Archive for January, 2007

The Parrot

Wanda’s dishwasher quit working so she called a repairman. Since she had to go to work the next day, she told the repairman, “I’ll leave the key under the mat. Fix the dishwasher, leave the bill on the counter, and I’ll mail you a check.”

“Oh, by the way don’t worry about my bulldog Spike. He won’t bother you. But, whatever you do, do NOT, under ANY circumstances, talk to my parrot!” “I REPEAT, DO NOT TALK TO MY PARROT!!!”

When the repairman arrived at Wanda’s apartment the following day, he discovered the biggest, meanest looking bulldog he has ever seen. But, just as she had said, the dog just lay there on the carpet watching the repairman go about his work.

The parrot, however, drove him nuts the whole time with his incessant yelling, cursing and name calling. Finally the repairman couldn’t contain himself any longer and yelled, “Shut up, you stupid, ugly bird!”

To which the parrot replied, “Get him, Spike!”

Card Name

A customer called the airline’s reservation office to pay for his ticket with a credit card. The reservation specialist asked him, “Would you please spell the name as it appears on the card, sir?”

The customer carefully replied, “V-I-S-A.”

The New Organist

The minister was preoccupied with thoughts of how he was going to ask the congregation to come up with more money than they were expecting for repairs to the church building.

Therefore, he was annoyed to find that the regular organist was sick and a substitute had been brought in at the last minute. The substitute wanted to know what to play.

“Here’s a copy of the service,” the pastor said impatiently. “But, you’ll have to think of something to play after I make the announcement about the finances.”

During the service, the minister paused and said, “Brothers and sisters, we are in great difficulty; the roof repairs cost twice as much as we expected and we need $4,000 more. Any of you who can pledge $100 or more, please stand up.”

At that moment, the substitute organist played “The Star Spangled Banner.”

And that is how the substitute became the regular organist.

Breathe

A lady on a commuter train was reading a newspaper article about life and death statistics.

Fascinated, she turned to the man next to her and said, “Did you know that every time I breathe somebody dies?”

“Really!?” he said, “Have you tried mouthwash?”

First Day at the Spa

A woman joined a health spa and on her first day eagerly joined in an exercise class. However, when it ended she went to the front desk and requested cancellation of her membership.

When asked why, she replied, “Your floors are so low that I can’t touch my toes!”

You Might Be Dutch

YOU MIGHT BE DUTCH IF…

~ You reused plastic margarine containers long before anyone had heard of the environmental movement.

~ You have a two volume address book, Volume I: A-U & Volume II: V-Z.

~ You have never skipped church to watch the Super Bowl.

~ Your range of restaurants is restricted by the contents of a “Buy one meal, get one free” coupon book that you purchased to support missionaries in Sierra Leone.

~ Your mother’s hairdo is the same at your wedding as it was at hers.

~ Your closet is divided into work clothes and Sunday clothes.

~ Your church attendance record is not disrupted by childbirth.

~ Your Sunday routine resembles: church, coffee, roast beef, jello salad, snooze, and church.

~ You have a living room but never sit in it.

~ All your cookies taste like almonds.

~ You make the bed in your hotel room.

~ You can sing “eere zij God” even though you can’t speak Dutch.

~ You think that being progressive means discarding the church hymnbook in favor of Keith Green songs on the overhead.

~ You are still trying to justify owning a dishwasher.

~ You have attended worship services at a campground amphitheater.

~ You know what an afghan is.

~ You have lace on your windows but not on your underwear.

~ Your two permanent Saturday jobs are to wash the car and make sure you have enough single bills for the offerings.

~ All of your recipes are adapted to fit a 9 x 13 pan.

~ The usher never needs to ask you where you want to sit in church.

Fiddle or Violin?

Since he runs a pawnshop, I decided to ask a friend of mine to appraise my grandfather’s violin.

“Old fiddles aren’t worth much, I’m afraid,” he explained.

“What makes it a fiddle and not a violin?” I asked.

“If you’re buying it from me, it’s a violin. If I’m buying it from
you, it’s a fiddle.”

The “Forwarder’s” 12 Step Program

Well, after many days (er weeks) of being a recluse from the online world, I will now be starting to schedule occasionally regular jokes. (I typically aim for one every couple days.) I trust you all had a great Christmas and New Year’s.

— Today’s Joke —
Sometimes friends have to tell you things you might not like to hear, but need to. If you are one of those people who like to forward every e-mail you get, please repeat the following …

1) I will NOT get bad luck, lose my friends, or lose my mailing lists if I DON’T forward an e-mail!

2) I will NOT hear any music or see a taco dog, if I do forward an e-mail.

3) Bill Gates is NOT going to send me money. Victoria Secret doesn’t know anything about a gift certificate they’re supposed to send me.

4) Ford will NOT give me a 50% discount even if I forward my e-mail to more than 50 people!

5) I will NEVER receive gift certificates, coupons, or freebies from Coca Cola, Cracker Barrel, Old Navy, or anyone else if I send an e-mail to 10 people.

6) I will NEVER see a pop-up window if I forward an e-mail! (If you do, you have a virus or trojan.)

7) There is NO SUCH THING as an e-mail tracking program and I am not STUPID enough to think that someone will send me $100 for forwarding an e-mail to 10 or more people!

8) There is NO kid with cancer through the Make-a-Wish program in England collecting anything! He did when he was 7 years old. He is now cancer free and 35 years old and DOESN’T WANT ANY MORE POST CARDS, or GET-WELL CARDS!

9) The government does not have a bill in Congress called 901B (or whatever they named it this week) that, if passed, will enable them to charge us 5 cents for every e-mail we send.

10) There will be NO cool dancing, singing, waving, colorful flowers, characters, or program that I will receive immediately after I forward an e-mail. NONE, ZIP, ZERO, NADA!!

11) The American Red Cross will NOT donate 50 cents to certain individuals dying of some never-heard-of disease for every e-mail address I send this to. The American Red Cross RECEIVES donations.

12) And finally, I WILL NOT let others guilt me into forwarding at email by telling me if I don’t I am not their friend or that I’m a bad person.

Now, repeat this to yourself until you have it memorized, and send it along to at least 5 of your friends before the next full moon or you will gain twenty pounds in the next three months! (No, not really! If you believe that last statement, go back and read this message again!)