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Humour 4

 

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Along came another blonde joke . . . . . .

This morning I was getting into an elevator. As I entered, a blonde already inside greeted me by saying, "T - G - I - F."


I smiled at her and replied, "S - H - I - T."


She looked at me, puzzled, and said again, "T - G - I - F."


I acknowledged her remark once more by answering, "S - H - I - T."


The blonde was trying to be friendly, so she smiled her biggest smile and said to me as sweetly as possibly, "T - G - I - F" one more time.


Then I smiled back at her and once again replied with a quizzical statement, "S - H - I - T."


The blonde, finally deciding to explain, said, "T - G - I - F, Thank Goodness It's Friday.....get it?"

 

I answered back, "S - H - I - T... Sorry, Honey, It's Thursday!"

 

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A Jewish mother joke

”Hi Mom. Can I leave the kids with you tonight?”

”You're going out?”

”Yes.”

”With whom?”

”With a friend.”

”I don't know why you left your husband. He is such a good man.”

”I didn't leave him. He left me!”

”You let him leave you, and now you go out with anybodies and nobodies.”

”I do not go out with anybody. Can I bring over the kids?”

”I never left you to go out with anybody except your father.”

”There are lots of things that you did and I don't.”

”What are you hinting at?”

”Nothing. I just want to know if I can bring the kids over tonight.”

”You're going to stay the night with him? What will your husband say if he finds out?”

”My EX husband. I don't think he would be bothered. From the day he left me, he probably never slept alone!”

”So you're going to sleep over at this loser's place?”

”He's not a loser.”

”A man who goes out with a divorced woman with children is a loser and a parasite.”

”I don't want to argue. Should I bring over the kids or not?”

”Poor children with such a mother.”

”Such as what?”

”With no stability. No wonder your husband left you.”

”ENOUGH !!!”

”Don't scream at me. You probably scream at this loser too!”

”Now you're worried about the loser?”

”Ah, so you see he's a loser. I spotted him immediately.”

”Goodbye, mother.”

”Wait!  Don't hang up!  When are you bringing them over?”

”I'm not bringing them over! I'm not going out!”

”If you never go out, how do you expect to meet anyone “

 

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Little snippettes

A little girl goes to the barber shop with her father.  While her dad gets his hair cut, she stands right next to the barber chair, eating a Hostess snack cake.


The barber says to her, "You know, sweetheart, you're going to get hair on your Twinkie."


"I know," she replies. "And I'm gonna get tits too."

 

 

 

 . . . . . . . . Then there was the teenage girl who went to the doctor for an examination.  The doctor asked her to take her top off and then with his stethoscope ready to listen to her heart, said, “Big Breath.”

 

“Yeth, and I’m only Thixteen,” came the reply.

 

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A letter from Grandma

Hi Honey!

The other day I went to my local Christian bookshop and saw one of those "SOUND YOUR HORN IF YOU LOVE JESUS" stickers for the back window of the car. I was feeling particularly elated because I had just come from a thrilling choir performance followed by a thunderous prayer meeting so I bought one of the stickers and put it in the back window of my car.

I was stopped at a red traffic light at a busy crossroads, lost in thought about the Lord and how good He is and I didn’t notice the red light had changed.

I found out that a lot of people there loved Jesus because while I was sitting there, several drivers started honking their horns, and the guy behind me leaned out of the window and screamed, "For the love of God, go, go, go." What an exuberant cheerleader he was for Jesus.

Everyone started honking and I leaned out of my window and started waving and cheering to all these loving people and I even honked my horn a few times to share their love. There must have been a man from Florida because I heard him yelling something about a ‘sunny beach’.

I saw another guy waving his hand in a funny way with only his middle finger stuck up in the air. When I asked my grandson in the back seat what that meant, he said it was probably a Hawaiian good luck sign, or something.

