mutley 4,495 Posted April 6, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 6, 2013 Too true Brett Link to post Share on other sites
dodgy-alan 1,587 Posted April 8, 2013 Report Share Posted April 8, 2013 A rather frugal farmer kept over a hundred hens but only one rooster. After having lost several roosters in close succession to an early demise, he took himself to wherever frugal farmers go to buy roosters. He explained his problem to the salesman who said, "I have just the rooster for you." He took the farmer to a pen where there was the ugliest, scrawniest, most emaciated rooster the farmer had ever seen. The farmer laughed and ventured that the little rascal wouldn't survive three days with his hens. The sales person said, "Tell you what, take him home and if he doesn't last two weeks, you owe me nothing. If you don't like his performance, you can return him and you owe me nothing. If, on the other hand, you are satisfied with him and wish to keep him beyond the two weeks, you will owe me the standard price for a rooster." Doing some rapid mental calculations, the farmer couldn't see a down-side to the proposal, so he agreed. He took the little rooster home in a cage, and it being near nightfall, decided to keep him caged until morning. The next morning he took the little rooster out to the hens and turned him loose, settling in to watch the action. Much to his amazement, the little rooster set eagerly to work and by 10:00 AM had had his way with all hundred hens, three rows of cabbages and was starting over on the hens. Having seen quite enough for a while, the farmer said to the little rooster, "I have work to do and must be off to take care of it. I'll admit to being impressed so far but if you keep going the way you have been, you won't last a day." With that he departed to take care of his chores. About 3:00 PM, the farmer noticed three large buzzards slowly circling the chicken pen and thought to himself, "Aha, the little devil has expired already. I knew it!" Upon entering the chicken pen to see what was up, he found all the hens lying around smoking cigarettes, looking very happy and three elderly hens who had stopped laying months before and who were earmarked for the cooking pot, each sitting atop a huge pile of freshly laid eggs, also ooking very happy with themselves. The little rooster was nowhere in sight. The farmer began looking around for the rooster and upon coming around the end of the hen house, spied him laying on his back, eyes closed, spread-eagled with his feet in the air. "Aha", said the farmer, "I knew you'd screw youself to death in no time". The little rooster cocked open one eye (how else do you expect a rooster would open one eye) and pointed up to the circling buzzards, saying, "Shhh...". John Link to post Share on other sites
dodgy-alan 1,587 Posted April 8, 2013 Report Share Posted April 8, 2013 Sounds like the tale of the bantam cock! Link to post Share on other sites
mike H 456 Posted April 13, 2013 Report Share Posted April 13, 2013 It brought tears to my eyes Joe I can feel the pain as i read it. Nice One Matey. Link to post Share on other sites
mike H 456 Posted April 13, 2013 Report Share Posted April 13, 2013 Like it Brett, we could do with that little girl working in our government. Maybe then we would get sensible answers. Link to post Share on other sites
Quickmarch 488 Posted April 15, 2013 Report Share Posted April 15, 2013 Here's a copy of a card received for one of my birthdays - some of the MH'ers will understand. Link to post Share on other sites
mutley 4,495 Posted April 15, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 15, 2013 That's a bit like one of our moderators get-togethers! Link to post Share on other sites
brett 2,310 Posted April 16, 2013 Report Share Posted April 16, 2013 Like it Brett, we could do with that little girl working in our government. Maybe then we would get sensible answers. So true. We could use 1000 girls like that. Link to post Share on other sites
brett 2,310 Posted April 16, 2013 Report Share Posted April 16, 2013 Here's a copy of a card received for one of my birthdays - some of the MH'ers will understand. You say it's time for some good cheer, we should get a beer. Haha, good one March. Link to post Share on other sites
