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Heart attack risk

(A) The Japanese eat very little fat and suffer fewer heart attacks than the British or Americans.

(B) On the other hand, the French eat a lot of fat and also suffer fewer heart attacks than the British or Americans.

(C) The Japanese drink very little red wine and suffer fewer heart attacks than the British or Americans.

(D) The Italians drink excessive amounts of red wine and also suffer fewer heart attacks than the British or Americans

(E) Conclusion: Eat & drink what you like. It’s speaking English that kills you.

Game Rules

During a game, the coach asked one of his young players: "Do you understand what cooperation is? What a team is?" The little boy nodded yes. "Do you understand that what matters is winning together as a team?" The little boy nodded yes. "So," the coach continued, "when a strike is called, or you are out at first, you don't argue or curse or attack the umpire. Do you understand all that?" Again, the boy nodded yes. "Good," said the coach. "Now go over there and explain it to your mother."

The Finder's Free

A general noticed one of his soldiers behaving oddly. The soldier would pick up any piece of paper he found, frown and say, "That's not it" and put it down again. This went on for some time, until the general arranged to have the soldier psychologically tested. The psychologist concluded that the soldier was deranged, and wrote out his discharge from the army. The soldier picked it up, smiled and said, "That's it."

Term Limits

All US politicians should be limited to two terms — one in office, one in prison. Illinois already does this, and it seems to be working for them.

Cross-examination

Sam, an 80 year-old man, was a witness in a burglary trial.  The defense lawyer asked Sam, “Did you see my client commit this burglary?”  “Yes,” said Sam, “I saw him plainly take the goods.”  “Sam, this happened at night. Are you sure you saw my client commit this crime?”  “Yes,” replied Sam, “I know I saw him do it.”  “Sam listen, you are 80 years old and your eyesight is probably bad. Just how far can you see at night?”  “I can see the moon. How far is that?”

IDIOT AWARDS FOR 2012!

Idiot Number One

I am a medical student currently doing a rotation in toxicology at the poison control center. Today, this woman called in very upset because she caught her little daughter eating ants. I quickly reassured her that the ants are not harmful and there would be no need to bring her daughter into the hospital.  She calmed down and at the end of the conversation happened to mention that she gave her daughter some ant poison to eat in order to kill the ants. I told her that she better bring her daughter in to the emergency room right away.

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Idiot Number Two

Early this year, some Boeing employees on the airfield decided to steal a life raft from one of the 747s. They were successful in getting it out of the plane and home.  Shortly after they took it for a float on the river, they noticed a Coast Guard helicopter coming toward them. It turned out that the chopper was homing in on the emergency locator beacon that activated when the raft was inflated. They are no longer employed at Boeing.

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Idiot Number Three

A man, wanting to rob a downtown Bank of America, walked into the Branch and wrote this, "Put all your muny in this bag." While standing in line, waiting to give his note to the teller, he began to worry that someone had seen him write the note and might call the police before he reached the teller's window. So he left the Bank of America and crossed the street to the Wells Fargo Bank.   After waiting a few minutes in line, he handed his note to the Wells Fargo teller. She read it and, surmising from his spelling errors that he wasn't the brightest light in the harbor, told him that she could not accept his stickup note because it was written on a Bank of America deposit slip and that he would either have to fill out a Wells Fargo deposit slip or go back to Bank of America.  Looking somewhat defeated, the man said, "OK" and left. He was arrested a few minutes later, as he was waiting in line back at Bank of America.

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Idiot Number Four

A guy walked into a little corner store with a shotgun and demanded all of the cash from the cash drawer. After the cashier put the cash in a bag, the robber saw a bottle of Scotch that he wanted behind the counter on the shelf. He told the cashier to put it in the bag as well, but the cashier refused and said, "Because I don't believe you are over 21." The robber said he was, but the clerk still refused to give it to him because she didn't believe him. At this point, the robber took his driver's license out of his wallet and gave it to the clerk.  The clerk looked it over and agreed that the man was in fact over 21 and she put the Scotch in the bag. The robber then ran from the store with his loot. The cashier promptly called the police and gave the name and address of the robber that she got off the license. They arrested the robber two hours later.