Well I have never been to Hawaii so I leaned out of the window and gave him a good luck sign back. My grandson burst out laughing - even he was enjoying this religious experience.

A couple of people were so caught up in the joy of the moment that they got out of their cars and started to walk towards me. I bet they wanted to pray or ask what church I went to but just then I noticed the light was green so I waved to all my brothers and sisters, grinning, and drove on through the junction.

I noticed I was the only car to get through the junction before the light went red again and I felt kind of sad that I had to leave all these lovely people after all the love we had shared so I slowed the car down, opened the window, and gave them the Hawaiian good luck sign one last time as I drove away. I was rewarded by a cacophony of car horns as they accepted my good wishes and reaffirmed their love for Jesus.

Praise the Lord for such wonderful folks!

Your loving Grandmother

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Food for thought?

A woman asks her husband if he'd like some breakfast. "Would you like bacon and eggs, perhaps?  A slice of toast, maybe some grapefruit, coffee?"  

He declines. "It's the Viagra," he says. "It's really taken the edge off my appetite."

At lunchtime, she asks if he would like something. "A bowl of homemade soup, muffins, or a nice sandwich."

Again he declines. "The Viagra," he says, "really trashes my desire for food."

Come dinnertime, she asks, "How about steak and kidney pie? A pizza or a take-away curry?  That would only take a couple of minutes?"

He declines. "No, still not hungry."

"Well," she says, "would you mind letting me up? I'm starving!

 

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Formula for Success

The Ferrari Formula 1 Team fired their entire pit crew yesterday. This
announcement followed Ferrari's decision to take advantage of the British
government's 'Work for the Dole' initiative and employ scousers.  The decision to hire them was brought on by a recent documentary on how unemployed Liverpool youths were able to remove a set of wheels from a car in less than 6 seconds without proper equipment, whereas Ferrari's existing crew can only do it in 8 seconds with millions of pounds worth of high tech gear.

 

This was thought to be an excellent, yet bold move by Ferrari Management.
As most races are won and lost in the pits, Ferrari would thus have an advantage over every team.

 

However, Ferrari got more than they bargained for at the crew's first practice session, not only were the Scousers Pit Crew able to change the tyres in under 6 seconds but within 12 seconds they had re-sprayed, re-badged and sold the vehicle to the MacLaren Team for four bottles of Stella, a gram of speed and a quick shifty at Coulthard's bird in the shower.

 

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Give me an answer and make it snappy!

A flight attendant was stationed at the departure gate to check tickets.  As a man approached, she extended her hand for the ticket, and he opened his trench coat and flashed her. Without missing a beat she said, "Sir, I need to see your ticket, not your stub."

 

A lady was picking through the frozen turkeys at the grocery store, but couldn't find one big enough for her family.  She asked a stock boy, "Do these turkeys get any bigger?" The stock boy replied, "No ma'am, they're dead."

 

A policeman got out of his car and the kid who was stopped for speeding rolled down his window. "I've been waiting for you all day," said the cop.  The kid replied, "Yeah, well I got here as fast as I could."  When the cop finally stopped laughing, he sent the kid on his way without a ticket.

 

A truck driver was driving along on the freeway. A sign comes up that reads
'low bridge ahead.'  Before he knows it the bridge is right ahead of him and he gets stuck under the bridge.  Cars are backed up for miles.  Finally, a police car comes up.  The cop gets out of his car and walks around to the truck driver, puts his hands on his hips and says, "Got your truck stuck, huh?" The truck driver says, "No, I was delivering this bridge and ran out of gas."

 

A college teacher reminds her class of tomorrow's final exam. "Now, I won't
tolerate any excuses for you not being here tomorrow.  I might consider a nuclear attack or a serious personal injury or illness, or a death in your immediate family but that's it, no other excuses whatsoever!"  A smart-ass guy in the back of the room raised his hand and asks, "What would you say if tomorrow I said I was suffering from complete and utter sexual exhaustion?" The entire class does its best to stifle their laughter and snickering.  When silence is restored, the teacher smiles sympathetically at the student, shakes her head, and sweetly says, "Well, Guess you'd just have to write the exam paper with your other hand."

