JOKES FOR MAY 1997


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Microsoft Bids To Acquire Catholic Church

VATICAN CITY (AP) -- In a joint press conference in St. Peter's Square this morning, Microsoft Corp. and the Vatican announced that the Redmond software giant will acquire the Roman Catholic Church in exchange for an unspecified number of shares of Microsoft common stock. If the deal goes through, it will be the first time a computer software company has acquired a major world religion.

With the acquisition, Pope John Paul II will become the senior vice-president of the combined company's new Religious Software Division, while Microsoft senior vice-presidents Michael Maples and Steven Ballmer will be invested in the College of Cardinals, said Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates.

"We expect a lot of growth in the religious market in the next five to ten years," said Gates. "The combined resources of Microsoft and the Catholic Church will allow us to make religion easier and more fun for a broader range of people."

Through the Microsoft Network, the company's new on-line service, "We will make the sacraments available on-line for the first time" and revive the popular pre-Counter-Reformation practice of selling indulgences, said Gates. "You can get Communion, confess your sins, receive absolution -- even reduce your time in Purgatory - all without leaving your home."

A new software application, Microsoft Church, will include a macro language which you can program to download heavenly graces automatically while you are away from your computer.

An estimated 17,000 people attended the announcement in St Peter's Square, watching on a 60-foot screen as comedian Don Novello - in character as Father Guido Sarducci -- hosted the event, which was broadcast by satellite to 700 sites world-wide.

Pope John Paul II said little during the announcement. When Novello chided Gates, "Now I guess you get to wear one of these pointy hats," the crowd roared, but the pontiff's smile seemed strained.

The deal grants Microsoft exclusive electronic rights to the Bible and the Vatican's prized art collection, which includes works by such masters as Michelangelo and Da Vinci. But critics say Microsoft will face stiff challenges if it attempts to limit competitors' access to these key intellectual properties.

"The Jewish people invented the look and feel of the holy scriptures," said Rabbi David Gottschalk of Philadelphia. "You take the parting of the Red Sea -- we had that thousands of years before the Catholics came on the scene."

But others argue that the Catholic and Jewish faiths both draw on a common Abrahamic heritage. "The Catholic Church has just been more successful in marketing it to a larger audience," notes Notre Dame theologian Father Kenneth Madigan. Over the last 2,000 years, the Catholic Church's market share has increased dramatically, while Judaism, which was the first to offer many of the concepts now touted by Christianity, lags behind.

Historically, the Church has a reputation as an aggressive competitor, leading crusades to pressure people to upgrade to Catholicism, and entering into exclusive licensing arrangements in various kingdoms whereby all subjects were instilled with Catholicism, whether or not they planned to use it. Today Christianity is available from several denominations, but the Catholic version is still the most widely used. The Church's mission is to reach "the four corners of the earth," echoing Microsoft's vision of "a computer on every desktop and in every home".

Gates described Microsoft's long-term strategy to develop a scalable religious architecture that will support all religions through emulation. A single core religion will be offered with a choice of interfaces according to the religion desired -- "One religion, a couple of different implementations," said Gates.

The Microsoft move could spark a wave of mergers and acquisitions, according to Herb Peters, a spokesman for the U.S. Southern Baptist Conference, as other churches scramble to strengthen their position in the increasingly competitive religious market.

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MENstruation

A white minority of the world has spent centuries conning us into thinking that a white skin makes people superior - even though the only thing it really does is make them more subject to ultraviolet rays and to wrinkles. Male human beings have built whole cultures around the idea that penis-envy is "natural" to women - though having such an unprotected organ might be said to make men more vulnerable, and the power to give birth makes womb-envy at least logical.

In short, the characteristics of the powerful, whatever they may be, are thought to be better than the characteristics of the powerless - and logic has nothing to do with it.

What would happen, for instance, if suddenly, magically, men could menstruate and women could not?

The answer is clear - menstruation would become an enviable, boast-worthy, masculine event:

Men would brag about how long and how much.

Boys would mark the onset of menses, that longed-for proof of manhood, with religious ritual and stag parties.

Congress would fund a National Institute of Dysmenorrhea to help stamp out monthly discomforts.

Sanitary supplies would be federally funded and free. (Of course, some men would still pay for the prestige of commercial brands such as John Wayne Tampons, Muhammed Ali's Rope-a-dope Pads, Joe Namath Jock Shields -- "For Those Light Bachelor Days," and Robert "Baretta" Blake Maxi-Pads).

