51 DAYSA bartender is sitting behind the bar on a typical day, when the door burstsopen and in come four exuberant blondes. They come up to th bar, order fivebottles of champagne and ten glasses, take their order over and sit down at alarge table. The corks are popped, the glasses are filled and they begintoasting and chanting, ''51 days, 51 days, 51 days!'' Soon, three more blondesarrive, take up their drinks and the chanting grows. ''51 days, 51 days, 51days!'' Two more blondes show up and soon their voices are joined in raisingthe roof. ''51 days, 51 days, 51 days!'' Finally, the tenth blonde comes in witha picture under her arm. She walks over to the table, sets the picture in themiddle and the table erupts. Up jumps the others, they begin dancing aroundthe table, exchanging high-fives, all the while chanting ''51 days, 51 days, 51days!''The bartender can't contain his curiosity any longer, so he walks over to thetable. There in the center is a beautifully framed child's puzzle of theCookie Monster. When the frenzy dies down a little bit, the bartender asksone of the blondes, ''What's all the chanting and celebration about?The blonde who brought in the picture pipes in, ''Everyone thinks that blondesare dumb and they make fun of us. So, we decided to set the record straight.Ten of us got together, bought that puzzle and put it together. . .the side ofthe box said 2-4 years, but we put it together in 51 days ! ''
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