It seems this man had been drinking for awhile in one of those bars on the top floor of a skyscraper and he had become mean and surly. Another patron decided to cheer him up. He told him that life was really great and he wasn't going to leave until he started to smile. This obviously bugged the surly patron, but they did get into a conversation. Finally the drinker pointed out at the skyline and asked the unappointed cheerleader if he knew what happened to the winds when they swept through the big city's skyscrapers. He allowed as he didn't know. So he told him, “When the wind sweeps through the buildings of a big city it creates powerful updrafts. Sometimes, like today, they are so strong that you can hardly throw anything off the building without it being blown right back up to the top."

He walked out onto the penthouse, climbed up onto the wall, and said, "Look, I'll show you. I'll jump off, and the wind will bring me right back up." Before the man could stop him, the drinker had jumped off the building. The cheerful drinker looked over the edge as the man fell past the 80th floor, 70th floor, 60th floor, 50th floor and sure enough, down about the 40th floor the man's fall slowed and gradually he began to come back up to the top of the building and climbed back over the ledge safe and sound. He said, "See, isn't chat amazing?"

Well, of course, the man was stunned. He said, "That is the most incredible thing I have ever seen. That must really be exciting. Do you think I could do it too?"

The surly patron said, "Of course you could."

So, the man climbed up on the ledge and jumped. And he fell like a rock, splat, all the way to the pavement below never pausing for even a moment during his drop. Meanwhile, the surly man went back to the bar and ordered another drink. As he sat down the bartender turned to another patron, pointed to the surly drinker and said, "That Clark Kent really gets mean when he drinks."