jokes
After
an overnight flight to meet my father at his latest
military assignment, my mother wearily arrived at Rhein-Main
Air Base in Germany with my eight siblings and me -- all
under age 11. Collecting our many suitcases, the ten of us
entered the cramped customs area. A young customs official
watched our entourage in disbelief, ''Ma'am,'' he said,
"'do all these children and this luggage belong to you?''
''Yes, sir,'' my mother said with a sigh, ''they're all mine.''
The
customs agent began his interrogation: ''Ma'am, do you have
any weapons, contraband or illegal drugs in your possession?''
''Sir,''
she calmly answered, ''if I'd had any of those items,
I would have used them by now.''
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My
family physician told me of an incident that actually happened
to him back in the early days of his practice. He said a woman brought
her baby to see him, and he determined right away that the baby had
an
earache. He wrote a prescription for ear drops. In the directions
he wrote,
"Put two drops in right ear every four hours" and he abbreviated
"right" as an R
with a circle around it. Several days passed, and the woman returned
with her baby,
complaining that the baby still had an earache, and his little behind
was getting
really greasy with all those drops of oil. The doctor looked at the
bottle of ear
drops and sure enough, the pharmacist had typed the following instructions
on the label: "Put two drops in R ear every four hours."
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Jack
had a near death experience that changed his life forever.
One day, Jack went horseback riding. Everything was going fine
until the horse started bouncing out of control. He tried with all
his might to hang on, but was thrown off.
Just
when things could not possibly get worse, Jack's foot got
caught up in the stirrup. When this happened, he fell head first to
the ground. His head continued to bounce harder and harder, and the
horse did not stop or even slow down. Just as he was giving up hope
and losing consciousness, the Wal-Mart manager came out
and unplugged it.
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A
husband and wife are traveling by car.
After almost twenty-four hours on the road, they're too
tired to continue, and they decide to stop for a rest.
They stop at a nice hotel and take a room, but they only plan to sleep
for
four hours and then get back on the road. When they check out four
hours
later, the desk clerk hands them a bill for $350.
The man explodes and demands to know why the
charge is so high. He tells the clerk although it's a nice
hotel, the rooms certainly aren't worth $350.
When the clerk tells him $350 is the standard rate, the man insists
on speaking
to the manager. The manager listens to the man and then explains the
hotel has
an Olympic-sized pool and a huge conference center that were
available for the husband and wife to use. He also explains they
could have taken in one of the shows for which the hotel is
famous. "The best entertainers from New York, Hollywood and Las
Vegas
perform here," explains the manager.
No matter what facility the manager mentions, the man replies,
"But we didn't use it!" The manager is unmoved and eventually
the man
gives up and agrees to pay. He writes a check and gives it to the
manager.
The manager is surprised when he looks at the check. "But sir,"
he says,
"this check is only made out for $100." "That's right,"
says the man.
"I charged you $250 for sleeping with my wife."
"But I didn't!" exclaims the manager.
"Well," the man replies, "she was here, and you could
have."
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An
elderly woman went into the doctor`s office. When the doctor
asked why she was there, she replied, "I`d like to have some
birth-control pills." Taken back, the doctor thought for a minute
and then said,
"Excuse me, Mrs. Smith, but you`re 72 years old. What possible
use could you have for birth control pills?" The woman responded,
"They help me
sleep better." The doctor thought some more and continued, "How
in the world do
birth control pills help you to sleep?" The woman said, "Simple,
I put them in my
granddaughter`s orange juice every morning and I sleep better at night."
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A
bloke is in a queue at the Super Market when he notices that the rather
dishy blonde behind him has just raised her hand and smiled hello
to him. He is rather taken aback that such a looker would be waving
to him, and although familiar he can't place where he might know her
from, so he says "Sorry, do you know me?" She replies "I may be mistaken,
but I thought you might be the father of one of my children!" His
mind shoots back to the one and only time he has been unfaithful,
"Crumbs!" he says "are you that fabulous stripogram on my stag night
that I made love to on the snooker table in front of all my mates
whilst your gorgeous mate whipped me with some wet celery and a cucumber?"
"No" she replies, "I'm your son's English Teacher"
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Vice
Presidents and personnel directors of the
one hundred largest corporations were asked to
describe their most unusual experience interviewing
prospective employees:
A
job applicant challenged the interviewer to an
arm wrestle.
Interviewee
wore a Walkman, explaining that she could
listen to the interviewer and the music at the same time.
Candidate
fell and broke arm during interview.
Candidate
announced she hadn't had lunch and proceeded
to eat a hamburger and french fries in the interviewers
office.
Candidate
explained that her long-term goal was to replace
the interviewer.
Candidate
said he never finished high school because he was
kidnapped and kept in a closet in Mexico.
Balding
Candidate excused himself and returned to the office
a few minutes later wearing a headpiece.
Applicant
said if he was hired he would demonstrate his
loyalty by having the corporate logo tattooed on his forearm.
Applicant
interrupted interview to phone her therapist for
advice on how to answer specific interview questions.
Candidate
brought large dog to interview.
Applicant
refused to sit down and insisted on being
interviewed standing up.
Candidate
dozed off during interview.
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A
father noticed that his son was spending way too
much time playing computer games.
In
an effort to motivate the boy into focusing more
attention on his schoolwork, the father said to his
son, "When Abe Lincoln was your age, he was studying
books by the light of the fireplace."
The
son replied, "When Lincoln was your age, he was
The President of The United States."
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Funnies From Real Resumes
"Personal: I'm married with 9 children. I don't require prescription
drugs.
"I
am extremely loyal to my present firm, so please don't let them
know of my immediate availability."
"Note: Please don't misconstrue my 14 jobs as 'job-hopping'.
I have
never quit a job."
"Number
of dependents: 40."
"Marital
Status: Often. Children: Various."
REASONS
FOR LEAVING THE LAST JOB:
"Responsibility
makes me nervous."
"They
insisted that all employees get to work by 8:45 every
morning. Couldn't work under those conditions."
