This Waitress Might Just Be Nuts

Decades ago, some friends and I went to an ice cream parlor. One of us ordered a sundae.

Waitress: “Do you want walnuts on that?”

Friend: “Sure.”

Waitress: “Wet nuts or dry nuts?”

Friend: “What’s the difference?”

Waitress: “The wet nuts have been soaked in maple syrup.”

Friend: “Okay, I’ll have the wet nuts.”

Waitress: “We only have dry nuts.”

To this day, when someone offers us a false choice, my wife and I shout, “Wet nuts or dry nuts?!”