-- I wondered why the baseball was getting bigger. Then it hit
me.
-- Police were called to a day care where a three-year-old was resisting
a rest.
-- Did you hear about the guy whose whole left side was cut off? He's
all right now.
-- To write with a broken pencil is pointless.
-- The midget fortune teller who escaped from prison was a small medium
at large.
-- A thief who stole a calendar got twelve months.
-- When the smog lifts in Los Angeles, U.C.L.A.
-- The math professor went crazy with the blackboard. He did a
number on it.
-- The professor discovered that her theory of earthquakes was on shaky
ground.
-- The dead batteries were given out free of charge.
-- A dentist and a manicurist fought tooth and nail.
-- A bicycle can't stand alone; it is two tired.
-- A will is a dead giveaway
-- A backward poet writes inverse.
-- A chicken crossing the road: poultry in motion.
-- With her marriage she got a new name and a dress.
-- A grenade fell onto a kitchen floor in France, resulted in linoleum
blownapart.
-- He broke into song after he couldn't find the key.
-- A calendar's days are numbered.
-- A boiled egg is hard to beat.
-- If you jump off a Paris bridge, you are in Seine.
-- When she saw her first strands of gray hair, she thought she'd dye.
-- Bakers trade bread recipes on a knead to know basis
-- Acupuncture: a jab well done.
We'll begin with a box, and the plural is boxes;
but the plural of ox became oxen not oxes.
One fowl is a goose, but two are called geese,
yet the plural of moose should never be meese.
You may find a lone mouse or a nest full of mice;
yet the plural of house is houses, not hice.
If the plural of man is always called men,
why shouldn't the plural of pan be called pen?
If I spoke of my foot and show you my feet,
and I give you a boot, would a pair be called beet?
If one is a tooth and a whole set are teeth,
why shouldn't the plural of booth be called beeth?
Then one may be that, and three would be those,
yet hat in the plural would never be hose,
and the plural of cat is cats, not cose.
We speak of a brother and also of brethren,
but though we say mother, we never say methren.
Then the masculine pronouns are he, his and him,
but imagine the feminine, she, shis and shim.
Let's face it - English is a crazy language. There is no egg in eggplant
nor ham in hamburger; neither apple nor pine in pineapple.
English muffins weren't invented in England. We take
English for granted.
But if we explore its paradoxes, we find that quicksand can work
slowly, boxing rings are square and a guinea pig is neither from
Guinea nor is it a pig. And why is it that writers write but fingers
don't fing, grocers don't groce and hammers don't ham?
Doesn't it seem crazy that you can make amends but not one amend?
If you have a bunch of odds and ends and get rid of all but one of
them, what do you call it?
If teachers taught, why didn't preachers praught?
If a vegetarian eats vegetables, what does a humanitarian eat?
Sometimes I think all the folks who grew up speaking English should be
committed to an asylum for the verbally insane.
In what language do people recite at a play and play at a recital?
Ship by truck and send cargo by ship?
Have noses that run and feet that smell?
How can a slim chance and a fat chance be the same,
while a wise man and a wiseguy are opposites?
You have to marvel at the unique lunacy of a language in which your
house can burn up as it burns down, in which you fill in a form by
filling it out and in which an alarm goes off by going on.
If Dad is Pop, how's come Mom isn't Mop?
Worst
Day
A little guy is sitting at the bar
just staring at his drink for half an hour when this big trouble-making
biker steps next to him, grabs his drink and gulps it down in one swig.
The poor little guy starts crying.
"Come on man. I was just giving
you a hard time," the biker says. "I can't stand to see a man
crying."
"This is the worst day of my
life," says the little guy between sobs. "I can't do anything
right. I overslept and was late to an important meeting, so my boss fired
me. When I went to the parking lot, I found my car was stolen and I don't
have any insurance. I grabbed a cab home but, after the cab left, I
discovered my wallet was still in the cab. At home I found my wife in bed
with the gardener and my dog bit me. So I came to this bar trying to work
up the courage to put an end to my life, and then you show up and drink
the poison!"

From an actual newspaper contest where entrants ages 4 to 15 were
asked to
imitate "Deep Thoughts by Jack Handey."
