Lost Dog Joke

When an American visiting a small English town lost a valuable dog, he asked to have a notice printed in the local evening paper offering $1000 for its return. Evening came, but no paper appeared. The American waited for some time. Then he went to the newspaper office. There he found no one but the night watchman. "Isn't the newspaper coming out?" he asked. "I doubt it, sir," the watchman said. "The whole staff's out hunting for a lost dog."