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I was just wondering—is it possible that all those little trick-or-treaters wearing sheets over their heads aren’t dressed as ghosts, but as mattresses?
“That’s the last time I’ll ever pet a lion,” Tom said offhandedly.
“I won’t let a flat tire get me down,” Tom said, without despair.
A small boy pulled out his box of animal
crackers and then emptied the entire box on the kitchen table. “What are
you doing?” his mother asked.
I’m looking for the seal,”
he explained without looking up. “The box says you can’t eat the
cookies if the seal is broken.”
“Great news, Dad!” a college
student exclaimed. “Remember that $500 you promised me if I made the
Dean’s List?”
“I certainly do,” the father replied
happily.
“Well,” the student said, “you get to keep
it!”
One day a cannibal visited his cousin on
a neighboring island. In the market he noticed that regular people cost $2, but
politicians cost $25. The visiting cannibal asked, “Why do the politicians
cost so much more?”
His cousin replied, “Because they’re
harder to clean.”
The young parents were very worried that
their seven-year-old son had not yet spoken. One afternoon, as he sat down to
eat his lunch, the boy muttered simply, “Soup’s cold.”
“You can talk!” his mother shrieked. “For Heaven’s
sake, son, why did you wait so long?”
“Up until now,” he
replied, “everything’s been fine.”
“That car you sold me has defective steering!” Tom said straightforwardly.
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