"Canada could have had French culture, American know-how, and English government. Instead it got French government, English know-how, and American culture." –John Colombo While I was working in the men’s section of a department store, a woman asked me to help her choose a white dress shirt for her husband. When I asked about his… Continue reading The Fabulous Friday Funnies
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The Fabulous Friday Funnies
A hallway in my house needed more light so I decided to install one of those lights activated by movement. So off I went to the lighting shop and told the helpful assistant that I needed ‘a motion detector for my back passage’. There was a pause and then she cracked up. A Zen master… Continue reading The Fabulous Friday Funnies
The Fabulous Friday Funnies
Diane’s story about the Chinese calligraphy on her sweater reminded me of the T-shirt which I purchased from a clothes chain. I thought it very smart with Chinese characters across the front, cinched in at the waist, except that when I walked through Melbourne’s Chinatown I noticed folk looking at me with a little smile… Continue reading The Fabulous Friday Funnies
The Fabulous Friday Funnies
Into the local pub comes Paddy Murphy, looking like he’d just been run over by a train. His arm is in a sling, his nose is broken, his face is cut and bruised and he’s walking with a limp. "What happened to you?" asks Sean, the bartender. "Jamie O’Conner and me had a fight," says… Continue reading The Fabulous Friday Funnies
The Fabulous Friday Funnies
The man was in no shape to drive, so he wisely left his car parked and walked home. As he was walking unsteadily along, he was stopped by a policeman. "What are you doing out here at 2 A.M.?" asked the officer. "I’m going to a lecture." "And who is going to give a lecture… Continue reading The Fabulous Friday Funnies
The Fabulous Friday Funnies
My mother always said we were put on this earth to help others. My question is, what are the others here for? My father was a dentist and my mother was a manicurist…for most of their married life they fought tooth and nail. "The honeymoon is over when he phones to say he’ll be late… Continue reading The Fabulous Friday Funnies
The Fabulous Friday Funnies
On a lonely, moonlit country road a young man’s car engine started to cough. Immediately pulling over to a scenic little spot he said to the young lady next to him, “That’s funny, I wonder what that knocking noise was?” “I’ll tell you one thing for sure,” said the girl coolly, “It wasn’t opportunity.” A… Continue reading The Fabulous Friday Funnies
Think before you lie
A couple were going out for the evening. They’d got ready, all dolled up, dog put out, etc. The taxi arrives, and as the couple start out, the dog shoots back in the house. They don’t want the dog shut in the house, so the wife goes out to the taxi while the husband goes… Continue reading Think before you lie