A Newfoundlander working in Toronto decided to visit the zoo one Saturday.
While there, he saw a man with an elephant act. The man claimed the
elephant could look at a person and tell that person's age.
The Newfoundlander was very skeptical and said so, in no uncertain terms.
The man had the elephant look at a small boy, and the elephant stamped its
foot 9 times. "Is that right?" he asked the boy. "Oh yes," the boy said.
The Newfoundlander was very loud in his not believing that this was true.
The man asked the elephant to tell the ages of several people, and each
time the elephant stamped his foot, and the people said he was correct.
The Newfoundlander got even louder and more abusive toward the man.
Finally, the man could take it no longer, and wagered the Newfoundlander
that the elephant could look at him and tell him his age.
The Newfoundlander took him up on the wager. The elephant looked real
close at the skeptic, turned around, raised his tail and broke wind like
you wouldn't believe, turned back around and stomped his foot twice..
The Newfoundlander stumbled back amazed, and, with a sound of disbelief in
his voice, cried, "lard tunderin' Jaysus bye, he's right...I'm Farty-two!"