A stranger walks into a tavern and sits at the bar. The bartender asks him

what he would like, and he says, "I'd like a triple martini.

The bartender is rather surprised and asks him, "Why a triple?"

The man says, "I just moved to this part of the country. Until now, my two

brothers and I would go out for a martini every day after work. When I was

leaving, they said that they would always have on extra martini between them

in my honor, and I decided to have a triple in their honor. This way, it's

kind of like we're still together."

The bartender sold him the triple martini, and the man became a regular

customer. Every weekday for a number of months, the man would go to the

same bar and ask the same bartender for a triple. Then one day, the same

fellow came into the bar and asked for a double martini. The bartender said

to him, "I don't mean to pry but, did one of your brothers pass away?"

The man said, "No. I've given up drinking."