 

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The Importance of a Correct Email Address

A couple from Minneapolis decided to go to Florida for a long weekend to thaw out during one particularly icy winter.. Because both had jobs, they had
difficulty coordinating their travel schedules. It was decided that the husband would fly to Florida on a Thursday, and his wife would follow him the next day.

Upon arriving as planned, the husband checked into the hotel. There he decided to open his laptop and send his wife an e-mail back in Minneapolis.
However, he accidentally left off one letter in her address, and sent the e-mail
without realizing his error.

In Houston, a widow had just returned from her husband's funeral. He was a
minister of many years who had been "called home to glory" following a heart
attack.  The widow checked her e-mail, expecting messages from relatives and friends. Upon reading the first message, she fainted and fell to the
floor.

The widow's son rushed into the room, found his mother on the floor, and
saw the computer screen which read:

To: My Loving Wife
From: Your Departed Husband
Subject: I've Arrived!

I've just arrived and have been checked in. I see that everything has been
prepared for your arrival tomorrow. Looking forward to seeing you then.
Hope your journey is as uneventful as mine was.

P.S. Sure is hot down here!

 

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A blonde and a brunette joke (That’s different!)

Two sisters, one blonde and one brunette, inherit the family ranch.  Unfortunately, after just a few years, they are in financial trouble. In order to keep the bank from repossessing the ranch they need to purchase a bull so that they can breed their own stock. They decide to invest their $600 savings in this.  Upon leaving to check out a good prospect, the brunette tells her sister, "Now, when I get there, if I decide to buy the bull, I'll send you a telegram telling you to drive out after me and haul it home."

The brunette arrives at the man's ranch, inspects the bull, and decides she wants to buy it.  After paying him the $599 asking price, she drives to the nearest town to send her sister a telegram to tell her the news.

She walks into the telegraph office, and says, "I want to send a telegram to my sister telling her that I've bought a bull for our ranch. I need her to hitch the trailer to our pickup truck and drive out here so we can haul it home."

The telegraph operator explains that he'll be glad to help her, then adds, "It's just 99 cents a word."

Well, after paying for the bull, the brunette has only $1 left, which means she can only send her sister a one-word message. After thinking for a few minutes, she nods, and says, "I want you to send her the word...'comfortable'."

The telegraph operator shakes his head. "How is she ever going to know that you want her to hitch the trailer to your pickup truck and drive out here to haul that bull back to your ranch if you send her the word, 'comfortable'?"

The brunette explains, "My sister's a blonde. The word's big. She'll read it slowly...out loud... ("com-for-da-bull").  She’ll get it!"

 

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Rocket Science

Scientists at Roll Royce aerospace built a gun specifically to launch dead chickens at the windshields of airliners and military jets, all travelling at maximum velocity. The idea was to simulate the frequent incidents of collisions with airborne fowl to test the strength of the windshields.


American engineers heard about the gun and were eager to test it on the windshields of their new high-speed trains. Arrangements were made, and a gun was sent to the American engineers.  When the gun was fired, the engineers watched in shock as the chicken shot out of the barrel, crashed into the shatterproof shield, smashed it to smithereens, blasted through the control console, snapped the engineer's back-rest in two and embedded itself in the back wall of the cabin. The horrified engineers sent Rolls Royce the film of the disastrous results of the experiment, along with the designs of the windshield and begged the British scientists for suggestions.


Rolls Royce responded with three words:

"Defrost the chicken."

