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Kid's stuff - Those
Scotsmen - Murphy strikes again - Not just the kids - Children in Church - Medical - Insults Malpractise - Alien Abduction - They wish they hadn't said it - Verse - Lawyers - Everybody, Somebody and Nobody - In the Office - OK an Irish joke - or two - In Court - Silly headlines - MENSA Test - The best candidates for surgery
- Toilet humor - Divorce - Inner Strength - Accountants
- Letter to my Bank Manager - Are you Glaswegian - The Indian Student
Some Oneliners
My neighbour knocked on my door at 2:30am
this morning, can you believe that 2:30am?! Luckily for him I was still
up playing my Bagpipes.
The Grim Reaper came for me last night, and
I beat him off with a vacuum cleaner. Talk about Dyson with death.
Did you hear about the fat alcoholic
transvestite? All he wanted to do was eat, drink and be Mary.
I've just had a letter back from
Screwfix. They said they regretted to inform me that they're not
actually a dating agency.
Spent £40 on eBay last week for a penis
enlarger. Just opened it and some bugger's sent me a magnifying glass!
I woke up last night to find the ghost of
Gloria Gaynor standing at the foot of my bed. At first I was
afraid.......then I was petrified.
What's the difference between Iron Man and
Iron Woman? One's a superhero and the other is an instruction.
A wife says to her husband you're always
pushing me around and talking behind my back. He says what do you
expect? You're in a wheel chair.
I was explaining to my wife last night that
when you die you get reincarnated but must come back as a different
creature. She said I would like to come back as a cow. I said your
obviously not listening.
Doctors have just identified a food that
can cause grief and suffering for years after it's been eaten. It's
called a wedding cake.
I was in the pub with my wife last night
and I said I love you. She said is that you or the beer talking ? I
replied it's me talking to the beer.
The wife has been missing a week now.
Police said to prepare for the worst. So I have been to the charity
shop to get all her clothes back.
The Indian Student
It was the first day of a
school in USA and a new Indian student named
Chandrasekhar Subramanian entered the fourth grade.
The teacher said, "Let's begin
by reviewing some American History.. Who said "Give me Liberty , or
give me Death"?
She saw a sea of blank faces, except for Chandrasekhar, who had his
hand up:
"Patrick Henry, 1775"he said.
"Very good! "Who said
"Government of the People, by the People, for the People, shall not
perish from the Earth?" Again, no response except from Chandrasekhar.
"Abraham Lincoln, 1863" said Chandrasekhar.
The teacher snapped at the
class,"Class, you should be ashamed. Chandrasekhar, who is new to our
country, knows more about its history than you do."
She heard a loud whisper:
"*@€%&*! the Indians,"
"Who said that?" she demanded.
Chandrasekhar put his hand up. "General Custer, 1862."
At that point, a student in
the back said, "I'm gonna puke."
The teacher glares around and
asks "All right! Now, who said that?"
Again, Chandrasekhar says,
"George Bush to the Japanese Prime Minister,
1991. "Now furious, another student yells, "Oh yeah? Suck this!"
Chandrasekhar jumps out of his
chair waving his hand and shouts to the teacher ,"Bill Clinton, to
Monica Lewinsky, 1997!"
Now with almost mob hysteria
someone said "You little shit. If you say anything else, I'll kill you."
Chandrasekhar frantically
yells at the top of his voice, " Michael Jackson to the child witnesses
testifying against him- 2004."
The teacher fainted. And as
the class gathered around the teacher on
the floor, someone said,"Oh shit, we're *@€%&*!"
And Chandrasekhar said
quietly, I think it was George Bush, Iraq , 2007.
Time for Austerity
A man is getting into the
shower just as his wife is finishing up her shower when the doorbell
rings. The wife quickly wraps herself in a towel and runs downstairs.
When she opens the door, there stands Bob, the next door neighbor.
Before she says a word, Bob
says, "I'll give you £800 to drop that towel." After thinking for a
moment, the woman drops her towel and stands naked in front of Bob.
After a few seconds, Bob hands her the £800 and leaves.
