Preposition

A man tells this story to a friend:

For my 66th birthday, I got a gift certificate from my wife. The certificate paid for a visit to a medicine man living on a nearby reservation who was rumoured to have a wonderful cure for erectile dysfunction.

After being persuaded, I drove to the reservation, handed my ticket to the medicine man and wondered what would happen next.

Slowly and methodically, the old man produced a potion, handed it to me, and with a grip on my shoulder, warned, "This is powerful medicine and it must be respected. You take only a teaspoonful and then say '1-2-3'. When you do that, you will become more manly than you have ever been in your life and you can perform as long as you want."

I was encouraged. As I walked away, I turned and asked, "How do I stop the medicine from working?"

"Your partner must say '1-2-3-4,'" he responded. "But when she does, the medicine will not work again until the next full moon."

Eager to see if the medicine worked, I rushed home, showered, shaved, took a spoonful of the medicine, and invited my wife to join me in the bedroom. When she came in, I dropped my bathrobe and said, "1-2-3!"

Immediately, I was the manliest of men. My wife was excited and began throwing off her clothes. And then she asked, "What was the 1-2-3 for?"

And that, ladies and gentlemen, is why one should never end a sentence with a preposition, because ONE COULD END UP WITH A DANGLING PARTICIPLE!

Thanks to:
Diana Tyndale
Piranha Communications
Ottawa, Canada