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Idiot Number Five

A pair of Michigan robbers entered a record shop nervously waving revolvers. The first one shouted, "Nobody move!"   When his partner moved, the startled first bandit shot him. 

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TEN WAYS YOU KNOW YOUR INTERNET CONNECTION IS A LITTLE SLOW

1. Text on webpages display as Morse Code

2. Graphics arrive via FedEx

3. You believe a heavier string might improve your connection

4. You post a message to your favorite Facebook group and it displays a week later

5. Your credit card expires while ordering from Amazon

6. ESPN website exhibits "Heisman Trophy Winner"...for 1989

7. You're still in the middle of downloading that popular new game, "PacMan"

8. Everyone you talk to on Skype sounds like Forrest Gump

9. You receive emails with stamps on them

10. When you click the "Send" button, a little door opens on the side of your monitor and a pigeon flies out.

Job Interview

A company manager is reviewing Smith's application and notices that he has never worked in accounting before and has no qualifications in accounting. He says to Smith, "For a man with no experience, you are certainly asking for a high salary." "Well, Sir," replies Smith, "the work is so much harder when you don't know what you're doing!"

Another Interview

Q:  How do you know that Eliphaz, Bildad and Zophar worked in a company personnel department?
A:  They conducted an extensive Job interview.
(See Job 2:11)

Fortunate

A newly married man asked his wife, "Would you have married me if my father hadn't left me a fortune?" "Honey," the woman replied sweetly, "I'd have married you, no matter who left you a fortune.

Murphy's Church Laws

1. If it wasn't for committee meetings, nothing would ever get done.
2. When the deacons talk about improving the church's spiritual life, they are never talking about their own.
3. Never delay the ending of a meeting or the beginning of a fellowship activity involving food.
4. If you are good, you will be assigned all the work.
5. If you are really good, you will get out of it.
6. When you don't know what to do, walk fast and look worried.
7. A Youth Pastor with a clean desk has way too much free time.
8. The last person that quit or was fired will be blamed for everything that goes wrong for at least a year.

Relieved

A teenager who had just received her learner's permit offered to drive her parents to church. After a hair-raising ride, they finally reached their destination.   When the mother got out of the car she said emphatically, "Thank you!"  "Anytime," her daughter replied with a smile.  As her mother headed for the church door, she said, "I wasn't talking to you. I was talking to God."

Golf again?

“You’re going out to play golf again?” his wife complained.  “I’m only doing it under doctor’s orders” replied her husband.  “Do I look stupid to you?” she screamed.  “But it’s true,” he said, walking out the door. “He specifically told me I should get some iron every day.”

No frills airline

You’ll Know It’s a No-Frills Airline If:

-        They don’t sell tickets, they sell chances.

-        All the insurance machines in the terminal are sold out.

-        Before the flight, the passengers get together and elect a pilot.

-        You cannot board the plane unless you have the exact change.

-        Before you took off, the stewardess tells you to fasten your Velcro.

-        The Captain asks all the passengers to chip in a little for gas.

-        When they pull the steps away, the plane starts rocking.

-        The Captain yells at the ground crew to get the cows off the runway.

-        You ask the Captain how often their planes crash and he sez, “Just once.”

-        No movie. Don’t need one. Your life keeps flashing before your eyes.

-        You see a man with a gun, but he’s demanding to be let off the plane.

-        All the planes have both a bathroom and a chapel.

Not so Helpful

The elevator in our building malfunctioned one day, leaving several of us stranded. Seeing a sign that listed two emergency phone numbers, I dialed the first and explained our situation.  After what seemed to be a very long silence, the voice on the other end said, “I don’t know what you expect me to do for you; I’m a psychologist.”  “A psychologist?” I replied. “Your phone is listed here as an emergency number. Can’t you help us?”  “Well,” he finally responded in a measured tone. “How do you feel about being stuck in an elevator?”

Relaxing Location

While my parents were making their funeral arrangements, the cemetery salesman pointed out a plot that he thought they would like. “You’ll have a beautiful view of the swan pond,” he assured them.  Dad wasn’t sold: “Unless you’re including a periscope with my casket, I don’t know how I’m going to enjoy it.”

