This one was told to me by my penpal Mary Ellen Duff, to whom
it was told by some enigmatic fellow named Dave…

An ignorant but well-meaning tourist was visiting a small
Polynesian island when he came across a native man proudly
displaying twenty alligator teeth slung about his neck in
a decorative fashion.

I guess you must prize alligator teeth the way we value
pearls, said the tourist.

More so, said the native. Anyone can open up an oyster.