allardjd 1,853 Posted April 20, 2013 Report Share Posted April 20, 2013 As a guitarist, I play many gigs. Recently I was asked by a funeral director to play at a graveside service for a homeless man. He had no family or friends, so the service was to be at a pauper’s cemetery in the back country. As I was not familiar with the backwoods, I got lost. I finally arrived an hour late and saw the funeral guy had evidently gone and the hearse was nowhere in sight. There were only the diggers and crew left and they were eating lunch. I felt badly and apologized to the men for being late. I went to the side of the grave and looked down and the vault lid was already in place. I didn’t know what else to do, so I started to play. The workers put down their lunches and began to gather around. I played out my heart and soul for this man with no family and friends. I played like I’ve never played before for this homeless man. And as I played ‘Amazing Grace,’ the workers began to weep. They wept, I wept, we all wept together. When I finished I packed up my guitar and started for my car. Though my head hung low, my heart was full. As I opened the door to my car, I heard one of the workers say, “I never seen nothin’ like that before and I’ve been putting in septic tanks for twenty years.” John Link to post Share on other sites
Captain Caveman 0 Posted April 20, 2013 Report Share Posted April 20, 2013 Hehe good one John Link to post Share on other sites
brett 2,310 Posted April 20, 2013 Report Share Posted April 20, 2013 Good one John Never heard that one before. hehehehehehhehehehe Link to post Share on other sites
mutley 4,495 Posted April 22, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 22, 2013 William Shatner, alias Captain Kirk, has discontinued his ladies underwear range. In hindsight, "Shatner Knickers" wasn't a good choice of name in the 1st place. Link to post Share on other sites
Quickmarch 488 Posted April 23, 2013 Report Share Posted April 23, 2013 Quite apropos as Shatner is a Canadian. Something in the news about Spock on the TV in the departure lounge in Brisbane, but I wasn't really paying attention so can't report. Link to post Share on other sites
Andrew Godden 943 Posted April 23, 2013 Report Share Posted April 23, 2013 But have you heard of the French winery, Chateau de Floor. They produce wines with a very distinctive and unique bouquet. Link to post Share on other sites
remingtonbox 18 Posted April 28, 2013 Report Share Posted April 28, 2013 An Amish boy and his father were visiting a nearby mall. They were amazed by almost everything they saw, but especially by two shiny silver walls that moved apart and back together again by themselves.The lad asked, "What is this, father?"The father (having never seen an elevator) responded, "I have no idea what it is."While the boy and his father were watching wide-eyed, an old lady in a wheelchair rolled up to the moving walls and pressed a button. The walls opened and the lady rolled between them into a small room. The walls closed and the boy and his father watched as small circles lit up above the walls.The walls opened up again and a beautiful twenty-four-year-old woman stepped out.The father looked at his son anxiously and said, "Go get your mother." In Pharmacology, all drugs have two names, a trade name and generic name. For example, the trade name of Tylenol also has a generic name of Acetaminophen. Aleve is also called Naproxen. Amoxil is also call Amoxicillin and Advil is also called Ibuprofen. The FDA has been looking for a generic name for Viagra. After careful consideration by a team of government experts, it recently announced that it has settled on the generic name of Mycoxafloppin. Also considered were Mycoxafailin, Mydixadrupin, Mydixarizin, Dixafix, and of course, Ibepokin. Pfizer Corp. announced today that Viagra will soon be available in liquid form, and will be marketed by Pepsi Cola as a power beverage suitable for use as a mixer. It will now be possible for a man to literally pour himself a stiff one. Obviously we can no longer call this a soft drink, and it gives new meaning to the names of "cocktails", "highballs" and just a good old-fashioned "stiff drink". Pepsi will market the new concoction by the name of: MOUNT & DO. Thought for the day: There is more money being spent on breast implants and Viagra today than on Alzheimer's research. This means that by 2040, there should be a large elderly population with perky boobs and huge erections and absolutely no recollection of what to do with them. Link to post Share on other sites