 

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Broken down car jokes

Broken down car joke 1

A Hindu Indian, an Irishman and a Jewish man were out in the country late in the evening when their car broke down.  They decided they would have to find somewhere to stay the night so they walked along the road until they saw a light in a farmhouse,

 

When they explained their predicament, the farmer said that he had a spare room with twin beds for two of them, and the third could sleep in the barn which was warm and comfortable.  They went up to the room and tossed a coin to see who would sleep in the barn.  The Jew lost and went out to the barn.  A few minutes later there was a knock on the door and here was the Jew who explained that there was a pig in the barn and the pig was a filthy animal in his religion and he couldn't possibly sleep in the barn with a filthy pig there.

 

The others said they understood and tossed up and the Hindu lost and went out.  A few minutes later there was a knock on the door and here was the Hindu who explained that there was a cow in the barn and the cow was a sacred animal in his religion and he couldn't possibly spend the night in a barn with a sacred cow in case he accidentally hurt it in some way.

 

The Irishman said he understood and went out to the barn.  A few minutes later there was a knock on the door and here was the pig and the cow!

  

Broken down car joke 2

A travelling salesman was driving along a dark road one night when his car broke down.  Seeing a light off in the distance, he walked to what turned out to be a little cottage.

 

He banged on the door and explained his predicament to the old man who answered the door.

 

The old man said, “That’s no problem.  Come in.  I can put you up for the night, as long as you don’t mind sharing a bed with my 17 year old son.”

 

The salesman, about to step inside, stopped himself and said, “Oh, Sorry!  I think I must be in the wrong joke!”

 

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Grave undertakings

A man was digging a hole in his garden when his next door neighbour asked,

 

"What are you doing?"

 

"I'm burying my hamster."

 

"Why are you digging such a big hole?"

 

"It's inside your cat!"

 

 

This of course has to recall the famous Monty Python sketch:

 

“Oh, I’m exhausted.  I’ve just spent two hours burying the cat.”

 

“What? Two hours to bury a cat?”

 

“Yes.  Wouldn’t keep still!”

        

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'Caught' in the act!

Recently, a police officer stopped his car near a pub car park, where he could monitor the patrons leaving in their cars. Late in the evening the officer noticed a man leaving the bar so apparently intoxicated that he could barely walk. The man stumbled around the car park for a few minutes, with the officer quietly observing.

 

After what seemed an eternity (trying his keys on five vehicles) the man managed to find his car and collapsed into the driving seat.                
                                                                           
He sat there for a few minutes as a number of other patrons left the bar and drove off.  Finally he started the car, switched the wipers on and off (it was NOT raining), flicked the indicators on and off, tooted the horn a couple of times, and then switched on the lights. He moved the vehicle forward a few inches, reversed a little and then remained stationary for a few more minutes (as more patrons left in their vehicles).                                                        
                                                                           
At last, he pulled jerkily out of the car park and started to drive slowly down the road. The police officer, having waited patiently all this time, now started up his patrol car, put on the blue flashing lights and promptly pulled the man over.

 

He asked the man to get out of his car and administered a Breathalyzer test, but to his amazement there was no evidence of the man having consumed any alcohol at all!  

                                                  

Dumbfounded, the officer said, "I'll have to ask you to accompany me to the Police station. There appears to be a problem with this Breathalyzer equipment."        
                                                                           
"I doubt it," said the man, "Tonight, I'm the designated decoy."    

 

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The Hunt for Iraq’s Weapons of Mass Destruction

Tony Blair has just announced that he is sending the people that chose Liverpool to be the European City of Culture, out to Iraq. The theory is that if they can find Culture in Liverpool then Weapons of Mass Destruction in Iraq should be a breeze!

 

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Some Simple Home Remedies...

1. If you are choking on an ice cube, don't panic. Simply pour a cup of boiling water down your throat and presto! The blockage will be almost instantly removed.

2. Clumsy? Avoid cutting yourself while slicing vegetables by getting someone else to hold them while you chop away.

3. Avoid arguments with the missus about lifting the toilet seat by simply peeing in the sink.

4. High blood pressure sufferers: simply cut yourself and bleed for a while, thus reducing the pressure in your veins.

5. A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from rolling over and going back to sleep when you hit the snooze button.