Military men, right-wing politicians, and religious fundamentalists would cite menstruation ("MENstruation") as proof that only men could serve in the army ("You have to give blood to take blood"), occupy political office ("Can women be aggressive without that steadfast cycle governed by the planet Mars?"), be priests and ministers ("how could a woman give her blood for our sins"), or rabbis ("Without the monthly loss of impurities, women remain unclean").

Male radicals, left-wing politicians, and mystics, however, would insist that women are equal, just different; and that any woman could enter their ranks if only she were willing to self-inflict a major wound every month ("You MUST give blood for the revolution"), recognise the pre-eminence of menstrual issues, or subordinate her selfless to all men in their Cycle of Enlightenment.

Street guys would brag ("I'm a three-pad man") or answer praise from a buddy ("Man, you are lookin' good") by giving fives and saying, Yeah!

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A Whole Nude World

Aladdin:

I can show you my penis,
Big and sparkling and splendid,
I can make it extended
On my magic mattress ride.
I can open your thighs,
Rock your body like thunder,
Over, sideways, and under
On my magic mattress ride.
A whole nude world,
A new fantastic way to screw,
Everyone tells me "no,"
I need a blow,
So I can start my screaming.

Jasmine:

A whole nude world,
My sizzling space you never knew,
But when you're way down there,
Engrossed in hair,
Now I'm in a whole nude world with you.

Aladdin:

Now I'm in a whole nude world with you.

Jasmine:

Unbelievable size,
Indescribable squealing,
Leaning, bending, and kneeling
At my moist and gaping thighs.
A whole nude world

Aladdin:

Don't you dare close your thighs

Jasmine:

A hundred thousand sperm in me

Aladdin:

Hold your breath - it gets better

Jasmine:

I'm like a shooting star,
I've come so far,
I can't go back to my virginity.

Aladdin:

A whole nude world

Jasmine:

Every thrust of your thighs

Aladdin:

With new positions we can screw

Jasmine:

Every moment gets wetter

Both:

I'll lick you anywhere,
Hey, I don't care,
Let me share this whole nude world with you.

Aladdin:

A whole nude world

Jasmine:

A whole nude world

Aladdin:

That's where we'll be

Jasmine:

That's where we'll be

Aladdin:

A thrilling taste

Jasmine:

Of my hot place

Both:

To you from me.

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SAF Answering Machine

Good day, welcome to the SAF Psychiatric Hotline.

If you are obsessive-compulsive, press 1 repeatedly.

If you are co-dependant, ask someone to press 2 for you.

If you have multiple personality, press 3, 4, 5, and 6.

If you are paranoid-delusional, we know who you are and what you want. Just hold on and we will trace your call.

If you are schizophrenic, just listen carefully and the little voice inside your head will tell you which number to press.

If you are manic-depressive, no matter what number you press, nobody will answer you.

Have a good day and DROP TWENTY FOR CALLING, SOLDIER!

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CyberSex Gone Wrong

Wellhung: Hello, Sweetheart. What do you look like?

Sweetheart: I am wearing a red silk blouse, a miniskirt and high heels. I work out every day, I'm toned and perfect. My measurements are 36-24-36. What do you look like?

Wellhung: I'm 6'3" and about 250 pounds. I wear glasses and I have on a pair of blue sweat pants I just bought from Walmart. I'm also wearing a T-shirt with a few spots of barbecue sauce on it from dinner… it smells funny.

Sweetheart: I want you. Would you like to screw me?

Wellhung: OK

Sweetheart: We're in my bedroom. There's soft music playing on the stereo and candles on my dresser and night table. I'm looking up into your eyes, smiling. My hand works its way down to your crotch and begins to fondle your huge, swelling bulge.

Wellhung: I'm gulping, I'm beginning to sweat.

Sweetheart: I'm pulling up your shirt and kissing your chest.

Wellhung: Now I'm unbuttoning your blouse. My hands are trembling.

Sweetheart: I'm moaning softly.

Wellhung: I'm taking hold of your blouse and sliding it off slowly.

Sweetheart: I'm throwing my head back in pleasure. The cool silk slides off my warm skin. I'm rubbing you bulge faster, pulling and rubbing.