Aging

Shot my first turkey yesterday - scared everyone in the frozen food section. It was awesome! Gettin' old is so much fun...

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Get Up!

About 8 o'clock one cold February morning, the young man was still in bed, sound asleep. His mother came into the room. "Son, it's time to get up. You gotta get ready for church," she implored. "I'm too tired. Leave me alone," he said. "Son, you gotta get up and get ready for church." "I'm not going to church. It's no fun! I don't want to go," he protested. "Son, you gotta get up and get ready for church." "The people stare at me! They talk about me behind my back! I don't wanna go to church," he protested. "Son, you gotta get up and get ready for church." "I'm not going to church. Give me one good reason why I have to go to church," he protested. "I'll give you three good reasons: One —- it's Sunday. Two — I'm your mother, and you'll do as I say! Three — you're the pastor — it's your job!"

Actual Requests to Landlords

• The toilet is blocked and we cannot bathe the children until it is cleared.
• This is to let you know that there is a smell coming from the man next door.
• I am writing on behalf of my sink, which is running away from the wall.
• Our lavatory seat is broken in half and is now in three pieces.
• Will you please send someone to mend our cracked sidewalk. Yesterday my wife tripped on it and is now pregnant.  

With Our Compliments

Judge: "I'm going to put you in prison."
Man: "What's the charge?"
Judge: "No charge - everything's free!"

The Dating Service

A young lady signed up on an Internet dating service. She got to the section of the application that asked, "What exactly are you looking for?"  This was her description: "He needs to be good-looking, polite, humorous, sporty, knowledgeable, good at singing and dancing. Willing to accompany me the whole day at home if I don't go out. Be able to tell me interesting stories when I need a companion for conversation and be silent when I want to rest." In a matter of moments, the results were returned to the woman: "Buy a television."

Church Laws

~ If it wasn't for committee meetings, nothing would ever get done.

~ When the deacons talk about improving the church's spiritual life, they are never talking about their own.

~ In a committee meeting, the authority of a person is inversely proportional to the number of pens that person is carrying.

~ It doesn't matter what you do, it only matters what you say you've done and what you're going to do.

~ Keep the deacon chairman's wife off his back and you will succeed as a pastor.

~ Never delay the ending of a meeting or the beginning of a fellowship activity involving food.

~ If you are good, you will be assigned all the work. If you are really good, you will get out of it.

~ When you don't know what to do, walk fast and look worried.

~ Following the rules will not get the job done.

~ Getting the job done is no excuse for not following the rules.

~  A Youth Pastor with a clean desk has way too much free time.

~ When confronted by a difficult problem you can solve it more easily by reducing it to the question, "How would Batman handle this?"

~ The last person that quit or was fired will be blamed for everything that goes wrong for at least a year.

Wine, Whisky?

On the last day of school before the Christmas break, the children brought gifts for their teacher.

The supermarket manager's daughter brought the teacher a beautiful basket of assorted fruit.

 The florist's son brought the teacher a bouquet of flowers.

The candy-store owner's daughter gave the teacher a huge, pretty box of asst. candy.

Then the liquor-store owner's son brought up a big, heavy box. The teacher lifted it up and noticed that it was leaking a little bit. She touched a drop of the liquid with her finger and tasted it.

"Is it wine?" she guessed.

"No," the boy replied.

She tasted another drop and asked, " Champagne ?"

"No," said the little boy............."It's a puppy!"

New Technology

I finally convinced my mother that it was a good idea for her to learn to text. Her first message to me? “Whereisthespacebar?”

At the clothing store

A man was sitting next to me in one of the two “husband chairs” in a ladies’ clothing store.  After 30 minutes and five outfits, the fellow’s wife came out of the changing room again.  He looked at her and immediately said: “That looks good on you. Get that one.”  “Honey,” she replied, “this is what I was wearing when we came in.”

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Asking for a raise

“I have to have a raise,” the man said to his boss. “Three other companies are after me.”  “Is that so?” asked the boss. “What other companies are after you?”  “The electric company, the telephone company, and the gas company.”

Facebook

A new report found that Facebook has created more than 450,000 jobs. Unfortunately, photos posted on Facebook have ended 550,000 jobs.