6. If you have a bad cough, take a large dose of laxatives, then you will be afraid to cough.

7. Have a bad toothache? Hit your thumb with a hammer, then you will forget about the toothache.

Sometimes We Just Need to Remember What The Rules of Life Really Are...

You need only two tools: WD-40 and Duct Tape. If it doesn't move and it
should, use WD-40. If it moves and shouldn't, use the duct tape.

The five most essential words for a healthy, vital relationship are "I
apologize" and "You are right."

Everyone seems normal until you get to know them.

Never pass up an opportunity to potty.

If You Woke up Breathing, Congratulations! You have another chance!

And Finally... Be Really Good To Your Family and Friends. You never know
when you are going to need them to empty your bedpan

 

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The case for bad living

A man was walking down the street when he was accosted by a particularly dirty and shabby-looking homeless man who asked him for a couple of dollars for dinner.

The man took out his wallet, extracted two dollars and asked, "If I give you this money, will you buy a beer with it instead?"

”No,” replied the homeless man, “I stopped drinking years ago.”

”Will you use it to put a bet on a horse instead of buying food?” the man asked.

”No, I don't gamble,” the homeless man said, “I need everything I can get just to stay alive.”

”Will you spend the money on a game of golf instead of food?” the man asked.

"Are you NUTS!" replied the homeless man.? "I haven't played golf in 20
years!  I can’t afford such things!” 

“Well,” said the man, “I'm not going to give you two dollars. Instead, I'm going to take you home for a slap-up meal cooked by my wife.”

The homeless man was astounded, “That’s very Christian but won't your wife be furious with you for doing that?  I know I'm dirty, and I probably smell pretty bad.”

The man replied, "No, she’ll be fine!. I just want her to see what happens to someone that doesn’t drink, gamble or play golf!”

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The Loving Husband

Several men are in the locker room of a golf club. A mobile phone on a bench rings and one of the men engages the hands free speaker-function and begins to talk.

MAN: "Hello"

WOMAN’S voice on phone: "Honey, it's me. Are you at the club?"

MAN: "Yes"

WOMAN: "I am at the mall now and found this beautiful leather coat. It's only $1,000. Is it OK if I buy it?"

MAN: "Sure, ....go ahead if you like it that much."

WOMAN: "I also stopped by the Mercedes dealership and saw the new 2003 models. I saw one I really liked."

MAN: "How much?"

WOMAN: "$60,000"

MAN: "OK, but for that price I want it with all the options."

WOMAN: "Great! Oh, and one more thing....the house we wanted last year is back on the market. They're asking $950,000."

MAN: "Well, then go ahead and make them an offer, but just offer $900,000."

WOMAN: "OK. I'll see you later! I love you!"

MAN: "Bye, I love you, too."

The man hangs up. The other men in the locker room are looking at him in astonishment.

Then he asks: "Anyone know who this phone belongs to?"
 

 

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No question!

Hillary Clinton went to a primary school to talk about the world. After her talk she offered a question time. One little boy put up his hand, and the Senator asked him what his name was.

”Billy,” the lad replied.

”And what is your question, Billy?” asked the Senator.

”Actually, I have three questions.  Firstly - whatever happened to your medical health care plan?  Secondly - why would you run for President after your husband shamed the office?  And thirdly - whatever happened to all those things you took when you left the White House?”

Just then the bell rang for recess. Hillary Clinton informed the kiddies that they would continue after recess.

When they resumed, Hillary said, “Okay where were we? Oh, that's right, question time. Who has a question?”

A different little boy put his hand up.  Hillary pointed him out and asked him what his name is.

”Larry,” replied the boy.

”And what is your question?” she asked.