The woman wraps back up in the
towel and goes back upstairs.
When she gets to the bathroom, her husband
asks, "Who was that?"
"It was Bob the next door neighbour," she
replies.
"Great!" the husband says, "Did he say
anything about the £800 he owes me?"
Moral of the story:
If you share critical information
pertaining to credit and risk with your shareholders in time, you may
be in a position to prevent avoidable exposure.

JUST ABOUT SUMS THINGS UP.......
London 11th August - A public
school teacher was arrested today at Gatwick Airport as he attempted to
board a flight while in possession of a ruler, a protractor, a set
square, a slide rule, and a calculator.
At a morning press
conference, the Home Secretary said he believes the man is a member of
the notorious Al-gebra movement. He did not identify the man, who has
been charged by the Met Police with carrying weapons of maths
instruction. "Al-gebra is a problem for us," Reid said. "They desire
solutions by means and extremes, and sometimes go off on tangents in a
search of absolute values. They use secret code names like 'x` and `y`
and refer to themselves as `unknowns,` but we have determined they
belong to a common denominator of the axis of medieval with
co-ordinates in every country. As the Greek philanderer Isosceles used
to say, "There are 3 sides to every triangle".
When asked to comment on the
arrest, The British Prime Minister , speaking from his holiday resort
before the planes stopped flying, said, "If God had wanted us to have
better Weapons of Maths Instruction, He would have given us more
fingers and toes."

Lawrence Livermore Labs Discover New
Element!
PRESS - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
The heaviest element known to
science was discovered several months ago and then studied by
physicists at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories.
The element, named
Administratium, by it's co-discoverers Dr. James F. Cabinet and Dr. Fi
Ling Drawer has been defined to have no protons or electrons and thus
has an atomic number of 0. However, it does have one neutron, 125
assistant neutrons, 75 vice neutrons, and 111 assistant vice neutron,
giving it an atomic mass of 312. These particles are held together in a
nucleus by a force that involves the continuous exchange of meson-like
particles, called morons.
Since it has no electrons,
Administratium is inert. However, it can be detected chemically, since
it impedes every reaction with which it comes into contact.
According to the discoverers
(now employed by IBM), a minute amount of Administratium caused one
reaction to take over four days to complete when it normally would
occur in less than a 1 second and reduced yield by 75%. The article was
submitted to "The Journal of Science" but was rejected due to
administrative regulations.
Administratium has a normal
half life of approximately three years at which time it does not
actually decay, but instead, it undergoes a reorganization in which the
assistant neutrons, vice neutrons, and assistant vice neutrons exchange
quantum energy states. Some studies tend to indicate that the atomic
weight might actually increases with each reorganization. Sometimes the
neutron sucks up all the reaction and then disintegrates; one of the
lesser neutrons takes its place. This requires the loss of another
reaction to increase the neutron's energy state. The results of
definitive experiments are under administrative review at this time and
can not be published.
Research at other
laboratories indicates that Administratium occurs naturally. It tends
to self-generate most often in statistically significant concentrations
at universities and then concentrate at certain points, such as
government agencies, large computer or aerospace corporations, and
formerly disintegrated neutrons generally tend to reintegrate with
tenure at universities, and can usually be found in the newest, best
maintained buildings.
Scientists point out that
Administratium is known to be toxic at any level of concentration and
can easily destroy any productive reaction when it accumulates.
Frantic attempts are being
made to prevent irreversible damage, but results to-date are not
promising. Attempts to control it simply cause more Administratium to
be made. Additionally, any attempts to ignore Administratium tend to
rapidly accelerate its creation. -- Bill McCaslin
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Two hydrogen atoms walk into
a bar.
One says, "I think I've lost an electron."
The other says, "Are you sure?"
The first replies, "Yes, I'm positive..."

VIRUS WARNING
There is a dangerous virus
being passed electronically, orally and by hand.
This virus is called Worm-Overload-Recreational-Killer
(WORK). If you receive WORK from any
of your colleagues, your boss or anyone else via any means DO NOT TOUCH IT. This virus
will wipe out your private life completely.