The Deterrent

While visiting a friend who was in the hospital, I noticed several of the nurses were wearing a pin designed to look like an apple. I asked one nurse what the pin signified. "Nothing," she said with a smile. "It's just to keep the doctors away."

Church Attendance

A man who hadn't attended church in years suddenly began attending faithfully on Sunday mornings instead of going fishing as was his normal habit. The pastor was highly gratified and at the end of service one morning told him, "How wonderful it makes me feel to see you at services with your good wife!" "Well, Preacher," said the fisherman, "Quite honestly, it's a matter of choice. I'd much rather hear your sermon than hers."

New baby

One Monday evening a Jessica found her husband Mike with his head cocked looking at their baby’s cot. Silently she watched him. As Mike twisted and turned looking at at their infant, Jessica could see on Mike’s face a mixture of emotions: disbelief, doubt, joy, surprise, enchantment and skepticism.  Mike did not usually show his emotions and his unusual display brought tears to her eyes. Jessica put her her arm around her husband and asked. ‘A penny for your thoughts.’  ‘It’s amazing!’ Mike replied. ‘I just can’t work out how Kiddicare are able to make a cot like that for only $49.99.’

To Err is Human; To Forgive, Divine.

   To err is human; to purr, feline.

   To err is human; to do nothing, benign.

   To err is human; to quit, resign.

   To err is human; to howl, lupine.

   To err is human; to solve, design.

   To err is human; to moo, bovine.

   To err is human; to soothe, calomine.

   To err is human; to pretend, pantomime.

   To err is human; to prance, equine.

   To err is human; to add, combine.

   To err is human; to befriend, pal o' mine.

   To err is human; to woo, Valentine.

   To err is human; to horrify, Frankenstein.

   To err is human; to straighten, align.

   To err is human; to twist, serpentine.

   To err is human; to love, sublime.

   To err is human; to cut in, go back in line!

Two robins

Two robins were sitting in a tree. “I’m really hungry”, said the first one.  “Me, too” said the second. “Let’s fly down and find some lunch.”  They flew to the ground and found a nice plot of plowed ground full of worms. They ate and ate and ate and ate ’til they could eat no more. “I’m so full I don’t think I can fly back up to the tree”, said the first one.  “Me either. Let’s just lay here and bask in the warm sun”, said the second.  “O.K.” said the first. They plopped down, basking in the sun.  No sooner than they had fallen asleep, a big fat tom cat snuck up and gobbled them up. As he sat washing his face after his meal, he thought, “I love baskin’ robins.”

Lessons learned

A mother was preparing pancakes for her sons, Kevin 5, and Ryan 3. The boys began to argue over who would get the first pancake.  Their mother saw the opportunity for a moral lesson. "If Jesus were sitting here, He would say, 'Let my brother have the first pancake, I can wait.'"  Kevin turned to his younger brother and said, "Ryan, you be Jesus!"

Tech support

Have you ever telephoned a company’s technical support number to get a problem solved? Well I did recently, but it didn’t go very well…

Ring…. Ring…. Ring…. Ring… Ring… Ring… Ring…

Ring…. Ring…. Ring…. Ring… Ring… Ring… Ring…

Ring…. Ring…. Ring…. Ring… Ring… Ring… Ring…

Automated Answer (finally):

“Thank you for calling Technical Support.”

“All of our technicians are currently busy helping people even less competent than you, so please hold for the next available technician.”

Hold music… Hold music… Hold music… Hold music…

Hold music… Hold music… Hold music… Hold music…

Hold music… Hold music… Hold music… Hold music…

Hold music… Hold music… Hold music… Hold music…

Ring… (All right! They must be transferring me…) Ring…

“The waiting time is now estimated at between 15 minutes and eternity. In order to expedite your call, please punch your 63-digit product identification number onto your telephone touch pad, followed by your product serial number, which can be found in a secret compartment inside your computer where, for security purposes, it is printed in the smallest typeface known to mankind. Do it now.”

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Sounds Fishy

A young boy came to Sunday School late. His teacher knew that he was usually very prompt and asked him if anything was wrong. The boy replied no, that he was going fishing but his dad told him that he needed to go to church. The teacher was very impressed and asked the boy if his dad had explained to him why it was more important to go to church than to go fishing? The boy replied, "Yes he did. Dad said he didn't have enough bait for both of us."

