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Monday, January 09, 2006

Monday's Jokes

If I remember correctly (it has been years since I read it) Readers Digest has something called Laughter Is the Best Medicine. I need some laughs, so here again are the best of the jokes I received in my emails last week


John and Jessica were on their way home from the bar one night and John got pulled over by the police. The officer told John that he was stopped because his tail light was burned out. John said, "I'm very sorry officer, I didn't realize it was out, I'll get it fixed right away."

Just then Jessica said, "I knew this would happen when I told you two days ago to get that light fixed."

So the officer asked for John's license and after looking at it said, "Sir your license has expired."

And again John apologized and mentioned that he didn't realize that it had expired and would take care of it first thing in the morning.

Jessica said, "I told you a week ago that the state sent you a letter telling you that your license had expired."

Well by this time, John is a bit upset with his wife contradicting him in front of the officer, and he said in a rather loud voice, "Jessica, shut your mouth!"

The officer then leaned over toward Jessica and asked. "Does your husband always talk to you like that?"

Jessica replied, "Only when he's drunk."


A man walks into a restaurant with a full-grown ostrich behind him.

The waitress asks them for their orders. The man says, "A hamburger, fries and a coke," and turns to the ostrich, "What's yours?"

"I'll have the same," says the ostrich.

A short time later the waitress returns with the order. "That will be $9.40 please," and the man reaches into his pocket and pulls out the exact change for payment.

The next day, the man and the ostrich come again and the man says, "A hamburger, fries, and a coke."

The ostrich says, "I'll have the same." Again the man reaches into his pocket and pays with exact change.

This becomes routine until, the two enter again. "The usual?" asks the waitress.

"No, this is Friday night, so I will have a steak, baked potato, and salad," says the man.

"Same," says the ostrich.

Shortly the waitress brings the order and says, "That will be $32.62."

Once again the man pulls the exact change out of his pocket and places it on the table. The waitress cannot hold back her curiosity any longer.

"Excuse me, sir. How do you manage to always come up with the exact change out of your pocket every time?"

"Well," says the man, "several years ago I was cleaning the attic and found an old lamp. When I rubbed it, a Genie appeared and offered me two wishes. My first wish was that if I ever had to pay for anything, I would just put my hand in my pocket and the right amount of money would always be there."

That's brilliant!" says the waitress. "Most people would wish for a million dollars or something, but you'll always be as rich as you want for as long as you live!"

"That's right. Whether it's a gallon of milk or a Rolls Royce, the exact money is always there," says the man.

The waitress asks, "But, sir, what's with the ostrich?"

The man sighs, pauses, and answers, "My second wish was for a tall chick with a big ass and long legs who agrees with everything I say."


After numerous rounds of "We don't know if Osama is still alive," Osama himself decided to send George Bush letter in his own handwriting to let him know he was still in the game.

Bush opened the letter; it appeared to contain a single line of coded message: 370HSSV-0773H

Bush was baffled, so he e-mailed it to Condi Rice. She and her aides had no clue either, so they sent it to the FBI. No one could solve it at the FBI so it went to the CIA, then to the NSA.

With no clue as to its meaning they eventually asked Britain's MI-6 for help. Within a minute MI-6 cabled the White House with this reply: "Tell the President he's holding the message upside down."


A gang of robbers broke into a lawyer's club by mistake. The old legal lions gave them a fight for their life and their money.The gang was very happy to escape.

"It ain't so bad," one crook noted. "We got $25 between us."

The boss screamed: "I warned you to stay clear of lawyers... we had $100 when we broke in!"


As migration approached, two elderly vultures doubted they could make the trip south, so they decided to go by airplane. When they checked their baggage, the attendant noticed that they were carrying two dead raccoons. "Do you wish to check the raccoons through as luggage?" she asked.

"No, thanks," replied the vultures. "They're carrion."


A passenger train is creeping along, slowly. Finally it creaks to a halt. A passenger sees a conductor walking by outside.

"What's going on?" she yells out the window.

"Cow on the track!" replies the conductor.

Ten minutes later, the train resumes its slow pace.

Within five minutes, however, it stops again.

The woman sees the same conductor walk again. She leans out the window and yells, "What happened? Did we catch up with the cow again?"


Two blondes were driving along a road by a wheat field when they saw a blonde in the middle of the field rowing a row boat.

The driver blonde turned to her friend and said "You know, it's blondes like that that give us a bad name!"

To this, the other blonde replies "I know it, and if I knew how to swim, I'd go out there and drown her."


A religious man is on top of a roof during a great flood. A man comes by in a boat and says "get in, get in!"

The religious man replies, “No I have faith in God. God will grant me a miracle."

Later the water is up to his waist and another boat comes by and the guy tells him to get in. He responds that he has faith in God and God will give him a miracle.

With the water at about chest high, another boat comes to rescue him, but he turns down the offer. The man replies, “No, I have faith that God will grant me a miracle."

With the water at chin high, a helicopter throws down a ladder and they tell him to get in. Mumbling with the water in his mouth, he again turns down the request for help because of his faith in God.

A few minutes later he arrives at the gates of Heaven with broken faith and says to Peter, "I thought God would grand me a miracle and I have been let down."

St. Peter chuckles and responds, "I don't know what you're complaining about, we sent you three boats and a helicopter."

7 comments:

  1. Hahaaaha, nick, that was a good bunch of jokes to liven up a hectic day. Thank you.
    How are ya feeling now? Hope you're back to your smiling self. Take care.

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  2. Thanks, Vishwa! I feel as if my melancholia is passed and I am back to some normalcy—if “normalcy” really exists!

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  3. Thanks again for the jokes!

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  4. Good jokes! I've been meaning to drop by & see if you posted all day.

    Seems you're doing better. Great!

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  5. Good laughs, as usual. I especially liked Osama’s message. (Remember, I live in a Republican state).

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  6. Jody: You’re welcome.

    educatedunemployed: As one educated & unemployed person to another: thanks!

    Abby: Thank you. Yes, I am back to my jovial, empowered, generally neurotic self.

    Azsonofagun: Thank you. Rex, how could I forget about where you live? It’s getting cold here in Louisville and I would rather be in the Southwest.

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