If you should come into
contact with WORK put your jacket on and take 2 good friends to the
nearest pub or bottle shop.
Purchase the antidote
known as Work-Isolator-Neutralizer-Extractor
(WINE).
The quickest acting WINE type
is called
Swift-Hitting-Infiltrator-Remover-All-Zones
(SHIRAZ) but this is only available for those who can afford it. The
next best equivalent is Cheapest-Available-System-Killer
(CASK). Take the antidote repeatedly until
WORK has been completely eliminated from your system.
Forward this warning to 5
friends. If you do not have 5 friends, you have already been infected
and WORK is controlling your life. This virus is DEADLY
(Destroys -Every-Available-Decent-Living-Youngster).
Update (last Monday): After
extensive testing it has been concluded that
Best-Equivalent-Extractor-Remedy
(BEER) may be substituted for WINE but may
require a more generous application.
Never take life seriously.
Nobody gets out alive anyway.

Why did the Chicken cross the road?
SAEED AL SAHAF - Iraqi Head of
Information The chicken did not cross the road. This is a complete
fabrication. We do not even have a chicken.
GEORGE W BUSH We don't care
why the chicken crossed the road. We just want to know if the chicken
is on our side of the road or not. The chicken is either for us or
against us. There is no middle ground.
COLIN POWELL Now to the left
of the screen, you can clearly see the satellite image of the chicken
crossing the road.
TONY BLAIR I agree with
George.
HANS BLIX We have reason to
believe there is a chicken, but we have not yet been allowed to have
access to the other side of the road.
DR SEUSS Did the chicken cross
the road? Did he cross it with a toad? Yes, the chicken crossed the
road, but why it crossed I've not been told.
MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR I
envision a world where all chickens will be free to cross roads without
having their motives called into question.
GRANDPA In my day, we didn't
ask why the chicken crossed the road. Somebody told us the chicken
crossed the road, and that was good enough.
TRICIA Isn't that interesting?
In a few moments, we will be listening to the chicken tell, for the
first time, the heart-warming story of how it experienced a serious
case of moulting, and went on to accomplish its dream of crossing the
road.
JOHN LENNON Imagine all the
chickens in the world crossing roads together - in peace.
ARISTOTLE It is the nature of
chickens to cross the road.
KARL MARX It was an historic
inevitability.
RONALD REAGAN What
chicken?
SIGMUND FREUD The fact that
you are at all concerned that the chicken crossed the road reveals your
underlying sexual insecurity.
BILL GATES eChicken2005 will
not only cross roads, but will lay eggs, file your important documents,
balance your checkbook - and internet explorer is an integral part of
eChicken.
ALBERT EINSTEIN Did the
chicken really cross the road, or did the road move beneath the
chicken?
BILL CLINTON What is your
definition of chicken?
THE BIBLE And God came down
from heaven, and he said unto the chicken
THOU SHALT CROSS THE ROAD. And
the chicken didst cross the road, and there was rejoicing.
COLONEL SANDERS Did I miss
one?
HOMER SIMPSON Mmmmmmmmm . . .
. c h i c k e n
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The Accent
At the dinner table, the
Ambassador's wife was talking with Madame Chrétien; "Your husband has
been such a prominent public figure, such a presence on the
international scene for so many years! How quiet retirement will seem
in comparison. What are you most looking forward to in these retirement
years?" "A penis" replied Madame Aline Chrétien. A hush fell over the
table. Everyone heard her answer... and no one knew what to say next.
Le Grand Jean leaned over to his wife and said, "Mon petit chou, in
Hinglish dey pronounce dat word, 'appiness!'
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The American
The only seat available on
the train was directly adjacent to a well dressed middle aged French
woman and the seat was being used by her dog. A weary American
traveller asked, "Ma'am, please move your dog. I need that seat."
The French woman
looked down her nose at the American, sniffed and said, "You Americans.
You are such a rude class of people. Can't you see my little FiFi is
using that seat."
The American walked
away, determined to find a place to rest, but after another trip down
to the end of the train, he found himself again facing the woman with
the dog. Again he asked, "Please, lady. May I sit there? I'm very
tired."