Wellhung: My hand suddenly jerks spastically and accidentally rips a hole in your blouse. I'm sorry.

Sweetheart: That's OK, it wasn't really too expensive.

Wellhung: I'll pay for it.

Sweetheart: Don't worry about it. I'm wearing a lacy black bra. My soft breasts are rising and falling, as I breathe harder and harder.

Wellhung: I'm fumbling with the clasp on your bra. I think it's stuck. Do you have any scissors?

Sweetheart: I take your hand and kiss it softly. I'm reaching back undoing the clasp. The bra slides off my body. The air caresses my breast. My nipples are erect for you.

Wellhung: How did you do that? I'm picking up the bra and inspecting the clasp.

Sweetheart: I'm arching my back. Oh baby. I just want to feel your tongue all over me.

Wellhung: I'm dropping the bra. Now I'm licking your, you know, breasts. They're neat!

Sweetheart: I'm running my fingers through your hair. Now I'm nibbling your ear.

Wellhung: I suddenly sneeze. Your breasts are covered with spit and phlegm.

Sweetheart: What?

Wellhung: I'm so sorry; really.

Sweetheart: I'm wiping your phlegm off my breasts with the remains of my blouse.

Wellhung: I'm taking the sopping wet blouse from you. I drop it with a plop

Sweetheart: OK.. I'm pulling your sweat pants down and rubbing your hard tool.

Wellhung: I'm screaming like a woman. Your hands are cold! Yeeee!

Sweetheart: I'm pulling up my miniskirt. Take off my panties.

Wellhung: I'm pulling off your panties. My tongue is going all over, in and out nibbling on you...umm... wait a minute.

Sweetheart: What's the matter?

Wellhung: I've got a pubic hair caught in my throat. I'm choking.

Sweetheart: Are you OK?

Wellhung: I'm having a coughing fit. I'm turning all red.

Sweetheart: Can I help?

Wellhung: I'm running to the kitchen, choking wildly. I'm fumbling through the cabinets, looking for a cup. Where do you keep your cups?

Sweetheart: In the cabinet to the right of the sink.

Wellhung: I'm drinking a cup of water. There, that's better.

Sweetheart: Come back to me, lover.

Wellhung: I'm washing the cup now.

Sweetheart: I'm on the bed arching for you.

Wellhung: I'm drying the cup. Now I'm putting it back in the cabinet. And now I'm walking back to the bedroom. Wait, it's dark, I'm lost. Where's the bedroom?

Sweetheart: Last door on the left at the end of the hall.

Wellhung: I found it.

Sweetheart: I'm tuggin' off your pants. I'm moaning. I want you so badly.

Wellhung: Me too.

Sweetheart: Your pants are off. I kiss you passionately your naked bodies pressing each other.

Wellhung: Your face is pushing my glasses into my face. It hurts.

Sweetheart: Why don't you take off your glasses?

Wellhung: OK, but I can't see very well without them. I place the glasses on the night table.

Sweetheart: I'm bending over the bed. Give it to me, baby!

Wellhung: I have to pee. I'm fumbling my way blindly across the room and toward the bathroom.

Sweetheart: Hurry back, lover.

Wellhung: I find the bathroom and it's dark. I'm feeling around for the toilet. I lift the lid.

Sweetheart: I'm waiting eagerly for your return.

Wellhung: I'm done going. I'm feeling around for the flush handle, but I can't find it. Uh-oh!

Sweetheart: What's the matter now?

Wellhung: I've realised that I've peed into your laundry hamper. Sorry again. I'm walking back to the bedroom now, blindly feeling my way.

Sweetheart: Mmm, yes. Come on.

Wellhung: OK, now I'm going to put my, you know, thing, in your, you know, woman's thing.

Sweetheart: Yes! Do it, baby! Do it!

Wellhung: I'm touching your smooth butt. It feels so nice. I kiss your neck. Umm, I'm having a little trouble here.

Sweetheart: I'm moving my ass back and forth, moaning. I can't stand it another second! Slide in! Screw me now!

Wellhung: I'm flaccid.

Sweetheart: What?

Wellhung: I'm limp. I can't sustain an erection.

Sweetheart: I'm standing up and turning around; an incredulous look on my face.

Wellhung: I'm shrugging with a sad look on my face, my wiener all floppy. I'm going to get my glasses and see what's wrong.

