[Rhodes22-list] jokes

Tue Sep 30 10:55:58 EDT 2008

<groan> <laugh>

Good ones, Slim...

elle

We can't change the angle of the wind....but we can adjust our sails.

1992 Rhodes 22   Recyc '06  "WaterMusic"   (Lady in Red)

--- On Tue, 9/30/08, Steven Alm <stevenalm at gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Steven Alm <stevenalm at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] jokes
> To: "The Rhodes 22 Email List" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> Date: Tuesday, September 30, 2008, 2:11 AM
> Three Englishmen riding on a train, all three are
> hard-of-hearing.  The
> train comes to a stop and the first one asks, "Is this
> Wimsley?"
> 
> Second one says, "No, I think it's Thursday."
> 
> Third ones says, "So am I.  Let's have a
> drink!"
> 
> ----------------------
> 
> A man goes to the doctor and says, "Doctor, I
> can't get the song "Delilia'
> out of my head."
> 
> The doctor said, "Hmmm, you have 'Tom Jones
> Syndrome.' "
> 
> "Is that rare?" the man asked.
> 
> The doc replied, "It's not unusual."
> 
> -------------------------
> 
> Elle, here's one for the English teacher in you:
> 
> Four English professors were walking home after attending a
> lecture on
> Shakespearean rhetoric when they came across a group of,
> shall we say
> professional women on the street corner.  They began to
> discuss how
> Shakespeare would describe them.
> 
> The first and youngest professor suggested that Shakespeare
> would have
> called them a "jam of tarts."
> 
> The next senior professor said he thought Shakespeare would
> have called them
> a "flourish of strumpets."
> 
> The next said "an essay of Trollop's."
> 
> Then the oldest and most erudite professor said without
> pause that
> Shakespeare would most probably have called them simply
> "an anthology of
> pros."
> 
> --------------------------------------
> 
> On Mon, Sep 29, 2008 at 9:55 PM, Herb Parsons
> <hparsons at parsonsys.com>wrote:
> 
> > Oh my my, you MUST read it. It's really not SF
> (sci-fi??? No, the term
> > in SF), it's about human nature in a SF setting.
> You'll enjoy it.
> >
> > I'll bet my good reputation with you on it...
> >
> >
> > elle wrote:
> > > No.....I just Googled it & it sounds like
> somethhing that would be to my
> > liking.. I don't usually like sci-fi, but I do
> like Asimov & Bradbury.
> > >
> > > elle
> > >
> > > We can't change the angle of the wind....but
> we can adjust our sails.
> > >
> > > 1992 Rhodes 22   Recyc '06 
> "WaterMusic"   (Lady in Red)
> > >
> > >
> > > --- On Mon, 9/29/08, Herb Parsons
> <hparsons at parsonsys.com> wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > >> From: Herb Parsons
> <hparsons at parsonsys.com>
> > >> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] jokes
> > >> To: "The Rhodes 22 Email List"
> <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> > >> Date: Monday, September 29, 2008, 10:06 PM
> > >> Have you ever read the short story
> "Jokester" by
> > >> Isaac Asimov?
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> elle wrote:
> > >>
> > >>> Brad,
> > >>>
> > >>> Thank you for the best five minutes of
> the day, week,
> > >>>
> > >> and month.
> > >>
> > >>> Ya have to have a sideways look at life
> to appreciate
> > >>>
> > >> a good pun....a really good one has the
> 'time -delay
> > >> ' factor:  a blank look followed by the
> 'aha!...
> > >> That's funnier than the pun. LOVE
> 'em,! and I have
> > >> to thank my dad, who was an inveterate
> punster. I once asked
> > >> him for a rubber band; he replied that he had
> none there but
> > >> had a steel orchestra in the garage.
> > >>
> > >>> Here are more:
> > >>>
> > >>> 1.Ever since my friend had all the digits
> amputated
> > >>>
> > >> from his feet, I find him very annoying.
> > >>
> > >>> I think I might be lack-toes intolerant.
> > >>>
> > >>> 2. I used to think I was indecisive, but
> now I'm
> > >>>
> > >> not so sure...