"Was
met with a string of broken promises and lies, as well as cockroaches."
"The
company made me a scapegoat - just like my three
previous employers."
SPECIAL
REQUESTS & JOB OBJECTIVES:
"Please
call me after 5:30 because I am self-employed and my
employer does not know I am looking for another job."
"My
goal is to be a meteorologist. But since I have no training
in meteorology, I suppose I should try stock brokerage."
"I
procrastinate - especially when the task is unpleasant."
PHYSICAL
DISABILITIES:
"Minor
allergies to house cats and Mongolian sheep."
PERSONAL
INTERESTS:
"Donating
blood. 14 gallons so far."
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Why
is divorce so expensive?
Because
it's worth it!
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Several
years ago, Andy was sentenced to prison. During his
stay, he got along well with the guards and all his fellow
inmates. The warden knew that, deep down, Andy was a good
person. So, the warden made arrangements for the inmate to
learn a trade while doing his time.
Some
three years later, Andy was recognized as one of the
best carpenters in the local area. Often, he would be given
a weekend pass to do odd jobs for citizens of the community.
And he always reported back to prison by early Sunday evening.
Andy was a model inmate.
One
day, the warden considered remodeling his kitchen,
though he lacked the skills to build a set of kitchen
cupboards and a large countertop. So he called Andy into his
office and asked him to do the job for him.
To
the warden's surprise, Andy simply refused to help.
"But
you're an expert, Andy, and I really need your help,"
said the warden.
"Gosh,
warden, I'd really like to help you, but counter
fitting is what got me into prison in the first place."
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There
was a doctor, a civil engineer, and a computer scientist sitting around
late one evening, and they got to discussing which was the oldest
profession.
The doctor pointed out that according to Biblical tradition, God created
Eve from
Adam's rib. This obviously required surgery, so therefore that was
the oldest
profession in the world.
The engineer countered with an earlier passage in the Bible that stated
that God
created order from the chaos, and that was most certainly the biggest
and best
civil engineering example ever, and also proved that his profession
was the
oldest profession.
The computer scientist leaned back in her chair, and with a sly smile
responded,
"Yes, but who do you think created the chaos?"
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Two
men were talking one day. "My wife asked me to buy
ORGANIC vegetables from the market garden," said the first man.
"So were you able to find some?" the second man asked.
"Well when I got to the market, I said to the produce clerk,
'These vegetables are for my wife. Have they been sprayed
with any poisonous chemicals?' The produce clerk said,
'No, you'll have to do that yourself.'"
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I
told my wife that a husband is like a fine wine; he gets better with
age.
The next day, she locked me in the cellar.
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If it weren't for marriage, men and women would have to fight with
total strangers.
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If it weren't for marriage, men would spend their lives thinking they
had no faults at all.
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I
think I have found inner peace.
I read an article that said the way to achieve
inner peace is to finish things you had started.
Today I finished two bags of potato chips, a
chocolate pie, a bottle of wine and a small box
of chocolate candy. I feel better already.
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The five stages of a woman's life
1. To Grow Up
2. To Fill Out
3. To Slim Down
4. To Hold It In
5. To Hell With It
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Children
were asked about dating here is what they
said:
What
Do Most People Do on a Date?
"On the first date, they just tell each other lies, and that
usually gets them interested enough to go for a second date."
-Martin, Age 10
"Many
daters just eat pork chops and french fries and talk
about love." -Craig, Age 9
When
Is It Okay to Kiss Someone?
"You
should never kiss a girl unless you have enough bucks
to buy her a ring and her own VCR, 'cause she'll want to have
videos of the wedding." -Allan, Age 10
"Never
kiss in front of other people. It's a big embarrassing
thing if anybody sees you....If nobody sees you, I might be
willing to try it with a handsome boy, but just for a few
hours." Kally, Age 9
The
Great Debate: Is It Better to Be Single or Married?
"You should ask the people who read Cosmopolitan"
-Kirsten, Age 10
"It's
better for girls to be single but not for boys. Boys
need somebody to clean up after them."
-Anita, Age 9
"It
gives me a headache to think about that stuff. I'm just
a kid. I don't need that kind of trouble." Will, Age 7
Good Advice From Kids
"Never trust a dog to watch your food."
-Patrick, age 10
"When
your Dad is mad and asks you, "Do I look stupid?'
Don't answer."
-Hannah, age 9
Never
tell your Mom her diet's not working."
-Michael, age 14
"Stay
away from prunes."
-Randy, age 9
"Don't
pull Dad's finger when he tells you to."
-Emily, age 10
"When
your Mom is mad at your Dad, don't let
her brush your hair."
-Taylia, age 11
"Never
let your three-year old brother in
the same room as your school assignment."
-Traci, age 14
"A
puppy always has bad breath--even after eating a Tic-Tac."
- Andrew, age 9
"Never
hold a dustbuster and a cat at the same time."
- Kyoyo, age 11
"You
can't hide a piece of broccoli in a glass of milk."
-Amir, age 9
"Don't
wear polka-dot underwear under white shorts."
-Kellie, age 11
"If
you want a kitten, start out by asking for a horse."
-Naomi, age 15
"Felt-tip
markers are not good to use as lipstick."
-Lauren, age 9
"Don't
pick on your sister when she's holding a baseball bat."
-Joel, age 10
"When
you get a bad grade in school, show it to your
Mom when she's on the phone."
-Alyesha, age 13
"Never
try to baptize a cat."
-Eileen, age 8
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A
grandmother was giving directions to her grown grandson who
was coming to visit with his wife:
"You
come to the front door of the apartment complex. I am in
apartment 14T. There is a big panel at the door. With your elbow
push button 14T. I will buzz you in. Come inside, the elevator is
on
the right. Get in, and with your elbow hit 14. When you get out I
am
on the left. With your elbow, hit my doorbell".
"Grandma,
that sounds easy, but why am I hitting all these buttons with
my elbow"?
