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People!


Subject: Joke Mail: 20 September 1997

Date: Sat, 20 Sep 1997

Table of Contents:

-Courtship

-Bad People Manners

-Responsibility

-Daffynitions

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Courtship

“Well, how are you getting along with your courtship of the banker’s daughter?”

The young suitor beamed happily. “Not so bad. I’m getting some encouragement now.”

“Really?” responded his friend. “Is she beginning to smile sweetly on you, or something?”

“Not exactly,” replied the young man, “but last night she told me she had said ‘No!’ for the last time.”

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Bad People Manners

“I think your dog likes me, Doris. He hasn’t taken his eyes off me all night.”

“That’s because you are eating off his plate…”

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Responsibility

This is a story about four people named Everybody, Somebody, Anybody, and Nobody. There was an important job to be done, and Everybody was asked to do it. Everybody was sure Somebody would do it. Anybody could have done it, but Nobody did it. Somebody got angry about that, because it was Everybody’s job. Everybody thought Anybody could do it, but Nobody realized that Everybody wouldn’t do it. It ended up that Everybody blamed Somebody when Nobody did what Anybody could ………

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Daffynitions

Raker’s lament: Sick-A-More leaves.

Automobile: A four-wheeled vehicle that runs up hills and down pedestrians.

West Point: A place where the brass is polished.

Publicity: The art of putting the best feat forward.

National Debt: America’s most outstanding public figure.

Ex-King: One who has come in out of the reign.

Education: Teaching a child how to talk–and then how to keep quiet.

Boss: The person at the office who is early when you’re late and late when you’re early.

Antique: Something no one would be seen with if there were more of them,
But which everyone wants when no one else has any.

Bachelor Girl: A girl still looking for a bachelor.

Experience: Businessman’s definition of his own mistake.

One way to save face is to keep the lower part of it shut.

Fad: Something that goes in one era and out the other.

Have a good one!

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