I believe you should live each day as if it is your last, which is
why I
don't have any clean laundry because, come on, who wants to wash
clothes on the last day of their life? --Age 15
Give me the strength to change the things I can, the grace to accept
the things I cannot, and a great big bag of money.-Age 13
It sure would be nice if we got a day off for the president's birthday,
like they do for the queen's. Of course, then we would have a lot of
people
voting for a candidate born on July 3 or December 26, just for the long
weekends.-Age 8
Democracy is a beautiful thing, except for that part about letting just
any old yokel vote.-Age 10
Home is where the house is.-Age 6
I bet living in a nudist colony takes all the fun out of Halloween.-Age 13
I often wonder how come John Tesh isn't as popular a singer as some
people think he should be. Then, I remember it's because he sucks.-Age 15
For centuries, people thought the moon was made of green cheese. Then
the astronauts found that the moon is really a big hard rock. That's
what
happens to cheese when you leave it out.-Age 6
My younger brother asked me what happens after we die. I told him we
get buried under a bunch of dirt and worms eat our bodies. I guess I should
have told him the truth, that most of us go to hell and burn
eternally, but I didn't want to upset him.-Age 10
I gaze at the brilliant full moon. The same one, I think to myself, at
which Socrates, Aristotle, and Plato gazed. Suddenly, I imagine they
appear
beside me. I tell Socrates about the national debate over one's right
to die
and wonder at the constancy of the human condition. I tell Plato that I
live in the country that has come the closest to Utopia, and I show
him a copy
of the Constitution. I tell Aristotle that we have found many more
than
four basic elements and I show him a periodic table. I get a box of
kitchen
matches and strike one. They gasp with wonder. We spend the rest of the
night lighting farts.-Age 15
When I go to heaven, I want to see my grandpa again. But he better have
lost the nose hair and the old-man smell.-Age 5
I once heard the voice of God. It said "Vrrrrmmmmm." Unless it
was just
a lawn mower.-Age 11
I don't know about you, but I enjoy watching paint dry. I imagine that
the wet paint is a big fresh water lake that is the only source of water
for some tiny cities by the lake. As the lake gets drier, the population
gets more desperate, and sometimes there are water riots. Once there
was a
big fire and everyone died.-Age 13
I like to go down to the dog pound and pretend that I've found my
dog.
Then I tell them to kill it anyway because I already gave away all of
his
stuff. Dog people sure don't have a sense of humor.-Age 14
As you make your way through this hectic world of ours, set aside a
few
minutes each day. At the end of the year, you'll have a couple of
days
saved up.-Age 7
Often, when I am reading a good book, I stop and thank my teacher.
That
is, I used to, until she got an unlisted number.-Age 15
It would be terrible if the Red Cross Bloodmobile got into an
accident.
No, wait. That would be good because if anyone needed it, the blood
would
be right there.-Age 5
Think of the biggest number you can. Now add five. Then imagine if
you
had that many Twinkies. Wow, that's five more than the biggest number
you
could come up with! --Age 6
The only stupid question is the one that is never asked, except
maybe,
"Don't you think it is about time you audited my return?"
or "Isn't it
morally wrong to give me a warning when, in fact, I was
speeding?"-Age 15
Once, I wept for I had no shoes. Then I came upon a man who had no
feet. So I took his shoes. I mean, it's not like he really needed
them, right? -Age 15
If we could just get everyone to close their eyes and visualize world
peace
for an hour, imagine how serene and quiet it would be until the looting
started.-Age 15
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Only
in America......
do drugstores make the sick walk all the
way to
the back of the store to get their
prescriptions while healthy people can buy cigarettes at the front.
Only in America......
do people order double cheeseburgers,
large fries,
and a diet coke.
Only in America......
do banks leave both doors open and then
chain the
pens to the counters.
Only in America......
do we leave cars worth thousands of
dollars in the
driveway and put our useless junk in the
garage.
Only in America......
do we buy hot dogs in packages of ten and
buns in
packages of eight.
Only in America......
do we use the word 'politics' to describe
the
process so well: 'Poli' in Latin meaning
'many'
and 'tics' meaning' bloodsucking
creatures'.
Only in America.....
do they have drive-up ATM machines with
Braille
lettering.
EVER WONDER ....
Why the sun lightens our hair, but
darkens our skin?
Why women can't put on mascara with their
mouth closed?
Why don't you ever see the headline
"Psychic Wins Lottery"?
Why is "abbreviated" such
a long word?