"You're
coming empty handed?"
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What
is the most dangerous part of a car?
The nut that holds the steering wheel.
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First
Day at School
A
wise schoolteacher sends this note to all parents on the
first day of school: "If you promise not to believe everything
your child says happens at school, I'll promise not to believe
everything he says happens at home.
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Why
don't women work as hard and long at the office as men?
They
do the job right first time!
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Why
are male brains considered a better donation to science?
They
haven't been used so much!
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A
man goes to the doctor with a strawberry growing out of his
head. The doctor looks at it and says "I'll give you some cream
to put on that."
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Computer
Tech Support-Supposedly True Stories
Customer: "I'm having trouble installing Microsoft Word."
Tech Support: "Tell me what you've done."
Customer: "I typed 'A:SETUP'."
Tech Support: "Ma'am, remove the disk and tell me what it says."
Customer: "It says '[PC manufacturer] Restore and Recovery disk'."
Tech Support: "Insert the MS Word setup disk."
Customer: "What?"
Tech Support: "Did you buy MS word?"
Customer "No."
Customer: "Do I need a computer to use your
software?"
Tech Support: "Ok, in the bottom left hand side of
the screen, can you see the 'OK' button displayed?"
Customer: "Wow. How can you see my screen from there?"
Tech Support: "Years of training..."
Tech Support: "What type of computer do you have?"
Customer: "A white one."
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Finding
one of her students making faces at others on the playground,
Ms. Smith stopped to gently reprove the child.
Smiling sweetly, the teacher said, "Bobby, when I was a child,
I was told
that if I made ugly faces, it would freeze and I would stay like that."
Bobby looked up and replied, "Well, Ms. Smith, you can't say
you
weren't warned."
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A
woman in a supermarket pushed a grocery cart with a
screaming baby in it.
As
she moved up and down the aisles, she kept murmuring,
"Stay calm, Mary. Don't cry, Mary. Don't scream, Mary."
Another
woman watched in admiration and then remarked,
"You certainly have a lot of patience with little Mary."
"What
do you mean?" snapped the woman. "I'm Mary!"
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Barb was getting to know David and his family, she was
very impressed by how much his parents loved each other.
They're so thoughtful," Barb said. "Why, your dad even
brings your mom a cup of hot coffee in bed every morning."
After a time, Barb and David were engaged, and then married.
On the way from the wedding to the reception, Barb again
remarked on David's loving parents, and even the coffee in bed.
"Tell me," she said, "does it run in the family?"
"It sure does," replied David. "And I take after my
mom."
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I
have a spelling checker,
It came with my PC;
It plainly marks four my revue,
Mistakes I cannot sea.
I've run this poem threw it,
I'm sure your please to no,
Its letter perfect in it's weigh,
My checker tolled me sew.
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Label
Instructions
Actual label instructions on consumer goods:
1. On a Sears hairdryer: "Do not use while sleeping".
[Gee, that's the only time I have to work on my hair]
2.
On a bag of Fritos: "You could be winner! No purchase
necessary. Details inside". [Evidently, the shoplifter special]
3.
On a bar of Dial soap: "Directions: Use like regular soap."
[And that would be how...?]
4.
On some Swanson frozen dinners: "Serving suggestions: Defrost."
[But it's *just* a suggestion]
5.
On Tesco's Tiramisu dessert (printed on bottom of box):
"Do not turn upside down". [Oops, too late]
6.
On Marks & Spencer Bread Pudding: "Product will be hot after
heating".
[As sure as night follows the day...]
7.
On packaging for a Rowenta iron: "Do not iron clothes on body".
[But wouldn't this save even more time?]
8.
On Boot's Children's Cough Medicine: "Do not drive a car or operate
machinery after taking this medication". [We could do a lot to
reduce the
rate of construction accidents if we could just get those 5-year-olds
with
head colds off those forklifts.]
9.
On Nytol Sleep Aid: "Warning: May cause drowsiness"
[One would hope]
10.On
most brands of Christmas lights: "For indoor or outdoor use only".
[As opposed to what?]
11.On
a Japanese food processor: "Not to be used for the other use".
[I gotta admit, I'm curious].
12.On
Sainsbury's peanuts: "Warning: Contains nuts". [NEWS FLASH]
13.On
an American Airlines packet of nuts: "Instructions: open packet,
eat nuts." [Step 3: Fly Delta]
14.On
a child's Superman costume: Wearing of this garment does not
enable you to fly". [I don't blame the company. I do blame parents
for this one!]
A
young man excitedly tells his mother he's fallen in love and going
to get married. He says, "Just for fun, Ma, I'm going to bring
over 3
women and you try and guess which one I'm going to marry."
The
mother agrees.
The
next day, he brings three beautiful women into the house and sits
them down on the couch and they chat for a while. He then says, "Okay,
Ma, guess which one I'm going to marry."
She
immediately replies, "The one in the middle."
"That's
amazing, Ma. You're right. How did you know?"
"I
don't like her."
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A
woman went to a Florida lemon grove to apply for a job, but the
foreman thought she seemed way too qualified for the position.
"Do you even have any actual experience picking lemons?"
he asked.
"Well,
I think I do." she replied. "I've been divorced three times."
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Sometimes it DOES take a Rocket Scientist
Scientists
at NASA built a gun specifically designed to
launch dead chickens at the windshields of airlines,
military jets, and the space shuttle, all traveling at
maximum velocity.
The
idea is to simulate the frequent collisions with
airborne fowl in order to test the strength of the windshields.
British
engineers heard about the gun and were eager to
test it on the windshields of their new high-speed trains.
Arrangements were made, and a gun was sent to the British
engineers.
When
the gun was fired, the engineers stood shocked as the
chicken hurled out of the barrel, crashed into the
shatterproof shield, smashed it to smithereens, blasted
through the control console, snapped the engineer's backrest
in two, and embedded itself in the back wall of the cabin,
like an arrow shot from a bow.
