NICKNAMES * If Laura, Kate and Sarah go out for lunch, they will call each other Laura, Kate and Sarah. * If Mike, Dave and John go out, they will affectionately refer to each other as Fat Boy, Godzilla and Four- eyes. EATING OUT * When the bill arrives, Mike, Dave and John will each […]
Shingles A fellow walked into a doctor’s office and the receptionist asked him what he had. He said, “Shingles. “So she took down his name, address, and medical insurance number and told him to have a seat. A few minutes later a nurse’s aid came outand asked him what he had. He said, “Shingles.” So […]
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A Modern Parable A Japanese company ( Toyota ) and an American company (Ford Motors) decided to have a canoe race on the Missouri River Both teams practiced long and hard to reach their peak performance before the race. On the big day, the Japanese won by a mile. The Americans, very discouraged and depressed, […]
A young man shopping in a supermarket noticed a little old lady following him around. If he stopped, she stopped. And she kept staring at him. She called him over to her checkout, and said to him, ‘I hope I haven’t made you feel ill at ease; it’s just that you look so much like […]
“I have had a perfectly wonderful evening, but this wasn’t it.” — Groucho Marx “I’ve got the brain of a four year old. I’ll bet he was glad to be rid of it.” — Groucho Marx “One morning I shot an elephant in my pajamas. How he got into my pajamas I’ll never know.” — […]
“I’ve got the brain of a four year old. I’ll bet he was glad to be rid of it.” — Groucho Marx (Here’s one that everyone attributes to him, but which he denies saying: http://www.snopes.com/radiotv/tv/grouchocigar.asp Here’s another quip that is sometimes attributed to Groucho: http://www.snopes.com/racial/mistaken/gardener.asp ) “You’ve got the manners of a child. And I’m […]
A mum was concerned about her kindergarten son walking to school. He didn’t want his mother to walk with him. She wanted to give him the feeling that he had some independence but yet know that he was safe. So she had an idea of how to handle it. She asked a neighbour if she […]
(This would not be my way of handling this. However…) COURT SETS ATHEIST HOLY DAY… In Florida , an atheist created a case against the upcoming Easter and Passover holy days. He hired an attorney to bring a discrimination case against Christians and Jews and observances of their holy days. The argument was that it […]
There’s an Isaac Asimov story “Sha Guido G”. Someone read it and complained to Asimov that it was just a shaggy dog story. Asimov’s reply: “You read the title, didn’t you?”