> > >>
> > >>> 3. For some people the only puns they
> make are about
> > >>>
> > >> dairy products, because the rest are just too
> cheesy. When
> > >> they think of one, they tend to milk it for
> all it's
> > >> worth. Usually I don't think they're
> gouda enough,
> > >> but we could find a whey to cream off the
> best ones.
> > >>
> > >>> I cheddar to think what they'll come
> out with
> > >>>
> > >> next.
> > >>
> > >>> If you want a real challenge, try
> explaining a
> > >>>
> > >> 400-year-old pun from Shakespeare to a 9th
> grader...
> > >>
> > >>> ;^)
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>> elle
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>> We can't change the angle of the
> wind....but we
> > >>>
> > >> can adjust our sails.
> > >>
> > >>> 1992 Rhodes 22   Recyc '06 
> "WaterMusic"
> > >>>
> > >>   (Lady in Red)
> > >>
> > >>> --- On Mon, 9/29/08, Brad Haslett
> > >>>
> > >> <flybrad at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >>
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>> From: Brad Haslett
> <flybrad at gmail.com>
> > >>>> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] jokes
> > >>>> To: "The Rhodes 22 Email
> List"
> > >>>>
> > >> <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> > >>
> > >>>> Date: Monday, September 29, 2008,
> 12:18 PM
> > >>>> This just in from my old HS guidance
> counselor
> > >>>>
> > >> (who mostly
> > >>
> > >>>> said during
> > >>>> that period, "I know
> nothing").  I hate
> > >>>>
> > >> to get on
> > >>
> > >>>> a soapbox and then
> > >>>> run, but the "Elles" and
> > >>>>
> > >> "Gregs" in the
> > >>
> > >>>> world are so rare and so
> > >>>> special when you find them that you
> just have to
> > >>>>
> > >> brag!
> > >>
> > >>>> -----------------------
> > >>>>
> > >>>> Here are the top 10 winners in the 
> International
> > >>>>
> > >> Pun
> > >>
> > >>>> Contest.
> > >>>>
> > >>>> 1. A vulture boards an airplane,
> carrying two dead
> > >>>> raccoons. The
> > >>>> Stewardess looks at him and says,
> 'I'm
> > >>>>
> > >> sorry, sir,
> > >>
> > >>>> only one carrion
> > >>>> allowed per passenger.
> > >>>>
> > >>>> 2. Two fish swim into a concrete
> wall. The one
> > >>>>
> > >> turns to the
> > >>
> > >>>> other and
> > >>>> says, 'Dam!'
> > >>>>
> > >>>>  3. Two Eskimos sitting in a kayak
> were chilly, so
> > >>>>
> > >> they lit
> > >>
> > >>>> a fire in
> > >>>> the craft. Unsurprisingly, it sank,
> proving once
> > >>>>
> > >> again that
> > >>
> > >>>> you can't
> > >>>> have your kayak and heat it, too.
> > >>>>
> > >>>>  4. Two hydrogen atoms meet. One
> says,
> > >>>>
> > >> 'I've lost
> > >>
> > >>>> my electron.' The
> > >>>> other says, 'Are you sure?'
> The first
> > >>>> replies,'Yes, I'm
> positive.'
> > >>>>
> > >>>>  5. Did you hear about the Buddhist
> who refused
> > >>>>
> > >> Novocain
> > >>
> > >>>> during a root canal?
> > >>>> His goal: transcend dental
> medication.
> > >>>>
> > >>>>  6. A group of chess enthusiasts
> checked into a
> > >>>>
> > >> hotel and
> > >>
> > >>>> were
> > >>>> standing in the lobby discussing
> their recent
> > >>>>
> > >> tournament
> > >>
> > >>>> victories.
> > >>>> After about an hour, the manager came
> out of the
> > >>>>
> > >> office and
> > >>
> > >>>> asked them
> > >>>> to disperse. But why they asked, as
> they moved
> > >>>> off.'Because,' he said,
> > >>>> 'I can't stand chess-nuts
> boasting in an
> > >>>>
> > >> open
> > >>
> > >>>> foyer.'