The
horrified Brits sent NASA the disastrous results of
the experiment, along with the designs of the
windshield, and begged the US scientists for suggestions.
NASA
responded with a one-line memo: "Thaw the chicken"
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If at first you don't succeed - sky diving's not for you
How
come abbreviated is such a long word?
If
love is blind, why is lingerie so popular?
Why
doesn't glue stick to the inside of the bottle?
Why
is "phonics" not spelled the way it sounds?
.
Borrow money from a pessimist - they don't expect it back.
If
Barbie is so popular, why do you have to buy her friends?
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While
on maternity leave, a woman from our office brought
in her new bundle of joy. She also had her seven-year- old
son with her. Everyone gathered around the baby, and the little
boy asked, "Mommy, can I have some money to buy a soda?"
"What do you say?" she asked.
Respectfully, the boy replied, "You're thin and beautiful."
The woman reached in her purse and gave her son the money.
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Little League
At
one point during a game, the coach said to one of his
young players, "Do you understand what cooperation is?
What a team is?" The little boy nodded in the affirmative.
"Do you understand that what matters is whether we win
together as a team?"
The little boy nodded yes.
"So," the coach continued, "when a strike is called,
or
you're out at first, you don't argue or curse or attack the
umpire. Do you understand all that?"
Again the little boy nodded that he understood.
"Good," said the coach.
"Now go over there and explain it to your parents."
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Three
sons left home, went out on their own and prospered.
Getting back together, they discussed the gifts they were able
to give their elderly mother.
The
first said, "I built a big house for our mother."
The second said, "I sent her a Mercedes with a driver."
The third smiled and said, "I've got you, both beat. You remember
how
Mom enjoyed reading the Bible? And you know she can't see very
well. I sent her a remarkable parrot that recites the entire Bible.
It took elders in the church 12 years to teach him. He's one of
a kind. Mama just has to name the chapter and verse, and the
parrot recites it."
Soon
thereafter, Mom sent out her letters of thanks:
"Milton," she wrote one son, "the house you built is
so huge.
I live in only one room, but I have to clean the whole house."
"Gerald,"
she wrote to another, "I am too old to travel. I stay
most of the time at home, so I rarely use the Mercedes. And
the driver is so rude!"
"Dearest
Donald," she wrote to her third son, "you have the
good sense to know what your mother likes.
The chicken was delicious."
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A
traveler was stumbling through the desert, desperate for
water, when he saw something far off in the distance.
Hoping
to find water, he walked toward the image, only to
find a little old peddler sitting at a card table with a bunch
of ties laid out for sale.
The
parched wanderer asked, "Please, I'm dying of thirst,
can I have some water?"
The
man replied "I don't have any water, but why don't you
buy a tie? Here's one that goes nicely with your clothes."
The
desperate man shouted, "I don't want a tie, you idiot,
I need water!"
"OK,
don't buy a tie. But to show you what a nice guy I am,
I'll tell you that over that hill there, about 5 miles, is a nice
restaurant. Walk that way, they'll give you all the water you want."
The
man thanked the peddler and walked away toward the hill
and eventually disappeared out of sight. Three hours later he
returned. The man at the card table asked, "I told you, about
5
miles over that hill. Couldn't you find it?"
"I found it all right. They wouldn't let me in without a tie."
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A
woman visited her doctor for the fifth time that month.
"You've got hypochondria" the doctor told her.
"Oh no, not that as well!" replied the woman.
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Why
did the man keep staring at the orange juice carton?
Because it said concentrate.
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A
man and a woman who have never met before find themselves
in the same sleeping carriage of a train. After the initial embarrassment
they both go to sleep, the woman on the lower bunk, the man on the
top.
In the middle of the night the man leans over and says, "I'm
sorry to
bother you but I'm cold and I was wondering if you could possibly
pass
me another blanket."
The woman leans out and says in a sexy voice, "I've got a better
idea...let's pretend we're married"
"Why not", says the eager man.
"Good",she replies, "Get your own blanket!"
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Early
one morning, a mother went in to wake up her son.
"Wake up, son. It's time to go to school!"
"But why, Mom? I don't want to go."
"Give me two reasons why you don't want to go."
"Well, the kids hate me for one, and the teachers hate me also!"
"Oh, that's no reason not to go to school. Come on now and get
ready."
"Give me two reasons why I should go to school."
"Well, for one, you're 52 years old. And for another, you're
the PRINCIPAL!"
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Guide
To Great Writing
1. Avoid alliteration. Always.
2. Prepositions are not words to end sentences with.
3. Avoid clichés like the plague.
4. Employ the vernacular.
5. Eschew ampersands & abbreviations, etc.
6. Parenthetical remarks (however relevant) are unnecessary.
7. It is wrong to ever split an infinitive.
8. Contractions aren't necessary.
9. Foreign words and phrases are not apropos.
10. One should never generalize.
11. Eliminate quotations. As Ralph Waldo Emerson said, "I hate
quotations. Tell me what you know."
12. Comparisons are as bad as clichés.
13. Don't be redundant; don't use more words than necessary; it's
highly superfluous.
14. Be more or less specific.
15. Understatement is always best.
16. One-word sentences? Eliminate.
17. Analogies in writing are like feathers on a snake.
18. The passive voice is to be avoided.
19. Go around the barn at high noon to avoid colloquialisms.
20. Even if a mixed metaphor sings, it should be derailed.
21. Who needs rhetorical questions?
22. Exaggeration is a billion times worse than understatement.
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Notes
Found On Hospital Charts
She has no rigors or shaking chills, but her husband states she
was very hot in bed last night.
Patient
has chest pain if she lies on her left side for over a year.
On
the second day the knee was better, and on the third day it disappeared.
The
patient is tearful and crying constantly. She also appears to be depressed.
The
patient has been depressed since she began seeing me in 1993.
Discharge
status: Alive but without my permission.
Healthy
appearing decrepit 69-year-old male, mentally alert but forgetful.
The
patient refused autopsy.
The
patient has no previous history of suicides.