Sweetheart: No, never mind. I'm getting dressed. I'm putting on my underwear. Now I'm putting on my wet nasty blouse.

Wellhung: No wait! Now I'm squinting, trying to find the night table. I'm feeling along the dresser, knocking over cans of hair spray, picture frames and your candles.

Sweetheart: I'm buttoning my blouse. Now I'm putting on my shoes.

Wellhung: I've found my glasses. I'm putting them on. My God! One of your candles fell on the curtain. The curtain is on fire! I'm pointing at it, a shocked look on my face.

Sweetheart: Go to hell. I'm logging off, you loser!

Wellhung: Now the carpet is on fire! Oh noooo!

Sweetheart: Logged off...

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OJ Trial As Told By Dr. Seuss

I did not kill my lovely wife.

I did not slash her with a knife.
I did not bonk her on the head.
I did not know that she was dead.

I stayed at home that fateful night.

I took a cab, then took a flight.
The bag I had was just for me.
My bag! My bag! Hey, leave it be.

When I came home I had a gash.

My hand was cut from broken glass.
I cut my hand on broken glass.
A broken glass did cause that gash.

I have nothing, nothing to hide.

My friend, he took me for a ride.

Did you take this person's life?

Did you do it with a knife?

I did not do it with a knife.

I did not, could not kill my wife.
I did not do this awful crime.
I would not, could not anytime.

Did you hit her from above?

Did you drop this bloody glove?

I did not hit her from above.

I cannot even wear that glove.
I did not do it with a knife.
I did not, could not kill my wife.
I did not do this awful crime.
I could not, would not, anytime.

And now I'm free, I can return

To my house for which I yearn.
And to my family whom I love.
Hey now I'm free - Give back my glove!

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Slip Of The Tongue

There were three priests in a railroad station, all wanting to go home to Pittsburgh. Behind the ticket counter was a very, very shapely lass. Well endowed, gorgeous, amazing. The priests were all in embarrassing new territory, so they drew straws to determine who would get the tickets.

The first priest approached the window. "Young lady," he began, "I would like three pickets to titsburgh..." Whereupon he completely lost his composure and fled.

The second priest approached. "Young lady, I would like three tickets to Pittsburgh," he began, "and I would like the change in nipples and dimes." So of course he also fled.

Then came the third. "Young lady, I would like three tickets to Pittsburgh, and I would like the change in nickels and dimes. And I must say," he continued, "if you insist on dressing like that, when you get to the pearly gates, St. Finger's going to shake his peter at you."

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25 Rules For Women

  1. SportsCenter starts at 11:00 PM and runs an hour. This is a great time to pay bills, put laundry in the dryer or talk to your sister.
  2. Two hot dogs and a beer at a baseball game do, in fact, constitute going out to dinner.
  3. Unlike you, we essentially want to dress just exactly like all our friends. Thus, you need not go much further than the Gap, J. Crew or the local Isetan store.
  4. If we see you in the morning and at night, why call us at work?
  5. Butthead is the smart one.
  6. Is it too much to ask to have the bra match the underwear?
  7. You probably don't want to know what we're thinking about.
  8. Silence does not need to be filled with discussions about "us" and "the relationship".
  9. Things you can help with: the Sunday crossword, yard work, the dishes, cleaning, and grocery shopping.
  10. Things you should let us do alone: figuring out where we are, watching anything on TBS, playing cards, smoking cigars and picking out the beer.
  11. Socks never constitute a gift.
  12. Department stores and malls were designed so that when you want to look at bed linen, shower curtains or handbags, there are always some speakers, tires or sporting equipment nearby.
  13. We don't know anything about handbags. Don't even ask.
  14. We did water the plants. They died anyway. Nobody knows why this happens.
  15. Even if you think he's cute, Kevin Costner can't act.
  16. Of course, neither can Elle McPherson, but she had the good sense to do "Sirens" rather than "Waterworld."
  17. Curley is the bald one.
  18. Compromise does not mean that we abandon our position in favour of yours.
  19. Sports Illustrated is a better magazine than Cosmopolitan. Just accept that.
  20. It's in neither your interest nor ours to take the Quiz together.
  21. Unless you are willing to follow the careers of Mo Vaughn, Cal Ripken, David Robinson, Michael Jordan, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Chris Farley, don't expect us to know what Helen Gurley Brown, Hilary Clinton, Naomi Wolf or your mother are up to.
  22. Sex on a weeknight is generally welcome. Three hours of post-coital conversation is not.
  23. Dinner out is a pretty good birthday present. Two tickets to a ball game are even better.
  24. No, you can't have the remote control.
  25. If you must take us with you into Victoria's Secret, never, ever leave us alone. All the old fat ladies make mean faces at us and only add to our discomfort.