remingtonbox 18 Posted April 28, 2013 Report Share Posted April 28, 2013 At auditor was auditing the Rabbi and had a few questions for him. "I notice you burn a lot of candles, what do you do with the left over wax pieces?" "Good question," noted the Rabbi. "We save them up and send them back to the candle makers, and every now and then they send us a free box of candles.""Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual question had a practical answer.But on he went, in his obnoxious way. "What about all these bread wafer purchases? What do you do with the crumbs?""Ah, yes," replied the Rabbi, realizing that the inspector was trying to trap him with an unanswerable question. "We collect them and send them back to the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free box of bread wafers.""I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster the know-it-all Rabbi."Well, Rabbi," he went on, "what do you do with all the leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?""Here, too, we do not waste," answered the Rabbi. "What we do is save all the foreskins and send them to the tax office, and about once a year they send us a complete dick." The teacher is explaining biology to her 4th grade students. "Human beings are the only animals that stutter," she says.A little girl raises her hand. "I had a kitty-cat who stuttered," she volunteered.The teacher, knowing how precious some of these stories could become, asked the girl to describe the incident."Well," she began, "I was in the back yard with my kitty and the rottweiler that lives next door got a running start and before we knew it, he jumped over the fence into our yard!"That must've been scary," said the teacher."It sure was," said the little girl."My kitty raised his back, went 'Fffff, Fffff, Fffff'...And before he could say "F___ You," the rottweiler ate him!" Link to post Share on other sites
remingtonbox 18 Posted April 28, 2013 Report Share Posted April 28, 2013 Brian invited his mother over for dinner. During the course of the meal, Brian's mother couldn't help but notice how beautiful Brian's roommate, Jennifer, was.Brian's Mom had long been suspicious of a relationship between Brian and Jennifer, and this had only made her more curious.Over the course of the evening, while watching the two interact, she started to wonder if there was more to the relationship between Brian and Jennifer than met the eye.Reading his mom's thoughts, Brian volunteered, "I know what you must be thinking, but I assure you Jennifer and I are just roommates."About a week later, Jennifer came to Brian saying, "Ever since your mother came to dinner, I've been unable to find the beautiful silver gravy ladle. You don't suppose she took it, do you?"Brian said, "Well, I doubt it, but I'll send her an e-mail just to be sure. So he sat down and wrote:Dear Mom:I'm not saying that you "did" take the gravy ladle from the house, and I'm not saying that you "did not" take the gravy ladle. But the fact remains that it has been missing ever since you were here for dinner. Love, BrianSeveral days later, Brian received an email back from his mother that read: Dear Son:I'm not saying that you "do" sleep with Jennifer, and I'm not saying that you "do not" sleep with Jennifer. But the fact remains that if Jennifer is sleeping in her own bed, she would have found the gravy ladle by now. Love, MomLESSON OF THE DAY - NEVER LIE TO YOUR MOTHER The Smiths were unable to conceive children and decided to use a surrogate father to start their family. On the day the proxy father was to arrive, Mr. Smith kissed his wife goodbye and said, "Well, I'm off now. The man should be here soon."Half an hour later, just by chance, a door-to-door baby photographer happened to ring the doorbell, hoping to make a sale. "Good morning, Ma'am", he said, "I've come to...""Oh, no need to explain," Mrs. Smith cut in, embarrassed, "I've been expecting you.""Have you really?" said the photographer. "Well, that's good. Did you know babies are my specialty?""Well that's what my husband and I had hoped. Please come in and have a seat".After a moment she asked, blushing, "Well, where do we start?""Leave everything to me. I usually try two in the bathtub, one on the couch, and perhaps a couple on the bed. And sometimes the living room floor is fun. You can really spread out there.""Bathtub, living room floor? No wonder it didn't work out for Harry and me!""Well, Ma'am, none of us can guarantee a good one every time. But if we try several different positions and I shoot from six or seven angles, I'm sure you'll be pleased with the results.""My, that's a lot!", gasped Mrs. Smith."Ma'am, in my line of work a man has to take his time. I'd love to be In and out in five minutes, but I'm sure you'd be disappointed with that.""Don't I know it," said Mrs. Smith quietly.The photographer opened his briefcase and pulled out a portfolio of his baby pictures. "This was done on the top of a bus," he said."Oh, my