The Commandment

A Sunday school teacher was discussing the Ten Commandments with her five and six year olds. After explaining the commandment to honor thy Father and thy Mother, she asked, "Is there a commandment that teaches us how to treat our brothers and sisters?" Without missing a beat one little boy (the oldest of a family) answered, "Thou shall not kill."

TOP TEN PICKUP LINES USED BY ADAM

10. "You know you're the only one for me!"

9. "Do you come here often?"

8. "Trust me, this was meant to be!"

7. "Look around, baby. All the other guys around here are animals!"

6. "I already feel like you're a part of me!"

5. "Honey, you were made for me!"

4. "Why don't you come over to my place and we can name some animals?"

3. "You're the girl of my dreams!" (Gen. 2:21)

2. "I like a girl who doesn't mind being ribbed!"

And the number one pick up line from Adam is:

1. "You're the apple of my eye!"

Room For Improvement

An irritated father complained to his golf buddy, "When I was a kid, my parents sent me to my room without supper if I misbehaved. But my son has his own TV, telephone, computer, and every computer game and CD player in his room!" "So how do you handle it?" his friend asked. The father replied, "I send him to MY room!"

Very Punny

"I went to a general store, but they wouldn't let me buy anything specific."

My Travel Plans -----And Where I have been?!?

I have been in many places, but I've never been in Cahoots. Apparently, you can't go alone. You have to be in Cahoots with someone. I've also never been in Cognito. I hear no one recognizes you there. I have, however, been in Sane. They don't have an airport; you have to be driven there. I have made several trips there, thanks to my friends, family and work. I would like to go to Conclusions, but you have to jump, and I'm not too much on physical activity anymore. I have also been in Doubt. That is a sad place to go, and I try not to visit there too often. I've been in Flexible, but only when it was very important to stand firm. Sometimes I'm in Capable, and I go there more often as I'm getting older. One of my favorite places to be is in Suspense! It really gets the adrenalin flowing and pumps up the old heart! At my age I need all the stimuli I can get! I may have been in Continent, but I don't remember what country I was in. It's an age thing. PLEASE DO YOUR PART! Today is one of the many National Mental Health Days throughout the year. You can do your bit by remembering to send an e-mail to at least one unstable person. My job is done! Life is too short for negative drama & petty things. So laugh insanely, love truly and forgive quickly! From one unstable person to another... I hope everyone is happy in your head - we're all doing pretty well in mine.

Online dating

A young lady signed up on an Internet dating service. She got to the section of the application that asked "What exactly are you looking for?"   This was her description: "He needs to be good-looking, polite, humorous, sporty, knowledgeable, good at singing and dancing.  Willing to accompany me the whole day at home if I don't go out.  Be able to tell me interesting stories when I need a companion for conversation and be silent when I want to rest."   In a matter of moments, the results were returned to the woman: "Buy a television."

The perfect caddy

The golfer called to one of the caddies and said, “I want a caddy who can count and keep the score.”  “Yes, sir. I’m very good at keeping score.”  “We’ll see. If I shoot 3 on the first hole, 4 strokes on the second hole, and 5 on the third, what’s my score so far?” asked the golfer.  “Ten, sir,” said the caddy.  “Good, you’ll do perfectly.”

A difference of words

A husband looking through the paper came upon a study that said women use more words than men. It read, “Men use about 15,000 words per day, but women use 30,000.”   Excited to prove to his wife that he had been right all along when he accused her of talking too much, he showed her the study results.  The wife thought for a while, then finally she said to her husband, “It’s because we have to repeat everything we say.”  The husband said “What?”

Clean bathroom

Constant nagging didn’t seem to provide any relief from having to clean up the bathroom after each of my three teenage children. After I cleaned it one day, I resorted to posting a sign that read: “Please leave the bathroom as you found it.”  I noticed the bathroom was in the usual mess after my son used it, so I called, “Brian, how did you find the bathroom?”  After a brief pause, he replied, “Straight down the hall, first door on the right.” 