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RSAF : (Republic Of Singapore Air-Farce)

Problem: "Left inside main tire almost needs replacement."

Solution: "Almost replaced left inside main tire."

Problem: "Test flight OK, except autoland very rough."

Solution: "Autoland not installed on this aircraft."

Problem #1: "#2 Propeller seeping prop fluid."

Solution #1: "#2 Propeller seepage normal."
Problem #2: "#1, #3, and #4 propellers lack normal seepage."

Problem: "The autopilot doesn't."

Signed off: "IT DOES NOW."

Problem: "Something loose in cockpit."

Solution: "Something tightened in cockpit."

Problem: "Evidence of hydraulic leak on right main landing gear."

Solution: "Evidence removed."

Problem: "Number three engine missing."

Solution: "Engine found on right wing after brief search."

Problem: "DME volume unbelievably loud."

Solution: "Volume set to more believable level."

Problem: Dead bugs on windshield.

Solution: Live bugs on order.

Problem: Autopilot in altitude hold mode produces a 200 fpm descent.

Solution: Cannot reproduce problem on ground.

Problem: IFF inoperative.

Solution: IFF inoperative in OFF mode.

Problem: Friction locks cause throttle levers to stick.

Solution: That's what they're there for.

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Lots Of Pick-up Lines

  1. Him:I want to melt in your mouth, not in your hands.

  2. Him:Can I borrow a quarter
    Her: What for?
    Him: I want to call my mom and tell her I just met the girl of my dreams.
    OR
    Him: I want to call your mother and thank her.

  3. Him:Is your daddy a thief?
    Her: No
    Him: Then how did he steal the sparkly of the stars and put them in your eyes?

  4. Him: Would you be my love buffet? So I can lay you out of the table and take what I want?

  5. Him: Let's go to my place and do the things I'm going to tell everyone we did anyway.

  6. Him: The word of the day is "Legs" Let's go back to my place and spread the word.

  7. Him: You're so hot you melt the plastic in my underwear.

  8. Him: Do your legs hurt from running through my dreams all night?

  9. Him: That outfit would look great in a crumpled heap on my bedroom floor tomorrow morning.

  10. Him: My name is (Your name). That's so you know what to scream.

  11. Him: My name is (Your name), but you can call me "Lover"

  12. Him: Nice shoes. Wanna fuck?

  13. Him: Can I flirt with you?

  14. Him: Your daddy must of been a baker, cause you've got a nice set of buns.

  15. Him: (Look at his/her shirt label. When they ask what you are doing) - Checking to see if you were made in heaven.

  16. Him: All those curves, and me with no brakes.

  17. Him: Fuck me if I'm wrong but don't you want to kiss me?

  18. Him: I like every muscle in your body, especially mine.

  19. Him: (Grab his/her tush) - Pardon me, is this seat taken?

  20. Him: Is it hot in here or is it just you?

  21. Him: Can I have directions?
    Her: To where?
    Him: To your heart.

  22. Him: If I could rearrange the alphabet, I'd put U and I together.

  23. Him: Do you know what would look good on you? Me!

  24. Him: I miss my teddy bear. Would you sleep with me?

  25. Him: So....how am I doing?

  26. Him: (Tap your thigh) - You just TDINK this is my leg!

  27. Him: I lost my phone number, can I have yours?

  28. Him: I hope you know CPR cause you take my breath away.

  29. Him: Excuse me, is that semen in your hair?

  30. Him: My face is leaving in fifteen minutes. Be on it.

  31. Him: (Regarding what they are wearing) - Gee, that's becoming on you, if you wore me I'd be coming on you too!

  32. Him: If beauty were a grain of sand, you'd be all the beaches in the world.

  33. Him: (Walk past her/him and then back to her/him) - Excuse me, but do you believe in love at first sight? Or should I walk by again?

  34. Him: Do you sleep on your stomach?
    Her: No.
    Him: Mind if I do?

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Deductive Reasoning

Man: Hi there new neighbour, it sure is a mighty nice day to be moving.