Patient
has left white blood cells at another hospital.
Patient's
medical history has been remarkably insignificant with
only a 40 pound weight gain in the past three days.
Patient
had waffles for breakfast and anorexia for lunch.
She
is numb from her toes down.
While
in ER, she was examined, x-rated and sent home.
The
skin was moist and dry.
Occasional,
constant infrequent headaches.
Patient
was alert and unresponsive.
She
stated that she had been constipated for most of her life,
until she got a divorce.
I
saw your patient today, who is still under our car for
physical therapy.
Skin:
somewhat pale but present.
The
pelvic exam will be done later on the floor.
Patient
was seen in consultation by Dr. Blank, who felt
we should sit on the abdomen and I agree.
Large
brown stool ambulating in the hall.
Patient
has two teenage children, but no other abnormalities.
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The Hormone Hostage
The
Hormone Hostage knows that there are days in the month when all a
man has
to do is open his mouth and he takes his life into his own hands!
This is a
handy guide that should be as common as a driver's license in the
wallet of
every husband, boyfriend, or significant other!
DANGEROUS:
What's for dinner?
SAFER: Can I help you with dinner?
SAFEST: Where would you like to go for dinner?
DANGEROUS:
Are you wearing that?
SAFER: Gee, you look good in brown.
SAFEST: WOW! Look at you!
DANGEROUS:
What are you so worked up about?
SAFER: Could we be overreacting?
SAFEST: Here's fifty dollars.
DANGEROUS:
Should you be eating that?
SAFER: You know, there are a lot of apples left.
SAFEST: Can I get you a glass of wine with that?
DANGEROUS:
What did you do all day?
SAFER: I hope you didn't over do it today.
SAFEST: I've always loved you in that robe!
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My wife asked me, "How come you're not playing golf with Joe
any more?"
"Would
you play golf with a guy who moves his ball to a better position
when you're not watching?
Would
you play golf with a guy that "forgets" to count some of
his
strokes," the husband exclaims!
The
wife replies, "No, I guess I wouldn't!"
"Well,
neither will Joe."
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If
we're not supposed to eat late-night snacks, why is
there a light in the refrigerator?
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Three old men are discussing their sex lives.
The
Italian man says, "Last week, my wife and I had great
sex. I rubbed her body all over with olive oil, we made
passionate love, and she screamed for 5 minutes at the end."
The
Frenchman boasts, "Last week when my wife and I had
sex, I rubbed her body all over with butter. We then made
passionate love and she screamed for 15 minutes."
The
old Jewish man says, "Well, last week my wife and
I had sex too. I rubbed her body all over with chicken
schmaltz (kosher chicken fat), we made love, and she
screamed for 6 hours."
The
Italian and Frenchman were stunned. They replied,
"What could you have possibly done to make your wife
scream for 6 hours?"
"I
wiped my hands on the drapes."
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You're
Not a Kid Anymore When
You
quit trying to hold in your stomach, no matter who walks
into the room.
You
enjoy watching the news.
The
phone rings and you hope it's not for you.
The
only reason you're still awake at 4 am is indigestion.
People
ask what color your hair USED to be.
You're
proud of your lawnmower.
Your
best friend is dating someone half their age AND isn't
breaking any laws.
You
start singing along with the elevator music.
You
really do want a new washing machine for your birthday.
Your
car has four doors.
You
routinely check the oil in your car.
You
consider coffee one of the most important things in life.
7
AM is your idea of "sleeping in."
You
write thank you notes without being told.
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Signs
of The Times...
1. You just tried to enter your password on the microwave.
2.
You have a list of 15 phone numbers to reach your family of three.
3.
You call your son's beeper to let him know it's time to eat. He
emails you back from his bedroom, "What's for dinner?"
4.
Your daughter sells Girl Scout Cookies via her web site.
5.
You chat several times a day with a stranger from South Africa,
but you haven't spoken with your next door neighbor this year.
6.
You check the ingredients on a can of chicken noodle soup to see
if it contains Echinacea.
7.
Your grandmother asks you to send her a JPEG file of your
newborn so she can create a screen saver.
8.
You pull up in your own driveway and use your cell phone to see
if anyone is home.
9.
Every commercial on television has a web-site address at the bottom
of the screen.
10.
You buy a computer and 6 months later it is out of date and now
sells for half the price you paid.
11.
Leaving the house without your cell phone, which you didn't
have the first 20 or 30 years of your life, is cause for panic and
turning around to go get it.
12.
Using real money, instead of credit or debit, to make a
purchase would be a hassle and take planning.
13.
Cleaning up the dining room means getting the fast food bags
out of the back seat of your car.
14.
Your reason for not staying in touch with family is that they
do not have e-mail addresses.
15.
You consider second-day air delivery painfully slow.
16.
Your dining room table is now your flat filing cabinet.
17.
Your idea of being organized is multiple-colored Post-it notes.
18.
You hear most of your jokes via e-mail instead of in person.
19.
You get an extra phone line (or a ADSL/cable modem) so you can
get phone calls.
20.
You disconnect from the Internet and get this awful feeling, as
if you just pulled the plug on a loved one.
21.
You get up in morning and go online before getting your coffee.
22.
You wake up at 2 am to go to the bathroom and check your E-mail
on your way back to bed.
23.
You start tilting your head sideways to smile. :)
24.
You're reading this.
25.
Even worse; you're going to forward it to someone else.
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A
young man was walking through a supermarket to
pick up a few things when he noticed an old lady following
him around. Thinking nothing of it, he ignored her and
continued on. Finally he went to the check-out line, but
she got in front of him.
"Pardon me," she said, "I'm sorry if my staring at
you
has made you feel uncomfortable. It's just that you look
ust like my son, who I haven't seen in a long time."
"That's a shame," replied the young man, "is there
anything
I can do for you?"
"Yes," she said, "As I'm leaving, can you say 'Good
bye, Mother!'?
It would make me feel so much better."
