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It seemed like forever waiting in line to get my driver’s
license renewed. When my turn finally came, I had barely sat down before the
clerk snapped the photo. “Gee, I was in line so long that I look pretty
crabby in the photo,” I protested when I saw it. |
Q: How do you know when a man is about to say something intelligent?
A: He starts it with, “My wife just told me...”
“Mr. Higgins, I’ve been asked to speak at a convention, and I
need an informative speech that will last about twenty minutes,” the boss
said to his secretary. “You know all the facts and figures better than
anyone, so I want you to write it for me.”
The morning after the
convention the boss burst into the office, red-faced with anger.
“Higgins!” he bellowed. “What’s the matter with you,
writing an hour-long speech? The audience began leaving in disgust before I was
even halfway through!”
“But sir, I wrote a twenty-minute speech
just like you asked me to,” Higgins replied, “and I made you two copies.”
“The world is suffering because of just one man!” a protester
yelled as he walked the streets of Russia during the height of World War II.
Officials nabbed him for interrogation. “Just who were you thinking
of?” they asked menacingly.
“Why, Adolf Hitler, of course!”
the protester explained.
“Oh, well, okay then,” the interrogator
said with a smile. “You can go.”
As the man reached the door, he
turned and asked, “So who were you thinking of?”
 “Okay, let’s check your spelling.” |
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