A dad walks into the market with his ten-year-old son. The kid
is spinning a 25-cent piece in the air and catching it between his
teeth. As they walk through the market someone bumps into the boy
at just the wrong moment and the coin goes straight into his mouth
and lodges in his throat. He immediately starts choking and going
blue in the face and Dad starts panicking, shouting and screaming
for help.
A middle-aged, fairly unnoticeable man in a gray suit is
sitting at a coffee bar in the market reading his newspaper and
sipping a cup of coffee. At the sound of the commotion he looks
up, puts his coffee cup down on the saucer, neatly folds his
newspaper and places it on the counter. He gets up from his seat
and makes his unhurried way across the market. Reaching the boy
(who is still standing, but only just) the man carefully takes
hold of the kid's balls and squeezes gently but firmly.
After a few seconds the boy convulses violently and coughs up
the 25-cent piece, which the man catches in his free hand.
Releasing the boy, the man pockets the coin and walks back to his
seat in the coffee bar without saying a word.
As soon as he is sure that his son has suffered no lasting ill
effects, the father rushes over to the man and starts effusively
thanking him. The man looks embarrassed and brushes off the
father's thanks. As he's about to leave, the father asks one last
question "I've never seen anybody do anything like that
before - it was fantastic, what are you, a surgeon or something
like that?"
"Oh, good heavens no" the man replies. "I work
for Revenue Canada".