The French woman
wrinkled her nose and snorted, "You Americans! Not only are you rude,
you are also arrogant. Imagine!"
The American didn't say
anything else. He leaned over, picked up the dog, tossed it out the
open window of the train and sat down in the empty seat. The woman
shrieked and railed, demanding that someone defend her honor and
chastise the American.
An elderly Englishman sitting
across the aisle spoke up indignantly, "Sir, you Americans do seem to
have a penchant for doing daft things. You eat holding the fork in the
wrong hand. You drive your autos on the wrong side of the road. And
now, Sir, you've thrown the wrong bitch out the window."
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Txt message re Gerbil
Hi guys - Here's a genuine
txt message I received from a friend last week:
Sam - badminton racquet - gerbil - not good Sam is his son of just
under 4 years old... Made me smile anyway - Allan White
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Never trust a dog to watch
your food. Patrick, Age 10
When you want something
expensive, ask your grandparents. Matthew, Age 12
Never smart off to a teacher whose eyes and ears are twitching. Andrew,
Age 9
Wear a hat when feeding seagulls. Rocky, Age 9
Sleep in your clothes so you'll be dressed in the morning. Stephanie,
Age 8
Never try to hide a piece of broccoli in a glass of milk. Rosemary,
Age 7
Don't flush the toilet when you dad's in the shower. Lamar, Age 10
Never ask for anything that costs more than five dollars when your
parents are doing taxes. Carrol, Age 9
Never bug a pregnant mom. Nicholas, Age 11
Don't ever be too full for dessert. Kelly, Age 10
When your dad is mad and asks you, "Do I look stupid?" don't answer
him. Heather, Age 16
Never tell your mom her diet's not working. Michael, Age 14
Don't pick on your sister when she's holding a baseball bat. Joel,
Age 12
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. Laura, Age 13
Never spit when on a roller coaster. Scott, Age 11
Never do pranks at a police station. Sam, Age 10
Never tell your little brother that you're not going to do what your
mom told you to do. Hank, Age 12
Remember you're never too old to hold your father's hand. Molly,
Age 11
Listen to your brain. It has lots of information. Chelsey, Age 7
Stay away from prunes. Randy, Age 9
Never dare your little brother to paint the family car. Phillip,
Age 13
Forget the cake, go for the icing. Cynthia, Age 8
Don't listen to me when I talk to you. Kelsey, Age 3
Should children witness childbirth?
Due to a power outage,
only one paramedic responded to the call. The house was very dark so
the paramedic asked Kathleen, a 3-yr old girl to hold a flashlight high
over her mommy so he could see while he helped deliver the baby.
Very diligently, Kathleen did as she was asked. Heidi pushed and pushed
and after a little while, Connor was born.
The paramedic lifted him by his little feet and spanked him on his
bottom. Connor began to cry. The paramedic then thanked Kathleen for
her help and asked the wide-eyed 3-yr old what she thought about what
she had just witnessed.
Kathleen quickly responded, 'He shouldn't have crawled in there in the
first place, smack his ass again!'
<<<>>>
CHILDREN IN CHURCH
A little child in church for
the first time watched as the ushers passed the offering plates. When
they neared the pew where he sat, the youngster piped up so that
everyone could hear: "Don't pay for me Daddy, I'm under five."
A little boy was attending his
first wedding. After the service, his cousin asked him, "How many women
can a man marry?" "Sixteen," the boy responded. His cousin was amazed
that he had an answer so quickly. "How do you know that?" "Easy," the
little boy said. "All you have to do is add it up, like the Bishop
said: 4 better, 4 worse, 4 richer, 4 poorer."
After a church service
on Sunday morning, a young boy suddenly announced to his mother, "Mom,
I've decided to become a minister when I grow up." "That's okay with
us, but what made you decide that?" "Well," said the little boy, "I
have to go to church on Sunday anyway, and I figure it will be more fun
to stand up and yell, than to sit and listen."
A 6-year-old was
overheard reciting the Lord's Prayer at a church service: "And forgive
us our trash passes, as we forgive those who passed trash against us."