> > >>>>
> > >>>>  7. A woman has twins and gives them
> up for
> > >>>>
> > >> adoption. One
> > >>
> > >>>> of them goes
> > >>>> to a family in Egypt and is named
> Ahmal. The other
> > >>>>
> > >> goes to
> > >>
> > >>>> a family in
> > >>>> Spain ; they name him Juan. Years
> later, Juan
> > >>>>
> > >> sends a
> > >>
> > >>>> picture of
> > >>>> himself to his birth mother. Upon
> receiving the
> > >>>>
> > >> picture,
> > >>
> > >>>> she tells her
> > >>>> husband that she wishes she also had
> a picture of
> > >>>>
> > >> Ahmal.
> > >>
> > >>>> Her husband
> > >>>> responds, 'They're twins! If
> you've
> > >>>>
> > >> seen Juan,
> > >>
> > >>>> you've seen Ahmal.'
> > >>>>
> > >>>> 8. A group of friars were behind on
> their belfry
> > >>>>
> > >> payments,
> > >>
> > >>>> so they
> > >>>> opened a small florist shop to raise
> funds. Since
> > >>>>
> > >> everyone
> > >>
> > >>>> liked to
> > >>>> buy flowers from the men of God, a
> rival florist
> > >>>>
> > >> across
> > >>
> > >>>> town thought
> > >>>> the competition was unfair. He asked
> the good
> > >>>>
> > >> fathers to
> > >>
> > >>>> close down,
> > >>>> but they would not. He went back and
> begged the
> > >>>>
> > >> friars to
> > >>
> > >>>> close. They
> > >>>> ignored him.
> > >>>> So, the rival florist hired Hugh
> MacTaggart, the
> > >>>>
> > >> roughest
> > >>
> > >>>> and most
> > >>>> vicious thug in town to
> 'persuade' them to
> > >>>>
> > >> close.
> > >>
> > >>>> Hugh beat up the
> > >>>> friars and trashed their store,
> saying he'd be
> > >>>>
> > >> back if
> > >>
> > >>>> they didn't
> > >>>> close up shop. Terrified, they did
> so, thereby
> > >>>>
> > >> proving that
> > >>
> > >>>> only Hugh
> > >>>> can prevent florist friars.
> > >>>>
> > >>>> 9. Mahatma Gandhi, as you know,
> walked barefoot
> > >>>>
> > >> most of the
> > >>
> > >>>> time,
> > >>>> which produced an impressive set of
> calluses on
> > >>>>
> > >> his feet.
> > >>
> > >>>> He also ate
> > >>>> very little, which made him rather
> frail and, with
> > >>>>
> > >> his odd
> > >>
> > >>>> diet, he
> > >>>> suffered from bad breath. This made
> him (Oh, man,
> > >>>>
> > >> this is
> > >>
> > >>>> SO BAD, it's
> > >>>> good) a super calloused fragile
> mystic hexed by
> > >>>>
> > >> halitosis.
> > >>
> > >>>> 10. And, finally, there was the
> person who sent
> > >>>>
> > >> ten
> > >>
> > >>>> different puns to
> > >>>> friends, with the hope that at least
> one of the
> > >>>>
> > >> puns would
> > >>
> > >>>> make them
> > >>>> laugh. No pun in ten did.
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>> On Sat, Sep 27, 2008 at 5:06 PM,
> michael meltzer
> > >>>> <mjm at michaelmeltzer.com> wrote:
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>>> When I got home last night, my
> wife demanded
> > >>>>>
> > >> that I
> > >>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>> take her someplace
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>>> expensive....
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> So, I took her to a gas station.
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> And that's how the fight
> started....
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>
> ************************************************************************
> > >>
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>>> After retiring, I went to the
> Social Security
> > >>>>>
> > >> office
> > >>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>> to apply for Social
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>>> Security. The woman behind the
> counter asked
> > >>>>>
> > >> me for my
> > >>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>> driver's license to
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>>> verify my age. I looked in my
> pockets and
> > >>>>>
> > >> realized I
> > >>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>> had left my wallet at
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>>> home.