Neighbour 1: Yes it is, and people around here seem extremely friendly.
Man: So what is it you do for a living?
Neighbour 1: I am a professor at the University, I teach deductive reasoning.
Man: Deductive reasoning? What's that?
Neighbour 1: Let me give you an example. I see you have a doghouse out back. By that I deduce that you have a dog.
Man: That's right
Neighbour 1: The fact that you have a dog, leads me to deduce that you have a family.
Man: Right again.
Neighbour 1: Since you have a family I deduce that you have a wife.
Man: Correct!
Neighbour 1: And since you have a wife I can deduce that you are heterosexual.
Man: Yup.
Neighbour 1: That is deductive reasoning.
Man: That's amazing!

(Later that same day)

Man: Hey I was talking to that new guy who moved in next door.

Neighbour 2: Is he a nice guy?
Man: Yes, and he has an interesting job.
Neighbour 2: Oh? What does he do?
Man: He is a professor of deductive reasoning at the University.
Neighbour 2: Deductive reasoning? What's that?
Man: Let me give you an example. Do you have a dog house?
Neighbour 2: No.
Man: Fag.

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Modern Proverbs

  1. The meek shall inherit the Earth but not much Medicare.
  2. An apple a day keeps the doctor from having to remind us that he has not made a house call since 1966.
  3. Put not all thine eggs in one basket but diversify among many baskets and speak up about the evils of the capital gains tax.
  4. All work and no play is a dull boy's way to make a lot of jack.
  5. Pride goeth before a downsizing.
  6. A fool and his money are soon part of a dangerous situation in this day of negative ads in media-driven politics.
  7. Virtue is its own problem.
  8. A penny saved is a penny spurned when it becomes a part of the pile on the dresser.
  9. A stitch in time is fine so long as we don't delude ourselves that today's woman is satisfied to sit home sewing.
  10. People who live in glass houses shouldn't get stoned.
  11. Necessity is the mother of circumvention.
  12. Necessity is the father of a committee to consider hiring a consultant.
  13. Necessity is the grandparent of a study with multiple inputs, expanding parameters and muddled responsibility.
  14. Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and maybe not wise but always self-righteous.
  15. You can lead a horse to water but you can't make him think very clearly.
  16. You can't teach an old dog new tricks or a new dog much of anything at all.
  17. A word to the wise is sufficient, but who can remember the word?

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Answering Machine Messages

  1. My wife and I can't come to the phone right now, but if you'll leave your name and number, we'll get back to you as soon as we're finished.

  2. Hello, you've reached Jim and Sonya. We can't pick up the phone right now, because we're doing something we really enjoy. Sonya likes doing it up and down, and I like doing it left to right... real slowly. So leave a message, and when we're done brushing our teeth we'll get back to you.

  3. Hi. This is John. If you are the phone company, I already sent the money. If you are my parents, please send money. If you are my financial aid institution, you didn't lend me enough money. If you are my friends, you owe me money. If you are a female, don't worry, I have plenty of money.

  4. (Narrator's voice:) There Dale sits, reading a magazine. Suddenly the telephone rings! The bathroom explodes into a veritable maelstrom of toilet paper, with Dale in the middle of it, his arms windmilling at incredible speeds! Will he make it in time? Alas no, his valiant effort is in vain.

  5. The bell hath sounded. Thou must leave a message.

  6. Hi. I'm probably home, I'm just avoiding someone I don't like. Leave me a message, and if I don't call back, it's you.

  7. Please leave a message. However, you have the right to remain silent. Everything you say will be recorded and will be used by us.

  8. (Sexy female voice with heavy panting)
    Hi, you've reached 555-3456.
    John is in (sigh)
    Oh no, he's out (aah)
    Yes, he's in again, (ooh)
    No he's out (aah)
    Why don't you just leave your name and number and he'll call you as soon as he... comes.

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Dumb... Really Dumb

An Italian mobster hires a deaf-and-dumb accountant to cook his books, and the accountant's brother to be his lawyer. One day the mobster notices he's missing about $1 million.

He calls in the two brothers to his office, pulls out a gun and points it at the accountant. "Okay, you sun a bitch, where my money?"

The accountant's fingers fly, and the lawyer translates. "He says he's got no idea."

The mobster pulls back on the hammer. "One more time I'ma gonna ask you, where's my money?"