"Sure," answered the young man. So, when the old woman
was leaving, he called out, "Goodbye, Mother!"
As he stepped up to the check-out counter, he saw that his
total was $127.50. "How can that be?" he asked, "I
only
purchased a few things!"
The clerk replied, "Your mother said that you would pay for her."
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A
woman was sitting at a bar enjoying an after-work cocktail with her
girlfriends when an exceptionally tall, handsome, extremely sexy young
man entered. He was so striking that the woman could not take her
eyes away from him.
The young man noticed her overly attentive stare and walked directly
toward them.
Before she could offer her apologies or being so rude for staring,
the young man said to her, 'I'll do anything, absolutely anything,
that you want me to do for $100 on one condition. Flabbergasted, the
woman asked what the condition was. The young man replied, 'You have
to tell me what you want me to do in just three words. The woman considered
his proposition for a moment then from her purse slowly counted out
five $20 bills, which she gladly pressed into the young man's hand.
She looked deeply into his eyes and slowly, meaningfully said,............
'Clean my house.'
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Tom
had been a compulsive worrier for years until he found a way to overcome
this problem. His friends noticed the dramatic change. "You don't
seem to be worried about anything any more."
"I hired a professional worrier for $1000.00 a week, "Tom
replied. "I haven't had a single qualm since."
"A thousand a week!" said Doug. "How are you going
to pay him?"
"That's his problem."
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Never
let a man's mind wander, it's too little to be out alone.
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Q.
Do you know what it means to come home to a man who'll give you love,
affection, tenderness and understanding?
A.
It means you're in the wrong house.
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Why
do men like smart women?
Opposites
attract.
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Do you know what would have happened if it had been Three Wise Women
instead of Three Wise Men?
They
would have asked directions, arrived on time, helped deliver the baby,
cleaned the stable, made a casserole, brought practical gifts and
there would be Peace On Earth.
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A
47 year old woman is naked, jumping up and down on her bed laughing
and singing. Her husband walks into the bedroom and sees her. He watches
her a while then says, "You look ridiculous! What on earth do
you think you're doing?"
She
says, "I just got my checkup and my doctor says I have the breasts
of an 18 year old." She starts laughing and jumping up and down
again.
He
says, "Yeah, right. And what did he say about your 47 year old
ass?"
She
said, "Your name never came up."
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Signs
Of The Times
In
the front yard of a funeral home, "Drive carefully, we'll
wait."
On
an electrician's truck, "Let us remove your shorts."
Outside
a radiator repair shop, "Best place in town to take a
leak."
In
a nonsmoking area, "If we see you smoking, we will assume you
are on fire and take appropriate action."
On
a maternity room door, "Push, Push, Push."
On
a front door, "Everyone on the premises is a vegetarian except
the dog."
At
an optometrist's office, "If you don't see what you're looking
for, you've come to the right place."
On
a taxidermist's window, "We really know our stuff."
On
a butcher's window, "Let me meat your needs."
On
a fence, "Salesmen welcome. Dog food is expensive."
At
a car dealership, "The best way to get back on your feet --
miss a car payment."
Outside
a muffler shop, "No appointment necessary. We'll hear
you coming."
In
a dry cleaner's emporium, "Drop your pants here."
On
a desk in a reception room, "We shoot every 3rd salesman, and
the 2nd one just left."
In
a veterinarian's waiting room, "Be back in 5 minutes. Sit!
Stay!"
At
the electric company, "We would be delighted if you send in
your bill. However, if you don't, you will be."
In
a Beauty Shop, "Dye now!"
On
the side of a garbage truck, "We've got what it takes to take
what you've got." (Burglars please copy.)
In
a restaurant window, "Don't stand there and be hungry, come in
and get fed up."
Inside
a bowling alley, "Please be quiet. We need to hear a pin
drop."
In
a cafeteria, "Shoes are required to eat in the cafeteria.
Socks can eat any place they want."
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Q.
How many men does it take to screw in a light bulb?
A. One - he just holds it up there and waits for the world to revolve
around him.
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Q.
Why do female black widow spiders kill their males after mating?
A. To stop the snoring before it starts.
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Q: Did you hear about the constipated accountant?
A:
He couldn't budget
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While
visiting a friend who was in the hospital, I noticed several pretty
nurses, each of whom was 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."
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A
drunk was in front of a judge. The judge says "You've been brought
here for
drinking." The drunk says "Okay, let's get started."
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Just
as a surgeon was finishing up an operation and was about to
close, the patient awakes sits up, and demands to know what is
going on. "I'm about to close," the surgeon says. The patient
grabs his hand and says, "I'm not going to let you do that! I'll
close my own incision!" The doctor hands him the thread and says,
"Suture self."
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A
thief broke into the local police station and stole all the lavatory
equipment.
A spokesperson was quoted as saying, "We have absolutely nothing
to go on."
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If
some people said what they thought, they'd be speechless.
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Employer to applicant: "In this job we need someone who is responsible."
Applicant: "I'm the one you want. On my last job, every time
anything went
wrong, they said I was responsible."
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YOU
KNOW YOU'RE GETTING 'MARVELOUSLY MATURE' WHEN.............
1.
You and your teeth don't sleep together.
2. Your try to straighten out the wrinkles in your socks and discover
you aren't wearing any.
3. At the breakfast table you hear snap, crackle, pop and you're not
eating cereal.
4. Your back goes out but you stay home.
5. When you wake up looking like your driver's license picture.
6. It takes two tries to get up from the couch.
7. When your idea of a night out is sitting on the patio.
8. When happy hour is a nap.
9. When you're on vacation and your energy runs out before your money
does..
10. When you say something to your kids that your mother said to you
and you always hated it.
11. When all you want for your birthday is to not be reminded of your
age.
12. When you step off a curb and look down one more time to make sure
the street is still there.
13. Your idea of weight lifting is standing up.
14. It takes longer to rest than it did to get tired.
15. Your memory is shorter and your complaining lasts longer.
16. Your address book has mostly names that start with Dr.
17. You sit in a rocking chair and can't get it going.
18. The pharmacist has become your new best friend.
19. Getting "lucky" means you found your car in the parking
lot.