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> I told the woman that I was very
> sorry, but I
> > >>>>>
> > >> would
> > >>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>> have to go home and come
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>>> back later. The woman said,
> 'Unbutton your
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>> shirt'. So I opened my shirt
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>>> revealing my curly silver hair.
> She said,
> > >>>>>
> > >> 'That
> > >>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>> silver hair on your chest is
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>>> proof enough for me' and she
> processed my
> > >>>>>
> > >> Social
> > >>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>> Security application.
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>>> When I got home, I excitedly told
> my wife
> > >>>>>
> > >> about my
> > >>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>> experience at the Social
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>>> Security office.
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> She said, 'You should have
> dropped your
> > >>>>>
> > >> pants. You
> > >>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>> might have gotten
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>>> disability, too'
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> And that's how the fight
> started.....
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>
> ***********************************************************************
> > >>
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>>> My wife and I were sitting at a
> table at my
> > >>>>>
> > >> high
> > >>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>> school reunion, and I kept
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>>> staring at a drunken lady
> swigging her drink
> > >>>>>
> > >> as she
> > >>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>> sat alone at a nearby
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>>> table.
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> My wife asked, 'Do you know
> her?'
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> 'Yes,' I sighed,
> 'She's my old
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>> girlfriend. I understand she took to
> drinking
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>>> right after we split up those
> many years ago,
> > >>>>>
> > >> and I
> > >>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>> hear she hasn't been
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>>> sober since'
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> 'My God!' says my wife,
> 'Who would
> > >>>>>
> > >> think a
> > >>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>> person could go on celebrating
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>>> that long?'
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> And that's how the fight
> started......
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>
> ***********************************************************************
> > >>
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>>> I rear-ended a car this morning.
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> So, there we were alongside the
> road and
> > >>>>>
> > >> slowly the
> > >>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>> other driver got out of
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>>> his car. You know how sometimes
> you just get
> > >>>>>
> > >> soooo
> > >>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>> stressed and little
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>>> things just seem funny? Yeah,
> well I
> > >>>>>
> > >> couldn't
> > >>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>> believe it.... He was a
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>>> DWARF!!!
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> He stormed over to my car, looked
> up at me,
> > >>>>>
> > >> and
> > >>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>> shouted, 'I AM NOT HAPPY!!!'
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>>> So, I looked down at him and
> said, 'Well,
> > >>>>>
> > >> then
> > >>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>> which one are you?'
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>>> And that's how the fight
> started.......
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>
> ***********************************************************************
> > >>
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>>> I tried to talk my wife into
> buying a case of
> > >>>>>
> > >> Miller
> > >>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>> Light for $14.95.
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>>> Instead, she bought a jar of cold
> cream for
> > >>>>>
> > >> $7.95. I
> > >>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>> told her the beer would
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>>> make her look better at night
> than the cold
> > >>>>>
> > >> cream.
> > >>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> And that's how the fight
> started.....
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>
> ************************************************************************
> > >>
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>>> I took my wife to a restaurant.
> The waiter,
> > >>>>>
> > >> for some
> > >>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>> reason, took my order
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>>> first.
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> "I'll have the strip
> steak, medium
> > >>>>>
> > >> rare,
> > >>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>> please."
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>>> He said, "Aren't you
> worried about
> > >>>>>
> > >> the mad
> > >>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>> cow?"
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>>> "Nah, she can order for
> herself."
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> And that's how the fight
> started..
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> --
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> A duck walks into a pub and
> orders a pint of
> > >>>>>
> > >> beer and
> > >>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>> a ham sandwich.
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>>> The barman looks at him and says,
> 'Hang
> > >>>>>
> > >> on!
> > >>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>> You're a duck.'
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>>> 'I see your eyes are
> working,' replies
> > >>>>>
> > >> the
> > >>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>> duck.
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>>> 'And you can talk!'
> exclaims the
> > >>>>>
> > >> barman.
> > >>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> 'I see your ears are working,
> too,'
> > >>>>>
> > >> says the
> > >>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>> duck. 'Now if you don't mind,
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>>> can I have my beer and my
> sandwich
> > >>>>>
> > >> please?'