God!" Mrs. Smith exclaimed, grasping at her throat."And these twins turned out exceptionally well - when you consider their mother was so difficult to work with.""She was difficult?" asked Mrs. Smith."Yes, I'm afraid so. I finally had to take her to the park to get the job done right. People were crowding around four and five deep to get a good look""Four and five deep?" said Mrs. Smith, her eyes wide with amazement."Yes", the photographer replied. "And for more than three hours, too. The mother was constantly squealing and yelling - I could hardly concentrate, and when darkness approached I had to rush my shots. Finally, when the squirrels began nibbling on my equipment, I just had to pack it all in."Mrs. Smith leaned forward. "Do you mean they actually chewed on your, uh...equipment?""It's true, Ma'am, yes.. Well, if you're ready, I'll set-up my tripod and we can get to work right away.""Tripod?""Oh yes, Ma'am. I need to use a tripod to rest my Canon on. It's much too big to be held in the hand very long."...........Mrs. Smith fainted Link to post Share on other sites
remingtonbox 18 Posted April 28, 2013 Report Share Posted April 28, 2013 Letter to the FAAFederal Aviation Agency,Washington 25, D.C.Gentlemen:I was asked to make a written statement concerning certain events that occurred yesterday. First of all, I would like to thank that very nice FAA man who took my student pilot's license and told me I wouldn't need it any more. I guess that means that you're giving me my full-fledged pilot's license. You should watch that fellow though, after I told him all of this he seemed quite nervous and his hand was shaking. Anyway, here is what happened.The weather had been kind of bad since last week, when I soloed. But on the day in question I was not about to let low ceilings and visibility, and a slight freezing drizzle, deter me from another exciting experience at the controls of an airplane. I was pretty proud of my accomplishment, and I had invited my neighbor to go with me since I planned to fly to a town about two hundred miles away where I knew of an excellent restaurant that served absolutely wonderful charcoaled steaks and the greatest martinis.On the way to the airport my neighbor was a little concerned about the weather but I assured him once again about the steaks and martinis that we would soon be enjoying and he seemed much happier.When we arrived at the airport the freezing drizzle had stopped, as I already knew from my ground school meteorology it would. There were only a few snow flakes. I checked the weather and I was assured that it was solid IFR. I was delighted. But when I talked to the local operator I found out that my regular airplane, a Piper J-4 Cub, was down for repairs. You could imagine my disappointment. Just then a friendly, intelligent line boy suggested that I take another airplane, which I immediately saw was very sleek and looked mucheasier to fly. I think that he called it a Aztec C, also made by Piper. I didn't have a tail wheel, but I didn't say anything because I was in a hurry. Oh yes, it had a spare engine for some reason.We climbed in and I began looking for an ignition switch. Now, I don't want to get anyone in trouble, but it shouldn't be necessary to get the airplane manual just to find out how to start an airplane. That's ridiculous. I never saw sow many dials and needles and knobs, handles and switches. As we both know, confidentially, they have simplified this in the J-4 Cub. I forgot to mention that I did file a flight plan, and those people were so nice. When I told them I was flying an Aztec they said it was all right to go direct via Victor-435, a local superhighway, all the way. These fellows deserve a lot credit. They told me a lot of other things too, but everybody has problems with red tape.The take-off was one of my best and I carefully left the pattern just the way the book _style_ says it should be done. The tower operator told me to contact Department Control Radar but that seemed kind of silly since I knew where I was going. There must have been some kind of emergency because, all of a sudden, a lot of airline pilots began yelling at the same time and made such a racket that I just turned off the radio.You'd think that those professionals would be better trained. Anyway, I climbed up into a few little flat clouds, cumulus type, at three hundred feet, but Highway 435 was right under me and, since I knew it was straight east to the town where we were going to have drinks and dinner, I just went on up into the solid overcast. After all, it was snowing so hard by now that it was a waste