A man at a bar, deep in private thoughts, turned to a woman just passing by and said, 'Pardon me, Miss, do you happen to have the time?'

The woman screamed, 'How dare you make such a filthy, lewd, disgusting proposition to me.'

The man snapped to attention in surprise and was uncomfortably aware that every pair of eyes in the bar had turned in their direction. 'I was just asking for the time, Miss,' he mumbled, terrified. Whereupon the woman shrieked, 'I'll call the police if you say another word!'

Grabbing his drink, and feeling terribly

embarrassed, the man crept to the far end of the room and huddled at a table, holding his breath and wondering how soon he could sneak out the door. I

A few moments later, the woman joined him. In a very quiet whisper she said, 'Sir, I'm terribly sorry to have embarrassed you, but I'm a psychologist and am studying the reaction of human beings to shocking statements.'

The man stared at her for five seconds, and then leaned back and bellowed, 'You'd do all that for me for just $2? And you'd do it to every other guy in the bar for another ten?'