Too Much Of A Good Thing

When the ship´s cook had toothache and went to the dentist the crew and her captain ate at a hamburger joint near the docks and they loved it. As it appeared that the cook needed a new set of teeth that would take days; the captain hired the short-order cook at the joint. It started out so great burgers every day, sometimes, with cheese, bacon and eggs… always with fries. After a week the crew grew restless, hamburgers again! Can´t this man cook anything else? They spoke longingly about juicy beef steaks, baked fish, pot-roast and soups, and the short-order cook was an unhappy man. The captain knew he had a mutiny in the making and sent the ship´s cook a message; “Teeth or no teeth you are urgently needed, please join the ship in Panama City.