20. The twinkle in your eye is merely a reflection from the sun on
your bifocals.
21. It takes twice as long - to look half as good.
22. Everything hurts, and what doesn't hurt - doesn't work.
23. You look for your glasses for half an hour and they were on your
head the whole time.
24. You sink your teeth into a steak - and they stay there.
25. You give up all your bad habits and still don't feel good.
26. You have more patience, but it is actually that you just don't
care any more.
27. You finally get your head together and your body starts falling
apart.
28. You wonder how you could be over the hill when you don't even
remember being on top of it.
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When
a woman steals your husband, there is no better revenge
than to let her keep him.
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Women will never be equal to men until they can walk down the
street with a bald head and a beer gut, and still think they are beautiful.
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"Joe,"
a teacher reprimanded the teenager in the hall, "do you mind
telling me whose class you're cutting this time?"
"Like," the young teen replied, "uh, see, okay, like
it's like I really don't like think like that's really important,
y'know, like because I'm y'know, like I don't get anything out of
it."
"It's English class, isn't it?" replied the smiling teacher.
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Q: What do you call a man who's lost 75% of his intelligence?
A: Divorced.
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I've got to get to the doctor and renew my prescription of birth control
pills. I can't afford to get pregnant!" said Susan to Marie.
"But
I thought you said your husband had a vasectomy," Marie responded.
"He
did." Susan replied "That's why I can't afford to get pregnant."
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You Know You've Had Too Much Holiday Cheer When....
1.
You notice your tie sticking out of your fly.
2. Someone uses your tongue for a coaster.
3. You start kissing the portraits on the wall.
4. You see your underwear hanging from the chandelier.
5. You have to hold on to the floor to keep from sliding off.
6. You strike a match and light your nose.
7. You take off your shoes and wade in the potato salad.
8. You hear someone say, "Call a priest!"
9. You hear a duck quacking and it's you.
10. You complain about the small bathroom after emerging from the
closet.
11. You refill your glass from the fish bowl.
12. You tell everyone you have to go home... and the party's at your
place.
13. You ask for another ice cube and put it in your pocket.
14. You yawn at the biggest bore in the room... and realize you're
in front of the hall mirror.
15. You pick up a roll, and butter your watch.
16. You suggest everyone stand and sing the national budget.
18. You're at the dinner table and you ask the hostess to pass a bedpan.
19. You take out your handkerchief and blow your ear.
20. You tell your best joke to the rubber plant.
21. You realize you're the only one under the coffee table
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Father Christmas' sledge broke down on Christmas Eve. He flagged down
a passing motorist and asked, 'Can you help me fix my sledge?'
'Sorry,' the motorist replied. 'I'm not a mechanic - I'm a chiropodist.'
'Well, can you give me a toe?'
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What
do you give a train driver for Christmas ?
Platform shoes !
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Father
Christmas: I thought I asked you to go out there and clear the snow!
I'm on my way, Father Christmas.
Father Christmas: But you only have one welly on!
That's all right! There's only one foot of snow!
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What
do snowmen wear on their heads ?
Ice caps !
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Q: Why is Christmas just like a day at the office?
A: You do all the work and the fat guy with the suit gets all the
credit.
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A
kindly 90-year-old grandmother found
buying presents for family and friends a bit
much one Christmas, so she wrote out
checks for all of them to put in her Christmas
cards. She wrote "Buy your own present"
after her name on the cards, then sent them off.
After
the Christmas festivities were over, she
found the checks in her desk!
Everyone
had gotten a Christmas card from
her with "Buy your own present" written inside,
but without the checks. Ooops!
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A
man walked out into the street and managed to get a taxi just going
by. What luck, he thought, as he slid into the cab. "Perfect
timing," the cabby said. "You're just like Bill."
"Who?"
asked the man. "Bill Smith. There's a guy who did everything
right," the cabby said. "Like my coming along when you needed
a cab. It would have happened like that to Bill every time."
"Nah,"
the man said to the cabby. "There are always a few clouds over
everybody."
"Not
Bill," said the cabby. "He was a terrific athlete. He could
have gone on the pro tour in tennis. He could golf with the pros.
He sang like an opera baritone and danced like a Broadway star."
"Bill
was really something, huh?"
"Oh,
yeah," continued the cabby. "Bill had a memory like a trap.
Could remember everybody's birthday. He knew all about wine, which
fork to eat with. He could fix anything. Not like me. I change a fuse,
and the whole neighborhood blacks out."
"No
wonder you remember him," the man said. "Well, I never actually
met Bill," said the cabby. "Then how in the world do you
know so much about him?" "I married his widow," replied
the cabby.
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I
think Santa Claus is a woman....
I hate to be the one to defy sacred myth, but I believe he's a she.
Think about it. Christmas is a big, organized, warm, fuzzy, nurturing
social deal, and I have a tough time believing a guy could possibly
pull
it all off!
For starters, the vast majority of men don't even think about selecting
gifts until Christmas Eve. Once at the mall, they always seem surprised
to find only Ronco products, socket wrench sets, and mood rings left
on the shelves. On this count alone, I'm convinced Santa is a woman.
Surely, if he were a man, everyone in the universe would wake up Christmas
morning to find a rotating musical Chia Pet under the tree, still
in the bag.
Other reasons why Santa can't possibly be a man:
* Men can't pack a bag.
* Men would rather be dead than caught wearing red velvet.
* Men don't answer their mail.
* Men would refuse to allow their physique to be describe even in
jest as
anything remotely resembling a "bowlful of jelly."
* Men aren't interested in stockings unless somebody's wearing them.
* Having to do the Ho Ho Ho thing would seriously inhibit their ability
to pick up women.
* Finally, being responsible for Christmas would require a commitment.
