A Suit for the Mayor

Mayor Herenton received some fine Italian Worsted Wool “suit material” from one of his constituents.

He went to his Memphis tailor and they told him they were sorry, but there was not enough material for a suit for him.

Undaunted, he went to another tailor in Memphis, and received the same response–not enough material.

Later, Mayor Herenton was in Olive Branch, MS and stopped into a tailor there.

The Olive Branch tailor told the mayor, “Yes, sir, I can build you a fine suit, with an extra pair of pants, and a vest!”

Mayor Herenton responded that was great, but that he had been told by his Memphis tailor that there was not enough material.

The Olive Branch tailor answered back “Well, you’re not as big of a man down here in Mississippi”.