A boy was watching his
father, a pastor, write a sermon." How do you know what to say?" he
asked. "Why, God tells me", the father replied. "Oh, then why do you
keep crossing things out?"
A little girl became
restless as the preacher's sermon dragged on and on. Finally, she
leaned over to her mother and whispered, "Mommy, if we give him the
money now, will he let us go?"
After the christening of his
baby brother in church, little Johnny sobbed all the way home in the
back seat of the car. His father asked him three times what was wrong.
Finally, the boy replied, "That priest said he wanted us brought up in
a Christian home, and I want to stay with you guys!"
Terri asked her Sunday
School class to draw pictures of their favorite Bible stories. She was
puzzled by Kyle's picture, which showed four people on an airplane, so
she asked him which story it was meant to represent. "The flight to
Egypt," said Kyle. "I see ... And that must be Mary, Joseph, and Baby
Jesus," Ms. Terri said. "But who's the fourth person?" "Oh, that's
Pontius - the Pilot.
The Sunday School Teacher
asks, "Now, Johnny, tell me frankly, do you say prayers before eating?"
"No sir," little Johnny replies, "I don't have to. My Mom is a good
cook."
A college drama group
presented a play in which one character would stand on a trap door and
announce, "I descend into hell!" A stagehand below would then pull a
rope, the trapdoor would open, and the character would plunge through.
The play was well received. One day the actor playing the part became
ill, and another actor who was quite overweight took his place. When
the new actor announced, "I descend into hell!" the stagehand pulled
the rope, and the actor began his plunge, but became hopelessly stuck.
No amount of tugging on the rope could make him descend. One student in
the balcony jumped up and yelled: "Hallelujah! Hell is full!"
Pastor Dave Charlton
tells us, "After a worship service at First Baptist Church in
Newcastle, Kentucky, a mother with a fidgety seven-year old boy told
how she finally got her son to sit still and be quiet. About halfway
through the sermon, she leaned over and whispered, 'If you don't be
quiet, Pastor Charlton is going to lose his place and will have to
start his sermon all over again!' It worked."
A little girl was
sitting on her grandfather's lap as he read her a bedtime story. From
time to time, she would take her eyes off the book and reach up to
touch his wrinkled cheek. She was alternately stroking her own cheek,
then his again. Finally she spoke up, "Grandpa, did God make you?"
"Yes, sweetheart," he answered, "God made me a long time ago." "Oh,"
she paused, "Grandpa, did God make me too?" "Yes, indeed, honey," he
said, "God made you just a little while ago." Feeling their respective
faces again, she observed, "God's getting better at it, isn't he?"
MORE KIDS IN CHURCH
Good Point...
"If I sold my house and my car, had a big garage sale and gave all my
money to the church, would that get me into Heaven?" I asked the
children in my Sunday School class.
"NO!" the children all
answered.
"If I cleaned the
church every day, mowed the yard, and kept everything neat and tidy,
would that get me into Heaven?"
Again, the answer was, "NO!"
"Well, then, if I was
kind to animals and gave candy to all the children, and loved my wife,
would that get me into Heaven?" I asked them again.
Again, they all answered,
"NO!"
"Well, I continued,
"then how can I get into Heaven?"
A five-year-old boy shouted
out, "YOU GOTTA be dead!"
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Kids in 'The Kirk
I was raised in a strict PCA
(Presbyterian Church of America) church home. As a child I heard
this joke: Q "Why are Presbyterians opposed to pre-marital sex?" A "It
leads to dancing." Now this was when I was quite young. So surely
you understand a child of nine years in 1954 might be confused a
bit.
Our family attended the
funeral of a friend who was PCUSA (Presbyterian Church of the United
States of America), IMHO a sadly deluded liberal faction. One of the
hymns they sang and we did not sing had this line, "gladly the cross
I'd bear." As a child I heard that as "Gladly the Cross Eyed
Bear." On the way home I enquired of my grandmother why we were singing
about a Bear in church. She asked more and I explained, "Isn't church
to help us see? Why are we singing about a Bear who is glad he
can't see?"