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Billy Gates' Letter To Santa
Dear
Santa,
How
are you doing? I hope you've had a successful year and have come
up with a lot of interesting toys. It's really neat how you're able
to
do that year after year. I guess that's how you stay number one in
the
Christmas presents business business.
Actually,
I admire the way you run Christmas. You really have a
handle on it. You find out what people want (with letters like this
and having kids tell you in person), and then you make the presents
and control how they are delivered. It's an impressive operation.
I
also like how you've got it to where when somebody says
"Christmas presents," people automatically think Santa Claus.
What a
marketing advantage. Best of all, even though you're a huge success,
people still don't know much about your private life. It's just
rumors. That's so neat.
I
think being at the North Pole helps. That was a good move. For
example, when you're designing toys, only your elves know what you're
doing, and you're way up there where nobody can spy on you and steal
your ideas. And even if they do, you can always just let it out that
you're making the same stuff to bring to people for free, so why would
they buy the other guy's stuff?
Also,
other people who make Christmas presents can't deliver them
like you can. Yours is the only sleigh on the distribution highway.
You must get some great discounts from them, because if they don't
play ball you can just refuse to give out their presents. Very Sharp.
What
I don't get is why you give away stuff. That's the dumbest
idea I've ever heard. I admit, it's why you're number one- who could
compete with a deal like that? But it must make it hard to stay in
business, especially when you have to visit every kid in the world.
You have to keep growing or fail.
Here's
an idea on how you can help finance your operation: Give
everybody at least one battery-operated present at Christmas, then
you
could make batteries and sell them the rest of the year. It would
create a demand: You give people something and then sell them what
they
need to make it work.
Another
thing, about you coming down the chimney. That's so slow
and inefficient. And what about all the people who don't have chimneys,
Santa? I have one word for you: windows. Everybody has windows.
That's
about all I have to say. You're probably wondering if I was
good or bad this year, but I don't really like to talk about my
personal life, if that's O.K. (Just out of curiosity: When you were
a
boy, did any of the other kids call you a nerd?) Anyway, I don't really
have anything to ask for. Mostly I think up something to play with
and
then build it myself. I guess I'm sort of like you-- I make my own
toys.
Best
of luck,
Billy Gates
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A Mother's Letter To Santa
I've been a good mom all year. I've fed, cleaned,
and cuddled my two children on demand, visited
the doctor's office more than my doctor, sold sixty
two cases of candy bars to raise money to plant a
shade tree on the school playground and figured out
how to attach nine patches onto my daughter's girl
scout sash with staples and a glue gun.
I was hoping you could spread my list out over several
Christmases, since I had to write this letter with my
son's red crayon, on the back of a receipt in the laundry
room between cycles, and who knows when I'll find
any more free time in the next 18 years.
Here
are my Christmas wishes:
I'd like a pair of legs that don't ache after a day of chasing
kids (in any color, except purple, which I already have)
and arms that don't flap in the breeze, but are strong
enough to carry a screaming toddler out of the candy
aisle in the grocery store.
I'd also like a waist, since I lost mine somewhere in the
seventh month of my last pregnancy. If you're hauling
big ticket items this year I'd like a car with fingerprint
resistant windows and a radio that only plays adult music;
a television that doesn't broadcast any programs containing
talking animals; and a refrigerator with a secret compartment
behind the crisper where I can hide to talk on the phone.
On the practical side, I could use a talking daughter doll that
says, "Yes, Mommy" to boost my parental confidence, along
with one potty trained toddler, two kids who don't fight,
and three pairs of jeans that will zip all the way up without
the use of power tools.
I could also use a recording of Tibetan monks chanting,
"Don't eat in the living room" and 'Take your hands off
your
brother,' because my voice seems to be just out of my children's
hearing range and can only be heard by the dog.
And please don't forget the Playdoh Travel Pack, the hottest
stocking stuffer this year for mothers of pre-schoolers.
It comes in three fluorescent colors and is guaranteed to crumble
on any carpet making the In-laws' house seem just like mine.
If it's too late to find any of these products, I'd settle for enough
time to brush my teeth and comb my hair in the same morning,
or the luxury of eating food warmer than room temperature without
it being served in a Styrofoam container. If you don't mind I could
also use a few Christmas miracles to brighten the holiday season.
Would it be too much trouble to declare ketchup a vegetable?
It will clear my conscience immensely. It would be helpful if you
could coerce my children to help around the house without demanding
payment as if they were the bosses of an organized crime family;
or if my toddler didn't look so cute sneaking downstairs to eat contraband
ice cream in his pyjamas at midnight.
Well, Santa, the buzzer on the dryer is ringing and my son saw my
feet
under the laundry room door. I think he wants his crayon back.
Have a safe trip and remember to leave your wet boots by the chimney
and come in and dry off by the fire so you don't catch cold. Help
yourself to cookies on the table, but don't eat too many or leave
crumbs on the carpet.
Yours Always
Mom.
PS One more thing...you can cancel all my requests if you can keep
my
children young enough to believe in you.
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1973: Long Hair
2003: Longing for hair
1973: Moving to California because it's cool.
2003: Moving to California because it's warm.
1973: Getting out to a new, hip joint.
2003: Getting a new hip joint.
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I
don't think I was concentrating properly when midnight struck on January
1st 2000.
It just went in one era and out the other.
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I
met a Dutch girl with inflatable shoes last week, phoned her up to
arrange a date but unfortunately she'd popped her clogs.
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I once had a friend who was a renowned clinical psychologist. He used
to tell me about all the patients he had seen. One of the most interesting
cases he told me about involved a schizophrenic with multiple personality
disorder. At times this person believed himself to be a temptress
in a Bizet opera. At other times he was convinced that he was the
head of the German Luftwaffe in WW II.
The consensus of the practitioners was that the poor fellow didn't
know if he was Carmen or Goerring...
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Diet Facts
A diet is a weigh of life.
It's not the minutes spent at the table that put on weight, it's the
seconds.
It's something most of us do religiously: We eat what we want and
pray we don't gain weight.