Why is it that doctors call what
they do "practice"?
Why is lemon juice made with
artificial flavor, and dish washing liquid
made with real lemons?
Why is the man who invests all
your money called a broker?
Why is the time of day with
the slowest traffic called rush hour?
Why is it that you drive on a
Parkway and park on a Driveway?
Why isn't there
mouse-flavored cat food?
Why didn't Noah swat those
two mosquitoes?
Why do they sterilize the needle
for lethal injections?
You know that indestructible black
box that is used on airplanes? Why
don't they make the whole plane out of
that stuff?!
What makes Teflon stick to
frying pans?
Why don't sheep shrink when it rains?
Why are they called apartments when they
are all stuck together?
If con is the opposite of
pro, is Congress the opposite of progress?
If flying is so safe, why do they
call the airport the terminal?
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On the first day, God created
the dog and said:
'Sit all day by the door of your house and bark at anyone who comes in or
walks past. For this, I will give you a life span of twenty years.'
The dog said: 'That's a long time to be barking. How about only ten years and
I'll give you back the other ten?'
So God agreed.
On the second day, God created the monkey and said:
'Entertain people, do tricks, and make them laugh. For this, I'll give you a
twenty-year life span.'
The monkey said: 'Monkey tricks for twenty years? That's a pretty long time to
perform. How about I give you back ten like the Dog did?'
And God agreed.
On the third day, God created the cow and said:
'You must go into the field with the farmer all day long and suffer under the
sun, have calves and give milk to support the farmer's family. For t his, I
will give you a life span of sixty years.'
The cow said: 'That's kind of a tough life you want me to live for sixty
years. How about twenty and I'll give back the other forty?'
And God agreed again.
On the fourth day, God created man and said:
'Eat, sleep, play, marry and enjoy your life. For this, I'll give you twenty
years.'
But man said: 'Only twenty years? Could you possibly give me my twenty, the
forty the cow gave back, the ten the monkey gave back, and the ten the dog
gave back; that makes eighty, okay?'
'Okay,' said God, 'You asked for it. '
So that is why for our first twenty years we eat, sleep, play and enjoy
ourselves. For the next forty years we slave in the sun to support our family.
For the next ten years we do monkey tricks to entertain the grandchildren. And
for the last ten years we sit on the front porch and bark at everyone.
Life has now been explained to you.
There is no need to thank me for this valuable information.
1. How Do You Catch A Unique Rabbit?
Unique Up On It.
2. How Do You Catch A Tame Rabbit?
Tame Way, Unique Up On It .
3. How Do Crazy People Go Through The Forest?
They Take The Psycho Path.
4. How Do You Get Holy Water?
You Boil The Hell Out Of It.
5. What Do Fish Say When They Hit A Concrete Wall?
Dam!
6. What Do Eskimos Get From Sitting On The Ice too Long?
Polaroid's
7. What Do You Call A Boomerang That Doesn't work?
A Stick.
8. What Do You Call Cheese That Isn't Yours?
Nacho Cheese.
9. What Do You Call Santa's Helpers?
Subordinate Clauses.
10. What Do You Call Four Bullfighters In Quicksand?
Quatro Sinko.
11. What Do You Get From A Pampered Cow?
Spoiled Milk.
12. What Do You Get When You Cross A Snowman With A Vampire?
Frostbite.
13. What Lies At The Bottom Of The Ocean And Twitches?
A Nervous Wreck.
14. What's The Difference Between Roast Beef And Pea Soup?
Anyone Can Roast Beef.
15. Where Do You Find A Dog With No Legs?
Right Where You Left Him.
16. Why Do Gorillas Have Big Nostrils?
Because They Have Big Fingers.
17. Why Don't Blind People Like To Sky Dive?
Because It Scares The Dog.
18. What Kind Of Coffee Was Served On The Titanic?
Sanka.
19. What Is The Difference Between A Harley And A Hoover?
The Location Of The Dirt Bag.
20. Why Did Pilgrims' Pants Always Fall Down?
Because They Wore Their Belt Buckle On Their Hat.
21. What's The Difference Between A Bad Golfer And A bad
Skydiver?
A Bad Golfer Goes, Whack, Dang!
A Bad Skydiver Goes Dang! Whack.
22. How Are A Texas Tornado And A Tennessee Divorce The Same?
Somebody's Gonna Lose A Trailer