Misunderstanding
Misunderstanding Driving through Texas, a New Yorker collided with a truck carrying a horse. A few months later he tried to collect damages for his injuries. “How can you now claim to have all these injuries?” asked the insurance company’s lawyer. “According the police report, at the time you said you were not hurt.” “It’s […]
Changing Love
Changing Love The story of is told of a girl who regretted breaking her engagement and wrote this letter: “Dearest Tommy, No words could ever express the great unhappiness I’ve felt since breaking our engagement. Please say you’ll take me back. No one could ever take your place in my heart, so please forgive me. […]
Mistakes
Mistakes When a drum major tossed his baton in Ventura, California, it hit two 4000-volt power lines, blacking out a ten-block area and putting a radio station off the air. The baton melted. A bank robber in Los Angeles told the clerk not to give him cash, but to deposit the money to his checking […]
Financial Priorities
Financial Priorities A lady was standing in front of a casino when she was approached by a desperate looking man, “Please!” the man begged frantically, “Could you possibly spare $500. My wife is very sick, and I really need the money to take her to the doctor and to buy her the medicine she needs.” […]
Bagging Groceries
Bagging Groceries There was a long line at the supermarket check-out stand, and the harried clerk had just finished bagging a long order. As the clerk lifted the final bag for the customer, the bottom gave way, sending the contents crashing to the floor. “They just don’t make these bags like they used to,” the […]
A Dead Man Elected Mayor
A Dead Man Elected Mayor Carl Geary died a month ago from a heart attack as he campaigned for the small country town. Despite his sudden death he still polled over three times as many votes as his rival in the election in Tracy City, Tennessee. His widow, Susan Geary, was not surprised by the […]
Holding Her Tongue
Holding Her Tongue On a windswept hill in an English country churchyard stands a drab, gray slate tombstone. The quaint stone bears an epitaph not easily seen unless you stoop over and look closely. The faint etchings read: Beneath this stone, a lump of clay,Lies Arabella Young,Who on the twenty-fourth of May,Began to hold her […]
Missing the Ball
Missing the Ball Did you hear about the man who went golfing? He missed the ball three times then said, “Boy, this is a rough course.” It is easy to blame adverse circumstances when we miss the mark and sin.
Pretend Praying
Pretend Praying The new army recruit was given guard duty at 2 a.m. He did his best for a while, but at about 4 a.m. he went to sleep. He awakened to find the officer of the day standing before him. Remembering the heavy penalty for being asleep on guard duty, this smart young man […]
He Mailed Himself
He Mailed Himself Charles McKinley, had four weeks of vacation coming, so he decided to visit his parents in DeSoto, Texas. Rather than buy a plane ticket from New York to Dallas for $320, McKinley, a shipping clerk, packed himself into a shipping crate and air-expressed himself home, charging the fees to his employer. When […]