The fingers fly, the lawyer translates. "Boss, my brother says he doesn't know."

"Alright, this is the one last time. Where's it at, dead man?"

The accountant stares into the Italian eyes and starts to sweat. Once again he does the funky hand jive for his brother, and this time he admits the money is under the stairs in his basement.

The lawyer says to the boss, "He says you don't have the guts.!"

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Men... Who Needs Them!

  1. Why are blonde jokes so short?
    So that men can understand them.

  2. What is the thinnest book in the world?
    What men know about woman.

  3. How can you tell if a man is sexually excited?
    If he is breathing.

  4. Why do woman rub their eyes when they wake up?
    Because they don't have balls.

  5. What is the mans idea of foreplay?
    Half an hour of begging.

  6. How do you save a man from drowning?
    Take your foot off of his head.

  7. How many men does it take to screw in a light bulb?
    One...Men will screw anything.

  8. What do you call a man with an IQ of 50?
    Gifted.

  9. How do you tell if a man is happy?
    Who cares?

  10. What do men and beer bottles have in common?
    They are both empty from the neck up.

  11. How many men does it take to change a toilet roll?
    No-one knows....It has never happened.

  12. Why do men always have stupid looks on their faces?
    Because they are stupid.

  13. How are men and parking spots alike?
    The good ones are always taken ...And the ones left are handicapped.

  14. What do men have in common with floor tiles?
    If you lay them right the first time....You can walk all over them forever.

  15. What do men have in common with a toilet seat, Anniversaries, and a clitoris?
    They always miss them all.

  16. What is the definition of a man?
    A vibrator with a wallet.

  17. Why does it take 500 million sperm to fertilise one egg?
    No one will stop and ask for directions.

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Question & Answer

  1. Why did Cleopatra take milk baths?
    She couldn't find a cow tall enough for a shower.

  2. Why did God give blondes one more brain cell than he gave horses?
    So they wouldn't shit during the parade.

  3. Why did God invent lesbians?
    So feminists wouldn't breed.

  4. What's the difference between a rabbi and a priest?
    A rabbi cuts it off, and a priest sucks it off.

  5. How much hair is in a girl's lap?
    A box full.

  6. How is a pussy like a warm toilet seat?
    They both feel good, but you can't help wondering who was there before you.

  7. What's the definition of safe sex in West Virginia?
    Branding the sheep that kick.

  8. Why did the husband stop having anal sex with his wife?
    Because every night it was the same shit.

  9. What's the difference between a clitoris and a remote control?
    A guy will keep looking until he finds the remote control.

  10. What's brown and hides in the attic?
    The Diarrhoea Of Anne Frank.

  11. Why aren't there any black astronauts?
    Because they don't like to say "Yes, NASA", "No, NASA".

  12. How is a condom like a wife?
    They spend more time in your wallet than on your dick.

  13. Did you hear about the guy who's half Polish and half Mexican?
    He made a run for the border and forgot where he was going.

  14. Did you hear about the blind skunk?
    He fucked a piece of shit.

  15. What do lesbians cook for dinner?
    They don't cook...they eat out.

  16. Did you hear about the girl who had three chances to get pregnant?
    Blew 'em all.

  17. What did the cannibal do after he dumped his girlfriend?
    He wiped his ass.

  18. Why are all the blacks moving to Detroit?
    They heard there were no jobs there.

  19. What did Davy Crockett say at the Alamo?
    "Where the fuck did all these landscapers come from?"

  20. What's the difference between fertiliser and the cheeks of your ass?
    Nothing...you can get the same smell spreading either one.

  21. What's the difference between a white cow and a black cow?
    A white cow goes, "Moo", and a black cow goes, "Moo out d' way."

  22. Why do women have two sets of lips?
    So they can piss and moan.

  23. How do we know God is a man?
    Because if God was a woman, sperm would taste like chocolate.

  24. What should you do if a pit bull is humping your leg?
    Pick him up and blow him.

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The Perfect Day According To Her

08:45 Wake up to hugs and kisses

09:00 5 pounds lighter on the scale
09:30 Light breakfast
11:00 Sunbathe
12:30 Lunch with best friend at outdoor cafe
13:45 Shopping
14:30 Run into boyfriend's/husband's ex - notice she's gained 30 lbs.
15:00 Facial, massage, nap
19:30 Candlelight dinner for two and dancing
22:00 Make love
23:30 Pillow talk in his big strong arms

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The Perfect Day According To Him

10:00 Wake up

10:02 Oral sex
10:10 Big Breakfast
11:30 Drive up coast in Ferrari with gorgeous babe with big hooters
14:15 Enormous lunch
15:15 Oral sex
15:25 Play sports with the guys
16:30 Drink beer with the guys
18:30 Meet Claudia Schiffer
18:40 Oral sex
18:50 Huge dinner, more beer
23:00 Full on, get down, gorilla sex
23:10 Sleep

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Deep Thought - By Kids

  1. My young 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.

  2. 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.

