March 1998 Overnight Lite Discarded Jokes

A Texan, trying to impress a Bostonian tourist with tales about the heroes of the Alamo, boasted, "I'll bet you never had anyone so brave around Boston."

"Ever hear of Paul Revere?" huffed the Bostonian.

"Paul Revere?" replied the Texan thoughtfully. "Isn't he the guy who ran for help?"

Sheep Sweater Graphic

"Did you know," a rancher said, trying to impress his guests, "that it takes three sheep to make a single sweater?"
"Oh my goodness!" one visitor exclaimed. "I had no idea they could knit!"

A Delaware lawmaker introduced a bill making it a felony to tell a lie to the General Assembly. Under the state Constitution, legislators are exempt from the law.

Lawmaker Graphic

"This bill is phony with a capital F." —unidentified congressman during 1997 session—Steven Wright

Why don't they allow bureaucrats to look out the windows in the morning? They need to save something for them to do in the afternoon.

Ad in the Ellsworth American: "Village Dry Cleaners has relocated to 14 High Street, right next door to St. Joseph's Church. After March 1, cleanliness is next to godliness."

Cymbasm Graphic
"It's not so much how you
play them, as when."

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