of time to watch the ground. This was a bad thing to do, I realized. My neighbor undoubtedly wanted to see the scenery, especially the mountains all around us, but everybody has to be disappointed sometime and we pilots have to make the best of it, don't we?It was pretty smooth flying and, except for the ice that seemed to be forming here and there, especially on the windshield, there wasn't much to see. I will say that I handled the controls quite easily for a pilot with only six hours. My computer and pencils fell out of my shirt pocket once in a while but these phenomenon sometime occur I am told. I don't expect you to believe this, but my pocket watch was standing straight up on its chain. That was pretty funny and asked my neighbor to look but he just kept staring ahead with sort of a glassy look in his eyes and I figured that he was afraid of height like all non-pilots are. By the way, something was wrong with the altimeter, it kept winding and unwinding all the time.Finally, I decided we had flown about long enough to be where we were going, since I had worked it out on the computer. I am a whiz at that computer, but something must have gone wrong with it since when I came down to look for the airport there wasn't anything there except mountains. These weather people sure had been wrong, too. It was real marginal conditions with a ceiling of about one hundred feet. You just can't trust anybody in this business except yourself, right? Why, there were even thunderstorms going on with occasional bolt of lightning. I decided that my neighbor should see how beautiful it was and the way it seemed to turn that fog all yellow, but I guess he was asleep, having gotten over his fear of height, and I didn't want to wake him up. Anyway, just then an emergency occurred because the engine quit. It really didn't worry me since I had just read the manual and I knew right where the other ignition switch was. I just fired up the other engine and we kept right on going. This business of having two engines is really a safety factor. If one quits the other is right there ready to go. Maybe all airplanes should have two engines. You might look into this.As pilot in command, I take my responsibilities very seriously. It was apparent that I would have to go down lower and keep a sharp eye in such bad weather. I was glad my neighbor was asleep because it was pretty dark under the clouds and if it hadn't been for the lightning flashes it would have been hard to navigate. Also, it was hard to read road signs through the ice on the windshield. Several cars ran off the road when we passed and you can sure see what they mean about flying being a lot safer than driving.To make a long story short, I finally spotted an airport that I knew right away was pretty close to town and, since we were already late for cocktails and dinner, I decided to land there. It was an Air Force base so I knew it had plenty of runway and I could already see a lot of colored lights flashing in the control tower so I knew that we were welcome. Somebody had told me that you could always talk to these military people on the international emergency frequency so I tried it but you wouldn't believe the language that I heard. These people ought to be straightened out by somebody and I would like to complain, as a taxpayer.Evidently there were expecting somebody to come in and land because they kept talking about some damn stupid son-of-a-***** up in that fog. I wanted to be helpful so I landed on the ramp to be out of the way in case that other fellow needed the runway. A lot of people came running out waving at us. It was pretty evident that they had never seen an Aztec C before. One fellow, some General with a pretty nasty temper, was real mad about something. I tried to explain to him in a reasonable manner that I didn't think the tower operator should be swearing at that guy up there, but his face was so red that I think he must have a drinking problem.Well, that's about all. I caught a bus back home because the weather really got bad, but my neighbor stayed at the hospital there. He can't make a statement yet because he's still not awake. Poor fellow, he must have the flu, or something. Let me know if you need anything else, and please send my new license airmail, special delivery. Link to post Share on other sites
mutley 4,495 Posted April 28, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 28, 2013 And you lived to tell the tale!! Superb Remington! Link to post Share on other sites