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What NOT To Give Her For Valentine’s Day

1. A box of chocolates, clumsily rearranged in an attempt to hide the fact you ate all the caramel ones.

2. Any food item with the words "diet," "light," or "high fiber" on the label.

3. Any video starring Sylvester Stallone or Jim Carrey.

4. Flowers from a hospital's gift shop--or worse, a mortuary's.

5. Any household appliance, power tool or other item from the harder side of Sears.

6. A gift certificate.

7. Cash.

8. Anything you could have bought at the gas station mini-mart on the way over, even if you didn't.

9. An apologetic look and the words "That was today?"

A Little Nuts About Love

Driving through Southern California, I stopped at a roadside stand that sold fruit, vegetables and crafts. As I went to pay, I noticed the young woman behind the counter was painting a sign. “Why the new sign?” I asked. “My boyfriend didn’t approve of the old one,” she said. When I glanced at what hung above the counter, I understood. It declared: “Local Honey Dates Nuts”

Sweet Nothings (.com) 

My boyfriend and I met online and we’d been dating for over a year. I introduced Hans to my uncle, who was fascinated by the fact that we met over the Internet. He asked Hans what kind of line he had used to pick me up. Ever the geek, Hans naively replied, “I just used a regular 56K modem.”

Irresistible Irony 

About a year had passed since my amicable divorce, and I decided it was time to start dating again. Unsure how to begin, I thought I’d scan the personals column of my local newspaper. I came across three men who seemed like they’d be promising candidates. A couple of days later, I was checking my answering machine and discovered a message from my ex-husband. “I was over visiting the kids yesterday,” he said. “While I was there I happened to notice you had circled some ads in the paper. Don’t bother calling the guy in the second column. I can tell you right now it won’t work out. That guy is me.”

Making the Grade 

My high-school English teacher was well known for being a fair, but hard, grader. One day I received a B minus on a theme paper. In hopes of bettering my grade and in the spirit of the valentine season, I sent her an extravagant heart-shaped box of chocolates with the pre-printed inscription: “BE MINE.” The following day, I received in return a valentine from the teacher. It read: “Thank you, but it’s still BE MINE-US.”

Watching the game

The young couple was at a baseball game. About halfway through the game, they noticed a much older couple in the seats below them.   They were being very affectionate. They looked like two teenagers. He had his arm around her most of the time. Every few minutes, one of them was whispering in the other's ear. They also would hold hands and gaze into each other's eyes, or kiss each other. There was also a lot of giggling going on.  The young man said to his girlfriend, “I don't know whether to watch them or the game.”  She said, “Watch THEM! You already KNOW how to play baseball.”

Redneck Valentine Love Poem

Collards is green

my dog’s name is Blue

and I’m so lucky

to have a sweet thang like you.

Yore hair is like cornsilk

a-flapping in the breeze

Softer than Blue’s

and without all them fleas.

Like a good roll of duct tape

yo’re there fer yore man,

to patch up life’s troubles

and fix what you can.

Yore complexion, it’s perfection,

like the best vinyl sidin’.

despite all the years,

yore age, it keeps hidin’.

Some men, they buy chocolate

for Valentine’s Day;

They git it at Wal-Mart,

it’s romantic that way.

Some men buy fine diamonds

from a flea market booth.

"Diamonds are forever,"

they explain, suave and couth.

But for this man, honey,

these won’t do.

Cause yo’re too special,

you sweet thang you.

I got you a gift,

without taste nor odor,

more useful than diamonds...

IT’S A NEW TROLLIN’ MOTOR!!!

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Gray hair

One day a little girl was sitting and watching her mother do the dishes at the kitchen sink. She suddenly noticed that her mother has several strands of gray hair sticking out in contrast on her brunette head. She looked at her mother and inquisitively asked, "Why are some of your hairs gray, Mom?"  Her mother replied, "Well, every time that you do something wrong and make me cry or unhappy, one of my hairs turns gray."  The little girl thought about this revelation for a while and then said, "Momma, how come ALL of grandma's hairs are gray?"

Animal Crackers

A mother walks into the kitchen and sees her daughter with the whole box of animal crackers spread on the counter top. Mother: "Why did you pour out the whole box?" Daughter: "The box says, 'Do not eat if the seal is broken.' I'm looking for the seal."