”Actually, I have five questions.  Firstly - whatever happened to your medical health care plan?  Secondly - why would you run for President after your husband shamed the office?  Thirdly - whatever happened to all those things you took when you left the White House?   Fourthly - why did the recess bell go off 20 minutes early?  And last but by no means least, - what happened to Billy?”

 

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Mind the Gap!

Below are genuine announcements made by tube drivers on the London Underground.

”To the gentleman wearing the long, grey coat trying to get on the second
carriage, what part of 'stand clear of the doors' don't you understand?”

At Camden Town station (on a crowded Saturday afternoon):

“Please let the passengers off the train first. Please let the passengers
off the train first. Please let the passengers off the train first. Let the
passengers off the train FIRST!  Oh go on then, stuff yourselves in like
sardines, see if I care, I'm going home.”

”Ladies & Gentleman, upon departing the train may I remind you to take your
rubbish with you. Despite the fact that you are in something that is metal,
fairly round, filthy and smells, this is a tube train for public transport
and not a bin on wheels.”


“Ladies and Gentlemen do you want the good news first or the bad news?
The good news is that last Friday was my birthday and I hit the town and had a great time.  I felt sadly let down by the fact that none of you sent me a card! I drive you to work and home each day and not even a card.  The bad news is that there is a points failure somewhere between Stratford and East Ham, which means that we probably won't reach our destination. We may have to stop and return. I won't reverse back up the line.  Simply get out, walk up the platform and go back to where we started.  In the meantime if you get bored you can simply talk to the man in front or beside you or opposite you.  Let me start you off: - Hi, my name's Gary how do you do?”

”Your delay this evening is caused by the line controller suffering from elbow and arse syndrome, not knowing one from the other. I'll let you know any further information as soon as I'm given any.”

”Please mind the closing doors...” The doors close...The doors reopen.
”Passengers are reminded that the big red slidey things on the side of the
train are called ‘the doors’.  Let's try it again, shall we?  Please stand clear of the doors.”  The doors close...  “Thank you.”

”I am sorry about the delay, apparently some nutter has just wandered into
the tunnel at Euston.  We don't know when we'll be moving again, but these
people tend to come out pretty quickly...usually in bits.”

”For those of you standing beyond the yellow line on platform 2, just in case you’re curious, an eighty tonne train hitting you at forty miles an hour will probably kill you. If you don't believe me, try it.”

 

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Recipe for Life

A philosophy professor stood before his class with a number of items in front of him.

 

When the class began, without saying anything he picked up a large empty mayonnaise jar and proceeded to fill it with rocks about 2" in diameter. He then asked the students if the jar was full?

 

They agreed that it was.

 

So the professor then picked up a box of small pebbles and poured them into the jar. He shook the jar lightly. The pebbles, of course, rolled into the open areas between the rocks. He then asked the students again if the jar was full. They agreed it was and laughed.

 

The professor then picked up a box of sand and poured it into the jar. Of course, the sand filled up everything else.

 

"Now," said the professor, "I want you to recognise that this is your life. The rocks are the important things - your family, your partner, your health and your children - things that if everything else was lost and only they remained, your life would still be full.

 

The pebbles are the other things that matter like your job, your house, your car. The sand is everything else, the small stuff. If you put the sand into the jar first, there is no room for the pebbles or the rocks. The same goes for your life. If you spend all your time and energy on the small stuff, you will never have room for the things that are important to you. Pay attention to the things that are critical to your happiness.

 

Play with your children. Take time to get medical check-ups. Take your partner out dancing. There will always be time to go to work, clean the house, give a dinner party and fix the waste disposal. Take care of the rocks first - the things that really matter. Set your priorities. The rest is just sand."

 

But then.……..

 

A student came to the front of the room, took the jar which the other students and the professor had agreed was full, and proceeded to pour in a glass of beer.  Of course the beer filled the remaining space within the jar making the jar truly full.

  

The moral of this tale is - no matter how full your life is, there is always room for some BEER!

 

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