In those years ladies wore
girdles and corsets. They were universally referred to as a
"Foundation." But I didn't know that at the time. One morning in church
I made what I thought was an important connection; recall I'm
nine years old. We sang a song that had this line, "The Church's
one foundation is Jesus Christ our Lord." On the way home on that
hot summer day and many times before my grandmother remarked,
"Whew! I can't wait to get home and get my foundation off!" I
asked, "Why do we go to church to get our foundation and then
come home and take it off?" Subsequent to that revelation I was
introduced to the mysteries of a lady's "foundation" ... a
prospect which has horrified me ever from that day. -- Bill
McCaslin
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If you find that you
can't remove a stain from your shirt...then give it to your Mum -- Daniel
Anderson -- Milton Keynes England <;o)
"After being charged
20 pounds for a 10 pounds overdraft, 30 year old Michael Howard of
Leeds, England changed his name to 'Yorkshire Bank PLC are Facist
Bast***s'. The bank has now asked him to close his account and Mr
Bast***s has asked them to repay the 69p balance by cheque made out in
his new name" -- Bony
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~
She has no rigors or
shaking chills, but her husband states she was 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
She is numb from the toes down.
While in ER, she was examined, X-rated and sent home.
Rectal examination revealed a normal size thyroid.
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.
Examination of genitalia reveals that he is circus sized.
The lab test indicated abnormal lover function.
The pelvic exam will be done later on the floor.
The patient has two teen age children, but no other abnormalities. Submitted
by Simon Ashworth -- Somewhere in the South-West of England
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No woman in my time will be
Prime Minister.-Margaret Thatcher, 1969 .........She became Prime
Minister in 1979
Churchill? He is a busted
flush.-Lord Beaverbrook in 1932, explaining why he would not give the
man a job on his newspaper. Ten years later he was Prime Minister and
his boss.
My uncle is a peaceful man, he
thinks war’s not worth the candle.-Willie Hitler speaking about his
uncle Adolph, 1937 .........
X-rays are a hoax.-Lord
Kelvin, president of the Royal Society, 1900.
Man will not fly for fifty
years.-Wilbur Wright to his brother, Orville, In 1901 .........In 1903
Wilbur and Orville flew.
Space travel is utter
bilge-Dr. Richard Wooley, Astronomer Royal, 1956. ........The first
sputnik was launched in 1957
This telephone is an amazing
invention but who would want to use one of them?-American President,
Rutherford Hayes 1876.
Edison’s electric light bulb
is good enough for our transatlantic friends, but unworthy of practical
of scientific or practical men.-British Parliamentary society set up to
investigate electric lighting,1878.
There is no reason for any
individual to have a computer in their home. Ken Olsen ........Head of
the Digital Equipment Company now part of Compaq,1977.
~ ~ ~
Ode to Broccoli
Sweeter even than Betty Grable is that fabulous vegetable
For a taste of my favourite brassica, whole nations would I massacre
Comparisons to the rose and the lily are inapt and utterly silly
George Lincoln-Bush 1999 ~~ parker_bowles
A nursery rhyme brought up
to date!
Little Bo-peep has lost her sheep
but I know where to find them.
They're in the deep freeze with packets of peas
neatly stacked behind them.
John
Barker
Some verse to celebrate
Toilet Week in the UK
Oh Domestos, champagne of the smallest room!
You sharpen the atmosphere , cut through the gloom,
For seventy five years you've killed al known germs
You've protected our children and daddies and merms [sic]
Ian McMillen, Barnsley UK
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Don't move, I want to
forget you just the way you are !
· If you ever need a friend...go buy a dog !
· You only have one bad habit, breathing !
· If there's ever a price on your head, take it !
· I'm going to name my first ulcer after you.
· Why don't you resign from the human race?
· Why don't you sue your brains for non-support?
· If Moses had seen you, there'd be another Commandment.
· That's a nice suit you're wearing. When did the clown die?
· I like the suit you're wearing. Who shines it for you?
· Your tailor must have a great sense of humor.
· Look at you--was anyone else hurt in the accident?