Coupon Heaven

While handing a 25 cents-off coupon to the supermarket clerk at the checkout counter, a woman inadvertently missed her hand, and the coupon slipped beneath the scale and was gone. The checker looked distressed so the woman said, "That's OK — it's in coupon heaven now." "Coupon heaven?" the checker said. "Yes," the woman said. "That's where coupons go when they die." "Only the redeemed ones!" said the checker.

Cute Baby

When we brought our new-born son to the pediatrician for his first checkup, the doctor said, "You have a cute baby." Smiling, I said, "I'll bet you say that to all the new parents." "No," he replied, "just to those whose babies are really good-looking." "So what do you say to the others?" I asked. "He looks just like you."

Cooking a Roast

One day a little girl was watching her mom make a roast beef. She cut off the ends, wrapped it in string, seasoned it and set it in the roasting pan.  The little girl asked her mom why she cut off the ends of the roast. Mom replied, after some thought, that it was the way that her mother had done it.  That night grandma came to dinner and the little girl and her mom went to her and asked why she had cut the end off of the roast before cooking. After some thought grandma replied, that was the way her mother had done it.  Now great grandmother was quite old and in a nursing home. But the little girl went with her mom and grandma to see her and again asked the question.  Great Grandma looked at them a bit annoyed and said, “So it would fit in my pan, of course.”

Discipline today

An irritated father complained to his golf buddy, "When I was a kid, my parents sent me to my room without supper if I misbehaved.  But my son has his own  TV, telephone, computer, and every computer game and CD player in his room!"  "So how do you handle it?" his friend asked.  "I send him to MY room!"

Who Wants to be a Millionaire? A contestant, Sally, on 'Who Wants to be a Millionaire?' had reached the final plateau.  If she answered the next question correctly, she would win $1,000,000.   If she answered incorrectly, she would pocket only the $25,000 milestone money.   And as she suspected, the Million Dollar Question was no pushover.   It was, "Which of the following species of birds does not build its own nest but instead lays its eggs in the nests of other birds?"  A) the condor  B) the buzzard  C) the cuckoo  D) the vulture The woman was on the spot. She did not know the answer.   She had used up her 50/50 Lifeline and her Ask the Audience Lifeline.  All that remained was her Phone-a-Friend Lifeline.   She hoped she would not have to use it because.........her friend was, well, a blonde.   But she had no alternative. She called her friend and gave her the question and the four choices. The blonde responded unhesitatingly:  "That's easy. The answer is C: the cuckoo." The contestant had to make a decision and make it fast. She considered employing a reverse strategy and giving any answer except the one that her friend had given her.  And considering her friend was a blonde that would seem to be the logical thing to do. But her friend had responded with such confidence, such certitude, that the contestant could not help but be convinced.  Crossing her fingers, the contestant said, "C: The cuckoo."   "Is that your final answer?"  "Yes, that is my final answer."   "That answer is absolutely correct! You are now a millionaire!" Three days later, the contestant hosted a party for her family and friends, including the blonde who had helped her win the million dollars.  "Jeni, I just do not know how to thank you," said the contestant. "How did you happen to know the right answer?"  "Oh, come on," said the blonde, "Everybody knows that cuckoos don't build nests. They live in clocks."  Sally fainted.

First Draft


I didn’t enlist in the Army — I was drafted. So I wasn’t going to make life easy for anyone. During my physical, the doctor asked softly, "Can you read the letters on the wall?"  "What letters?" I answered slyly.  "Good," said the doctor. "You passed the hearing test."


For the Mrs.


Even though there was a blizzard raging outside, I made it the half-mile to the bakery, where I asked the owner for six rolls.  “Your wife must like rolls,” he said.  “How do you know these are for my wife?” I asked.  “Because your mother wouldn’t send you out in weather like this.”


The Right Diagnosis


A man tells his doctor that he’s incapable of doing all the things around the house that he used to do. When the examination is over, he says, “Okay, Doctor. In plain English—what’s wrong with me?”  “Well, in plain English,” says the doctor, “you’re just lazy.”  The man nods. “Now give me the medical term so I can tell my wife.”