> > >>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> 'Certainly, sorry about
> that,' says
> > >>>>>
> > >> the barman
> > >>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>> as he pulls the duck's pint.
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>>> 'It's just we don't
> get many ducks
> > >>>>>
> > >> in this
> > >>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>> pub. What are you doing round
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>>> this way?'
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> 'I'm working on the
> building site
> > >>>>>
> > >> across the
> > >>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>> road,' explains the duck.
> 'I'm
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>>> a plasterer.'
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> The flabbergasted barman cannot
> believe the
> > >>>>>
> > >> duck and
> > >>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>> wants to learn more,
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>>> but takes the hint when the duck
> pulls out a
> > >>>>>
> > >> newspaper
> > >>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>> from his bag and
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>>> proceeds to read it.
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> So, the duck reads his paper,
> drinks his beer,
> > >>>>>
> > >> eats
> > >>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>> his sandwich, bids the
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>>> barman good day and leaves.
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> The same thing happens for two
> weeks.
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> Then one day the circus comes to
> town.
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> The ringmaster comes into the pub
> for a pint
> > >>>>>
> > >> and the
> > >>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>> barman says to him
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>>> 'You're with the circus,
> aren't
> > >>>>>
> > >> you? Well,
> > >>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>> I know this duck that could be
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>>> just brilliant in your circus. He
> talks,
> > >>>>>
> > >> drinks beer,
> > >>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>> eats sandwiches, reads
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>>> the newspaper and
> everything!'
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> 'Sounds marvelous,' says
> the
> > >>>>>
> > >> ringmaster,
> > >>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>> handing over his business card.
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>>> 'Get him to give me a
> call.'
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> So the next day when the duck
> comes into the
> > >>>>>
> > >> pub the
> > >>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>> barman says, 'Hey Mr.
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>>> Duck, I reckon I can line you up
> with a top
> > >>>>>
> > >> job,
> > >>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>> paying really good money.'
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>>> 'I'm always looking for
> the next
> > >>>>>
> > >> job,'
> > >>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>> says the duck. 'Where is it?'
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>>> 'At the circus,' says the
> barman.
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> 'The circus?' repeats the
> duck.
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> 'That's right,'
> replies the
> > >>>>>
> > >> barman.
> > >>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> 'The circus?' the duck
> asks again.
> > >>>>>
> > >> 'That
> > >>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>> place with the big tent?'
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>>> 'Yeah,' the barman
> replies.
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> 'With all the animals who
> live in cages,
> > >>>>>
> > >> and
> > >>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>> performers who live in
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>>> caravans?' says the duck.
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> 'Of course,' the barman
> replies.
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> 'And the tent has canvas
> sides and a big
> > >>>>>
> > >> canvas
> > >>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>> roof with a hole in the
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>>> middle?' persists the duck.
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> 'That's right!' says
> the barman.
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> The duck shakes his head in
> amazement, and
> > >>>>>
> > >> says
> > >>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>> 'What the f#ck would they
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>>> want with a plasterer?'
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> --
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> One evening a husband, thinking
> he was being
> > >>>>>
> > >> funny,
> > >>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>> said to his wife,
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>>> 'Perhaps we should start
> washing your
> > >>>>>
> > >> clothes in
> > >>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>> Slim Fast.- maybe it would
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>>> take a few inches off of your
> butt!!'
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> His wife was not amused, and
> decided that she
> > >>>>>
> > >> simply
> > >>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>> couldn't let such a
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>>> comment go un rewarded.
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> The next morning the husband took
> a pair of
> > >>>>>
> > >> underwear
> > >>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>> out of his drawer.
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>>> 'What the heck is this?'
> he said to
> > >>>>>
> > >> himself as
> > >>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>> a little 'dust' cloud
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>>> appeared when he shook them out.
> > >>>>>
> > >> 'April,' he
> > >>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>> hollered into the bathroom,
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>>> 'Why did you put talcum
> powder in my
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>> underwear?'
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>>> She replied with a snicker,
> 'It's not
> > >>>>>
> > >> talcum
> > >>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>> powder ... it's Miracle
> Grow.'
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> --
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>
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