A man is waiting for wife to give birth. The doctor comes in and informs the dad that his son was born without torso, arms or legs. The son is just a head! But the dad loves his son and raises him as well as he can, with love and compassion. After 21 years, the son is old enough for his first drink. Dad takes him to the bar and tearfully tells the son he is proud of him.
Dad orders up the biggest, strongest drink for his boy. With all the bar patrons looking on curiously and the bartender shaking his head in disbelief, the boy takes his first sip of alcohol. Swoooop! A torso pops out!
The bar is dead silent; then bursts into a whoop of joy. The father, shocked, begs his son to drink again. The patrons chant Take another drink! The bartender still shakes his head in dismay.
Swoooop! Two arms pops out. The bar goes wild. The father, crying and wailing, begs his son to drink again. The patrons chant, Take another drink! The bartender ignores the whole affair. By now the boy is getting tipsy, and with his new hands he reaches down, grabs his drink and guzzles the last of it. Swoooop! Two legs pop out.
The bar is in chaos. The father falls to his knees and tearfully thanks God. The boy stands up on his new legs and stumbles to the left.... then to the right.... right through the front door, into the street, where a truck runs over him and kills him instantly.
The bar falls silent. The father moans in grief. The bartender sighs and says, That boy should have quit while he was a head.
译文:
酒吧里的头
一个男人正在等待妻子分娩。医生走过来告诉这位父亲他刚出生的孩子没有躯干，手臂和腿，只有一个头。但这位父亲很爱他的儿子并且尽其所能地扶养他，充满了怜爱之情。21年后，儿子已经长大到可以喝酒的年纪了。父亲带儿子酒吧，含泪告诉儿子，他对他感到自豪。
父亲为儿子点了最大杯最烈的酒。酒吧里的顾客们投来了异样的目光，服务员也不解地摇起头来。儿子喝了第一口酒。突然，他的身子长了出来。
酒吧里变得死一般沉寂。然后突然欢呼声响成一片。父亲震惊了，求儿子再喝一次，人们也反复喊：再喝一杯！服务员却仍然摇头。
突然，两个胳膊也出现了，酒吧里沸腾了。父亲号哭起来，恳求儿子再喝。服务员对整件事不屑一顾。至此，儿子已经有些醉意，他伸出自己新长出的手，抓起杯子猛灌下去。突然，两条腿长出来了。
酒吧里乱成了一锅粥。父亲跪倒在地，热泪盈眶地感谢上帝。儿子用自己新长出的腿站立起来，左摇右晃得走出前门，到了大街上。一辆卡车经过，立刻撞死了他。
酒吧里回归沉寂，父亲痛苦地呻吟。服务员叹道：那个男孩在还是一个头时就应该戒酒。