remingtonbox 18 Posted April 29, 2013 Report Share Posted April 29, 2013 A big Texan stopped at a local restaurant following a day roaming around in Mexico. While sipping his tequila, he noticed a sizzling, scrumptious looking platter being served at the next table. Not only did it look good, the smell was wonderful. He asked the waiter, 'What is that you just served?' The waiter replied, 'Ah senor, you have excellent taste!Those are called Cojones de Toro , bull's testicles from the bull fight this morning. A delicacy!'The cowboy said, 'What the heck, bring me an order.' The waiter replied, 'I am so sorry senor. There is only one serving per day because there is only one bull fight each morning. If you come early and place your order, we will be sure to save you this delicacy.'The next morning, the cowboy returned, placed his order, and that evening was served the one and only special delicacy of the day.After a few bites, inspecting his platter, he called to the waiter and said, 'These are delicious, but they are much, much smaller than the ones I saw you serve yesterday.'The waiter shrugged his shoulders and replied 'Si, senior, sometimes the bull wins Link to post Share on other sites
allardjd 1,853 Posted May 8, 2013 Report Share Posted May 8, 2013 Eight for the price of one... 1. WILL THE REAL DUMMY PLEASE STAND UP? AT&T fired President John Walter after nine months, saying he lacked intellectual leadership. He received a $26 million severance package. Perhaps it's not Walter who's lacking intelligence. 2. WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM OUR FRIENDS: Police in Oakland, CA spent two hours attempting to subdue a gunman who had barricaded himself inside his home. After firing ten tear gas canisters, officers discovered that the man was standing beside them in the police line, shouting, 'Please come out and give yourself up.' 3. WHAT WAS PLAN B? An Illinois man, pretending to have a gun, kidnapped a motorist and forced him to drive to two different automated teller machines, wherein the kidnapper proceeded to withdraw money from his own bank accounts. 4. THE GETAWAY! A man walked into a Topeka, Kansas Kwik Stop and asked for all the money in the cash drawer. Apparently, the take was too small, so he tied up the store clerk and worked the counter himself for three hours until police showed up and grabbed him. 5. DID I SAY THAT? Police in Los Angeles had good luck with a robbery suspect who just couldn't control himself during a line-up. When detectives asked each man in the line-up to repeat the words: 'Give me all your money or I'll shoot,' the man shouted, 'that's not what I said!' 6. ARE WE COMMUNICATING? A man spoke frantically into the phone: 'My wife is pregnant and her contractions are only two minutes apart,' 'Is this her first child?' the doctor asked. 'No,' the man shouted, 'this is her husband!' 7. NOT THE SHARPEST TOOL IN THE SHED! In Modesto, CA, Steven Richard King was arrested for trying to hold up a Bank of America branch without a weapon. King used a thumb and a finger to simulate a gun. Unfortunately, he failed to keep his hand in his pocket. (hellooooooo)! 8. THE GRAND FINALE!!! Last summer, down on Lake Isabella, located in the high desert, an hour east of Bakersfield, CA, some folks, new to boating, were having a problem. No matter how hard they tried, they couldn't get their brand new 22 foot boat, going. It was very sluggish in almost every maneuver, no matter how much power they applied. After about an hour of trying to make it go, they putted into a nearby marina, thinking someone there may be able to tell them what was wrong. A thorough topside check revealed everything in perfect working condition. The engine ran fine, the out-drive went up and down, and the propeller was the correct size and pitch. So, one of the marina guys jumped in the water to check underneath. He came up choking on water, he was laughing so hard. NOW REMEMBER...THIS IS TRUE... Under the boat, still strapped securely in place, was the trailer! Link to post Share on other sites
brett 2,310 Posted May 9, 2013 Report Share Posted May 9, 2013 That last boat story was a hoot. Link to post Share on other sites
mutley 4,495 Posted May 10, 2013 Author Report Share Posted May 10, 2013 Bill Roache, Jimmy Tarbuck, Stuart Hall, Michael le Vell, Rolf Harris, Freddie Starr, Jim Davidson................the prison Christmas panto is gonna be good this year Link to post Share on other sites
mutley 4,495 Posted May 10, 2013 Author Report Share Posted May 10, 2013 BMW have recalled all their cars with a fault. One was seen with the indicator working.. Link to post Share on other sites
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