· You look like a talent scout for a cemetery.
· Sit down--you make the place look shabby.
· Your mouth is getting too big for your muzzle.
· Can I use your head for my rock garden?
~ ~ ~
Who's an Oxymoron??:
'Military
Intelligence' is a contradiction of terms. -- Alan Brighton,
(english bob)
~ ~ ~
There was an important
job to be done and Everybody was sure that
Somebody would do it. Anybody could have done it but
Nobody did. Somebody got angry about this because it was
Everybody’s job. Everybody thought Anybody could do
it but Nobody realised that Everybody
wouldn’t do it.
It ended up that Everybody blamed Somebody
when Nobody did what Anybody
could have done ! -- Anon
~ ~ ~
The Engineer
An engineer dies and
reports to the pearly gates. St Peter checks his dossier and says, "Ah,
you're an engineer-you're in the wrong place." So the engineer reports
to the gates of hell and is let in. Pretty soon, the engineer gets
dissatisfied with the level of comfort in hell, and starts designing
and building improvements.
After a while, they've
got air conditioning and flush toilets and escalators, and the engineer
is a pretty popular guy.
One day, God calls
Satan up on the telephone and says with a sneer, "So, how's it going
down there in hell?" Satan replies, "Hey, things are going great. We've
got air conditioning and flush toilets and escalators, and there's no
telling what this engineer is going to come up with next." God replies,
"What? You've got an engineer? That's a mistake... he should never have
got down there; send him up here." Satan says, "No way. I like having
an engineer on the staff, and I'm keeping him." God says, "Send him
back up here or I'll sue." Satan laughs uproariously and answers,
"Yeah, right. And just where are YOU going to get a lawyer?
~ ~ ~
Engineers and Managers
A man in a hot air balloon
realised he was lost. He reduced altitude and spotted a chap below. He
descended a bit more and shouted, "Excuse me, can you help me? I
promised a friend I would meet him an hour ago, but I don't know where
I am"
The man on the ground
replied, "You're in a hot air balloon hovering approximately 30 feet
above the ground. You're between 40 and 41 degrees north latitude and
between 59 and 60 degrees west longitude".
"You must be an
engineer," said the balloonist.
"I am," replied the
chap, on the ground, "How did you know?"
"Well" answered the
balloonist, "Everything you told me is technically correct, but I've no
idea what to make of your information, and the fact is I'm still lost.
Frankly, you've not been much help at all. If anything you've delayed
my trip."
The man on the ground
responded, "You must be in management".
"I am," replied the
balloonist, "but how did you know that?"
"Well," said the man
on the ground, "You don't know where you are or where you're going. You
have risen to where you are due to a large quantity of hot air. You
made a promise, which you have no idea how to keep, and you expect
people beneath you to solve your problems. The fact is you are in
exactly the same position you were in before we met, but now, somehow,
it's my fault".
~ ~ ~
Bashing the Yank
At the opening plenary
session of the WSSD in Johannesburg recently, delegations were asked:
"Would you please give your honest opinion about solutions to the food
shortage in the rest of the world?" The subsequent debate ended in
deadlock. The Africans did not know what "food" meant. The Western
Europeans did not know what "shortage" meant. The Eastern Europeans did
not know what "opinion" meant. Delegates from the Middle East did not
know what "solution" meant. The South Americans did not know what
"please" meant. The Asians did not know what "honest" meant. And the
United States did not know what "the rest of the world" meant.
~ ~ ~
Forgiveness
The preacher's Sunday sermon
was "Forgive Your Enemies." He asked, "how many of the congregation
have forgiven their enemies?"
About half held up their
hands. He the went on to give his sermon, after which he then repeated
his question. All responded, except one elderly lady.
"Mrs. Jones, are you
not willing to forgive your enemies?""I don't have any."
"Mrs. Jones, that is
very unusual. How old are you?""Ninety-three." she replied.
"Mrs. Jones, please
come down in front and tell the congregation how a person cannot have
an enemy in the world?"
The little sweetheart of a
lady tottered down the aisle and said, "I outlived all those bitches."
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