The governor of a large prison was getting a little fed up with the amount of drug related prisoners that he had in the jail, and decided to see if he could use some of these prisoners to deter others.
He called two drug related prisoners into his office and explained to them his offer, he said that he was going to release them from jail for the weekend to come back on monday morning. In that time they had to deter as many people from taking drugs as they could, and when they reported back to him on monday he would release the prisoner who had detered the most.
The weekend passed and the two prisoners were sat in the corridor outside the governors office, the first prisoner was called in and asked how many drug users he had saved, he replied "three sir", the governor said that that was remarkable and how did he do it. The prisoner said, holding up a 50 pence and a 5 pence piece, "with the 5p and the 50p trick sir, I tell them that before they start taking drugs their brain is the same size as a 50p, but as soon as they start taking drugs it shrinks to the size of a 5p".
The governor says that he thinks that is a fantastic way to deter someone, and that he will have to remember it for future use, he shows the man out and asks the other prisoner in.
OK young man and how many addicts have you detered, he asks, "365 sir" he answers, "Impossible" says the governor,
"Its true sir" says the prisoner, "OK, then how did you do it" says the governor, "with the 5p and the 50p trick sir" replies the prisoner, "So you tell them about their brains shrinking" says the governor, "Oh no sir,I show them the two coins, and holding up the 5 pence I say "When you are first banged up in prison for drug abuse your arsehole is this size"
He called two drug related prisoners into his office and explained to them his offer, he said that he was going to release them from jail for the weekend to come back on monday morning. In that time they had to deter as many people from taking drugs as they could, and when they reported back to him on monday he would release the prisoner who had detered the most.
The weekend passed and the two prisoners were sat in the corridor outside the governors office, the first prisoner was called in and asked how many drug users he had saved, he replied "three sir", the governor said that that was remarkable and how did he do it. The prisoner said, holding up a 50 pence and a 5 pence piece, "with the 5p and the 50p trick sir, I tell them that before they start taking drugs their brain is the same size as a 50p, but as soon as they start taking drugs it shrinks to the size of a 5p".
The governor says that he thinks that is a fantastic way to deter someone, and that he will have to remember it for future use, he shows the man out and asks the other prisoner in.
OK young man and how many addicts have you detered, he asks, "365 sir" he answers, "Impossible" says the governor,
"Its true sir" says the prisoner, "OK, then how did you do it" says the governor, "with the 5p and the 50p trick sir" replies the prisoner, "So you tell them about their brains shrinking" says the governor, "Oh no sir,I show them the two coins, and holding up the 5 pence I say "When you are first banged up in prison for drug abuse your arsehole is this size"