  3. I once heard the voice of God. It said "Vrrrrmmmmm." Unless it was just a lawn mower.

  4. I don't know about you, but I enjoy watching paint dry. I imagine that the wet paint is a big freshwater 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.

  5. 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 humour.

  6. 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?

  7. It sure would be nice if we got a day off for the president's birthday, like they do for the queen. 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.

  8. 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.

  9. Democracy is a beautiful thing, except for that part about letting just any old yokel vote.

  10. Home is where the house is.

  11. 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.

  12. 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.

  13. 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.

  14. I bet living in a nudist colony takes all the fun out of Halloween.

  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.

  16. 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!

  17. 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 is morally wrong to give me a warning when, in fact, I was speeding?"

  18. 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?

  19. 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.

  20. 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.

  21. If we could just get everyone to close their eyes and visualise world peace for an hour, imagine how serene and quiet it would be until the looting started.

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Amusing Anecdotes

  1. "Men get laid, but women get screwed." - Quentin Crisp

  2. "When a man goes on a date he wonders if he is going to get lucky. A woman already knows." - Frederick Ryder

  3. "Women need a reason to have sex -- men just need a place." - Billy Crystal

  4. "I love the lines the men use to get us into bed. 'Please, I'll only put it in for a minute.' What am I, a microwave?" - Beverly Mickins

  5. "Do you know why God withheld the sense of humour from women? So that we may love you instead of laugh at you." - Mrs. Patrick Campbell

  6. "Eventually, all men come out of the bathroom dressed as a majorette." - Ernestyne White

  7. "A woman's appetite is twice that of a man's; her sexual desire, four times; her intelligence, eight times." - Sanskrit proverb

  8. "There's very little advice in men's magazines, because men don't think there's a lot they don't know. Women do. Women want to learn. Men think, 'I know what I'm doing, just show me somebody naked." - Jerry Seinfeld

  9. "We have new evidence as to what motivated man to walk upright: to free his hands for masturbation." - Jane Wagner

  10. "Women still remember the first kiss after men have forgotten the last." - Remy de Gourmant

  11. "A man loses his sense of direction after four drinks; a woman loses hers after four kisses" - H.L. Mencken

  12. "When women hold off from marrying men, we call it independence. When men hold off from marrying women, we call it fear of commitment" - Warren Farrell

  13. "Only two things are necessary to keep one's wife happy. One is to let her think she is having her own way, and the other is to let her have it." - Lyndon B. Johnson

  14. "Why get married and make one man miserable when I can stay single and make thousands miserable?" - Carrie Snow

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Relationship Hardware

Last year, my friend upgraded his GirlFriend 3.1 to GirlFriendPlus 1.0 (marketing name: Fiancée 1.0). Recently he upgraded Fiancée 1.0 to Wife 1.0 and it's a memory hogger, it has taken all his space; and Wife 1.0 must be running before he can do anything. Although he did not ask for it, Wife 1.0 came with Plug-Ins such as MotherInLaw and BrotherInLaw.

Some features I'd like to see in the Upcoming GirlFriend 4.0...

- A "Don't remind me again" button
- Minimise button
- Shutdown feature
- An install shield feature so that Girlfriend 4.0 can be completely uninstalled if so desired (so you don't lose cache and other objects)
- "Abort" button

I tried running GirlFriend 2.0 with GirlFriend 1.0 still installed, but they tried using the same i/o port and conflicted. Then I tried to uninstall GirlFriend 1.0 but it didn't have an uninstall program. I tried to uninstall it by hand, but it put files in my system directory. Another problem with all versions of GirlFriend that I've used is that it is totally object oriented and only supports hardware with gold plated contacts.

BUG WARNING

Wife 1.0 has an undocumented bug. If you try to install Mistress 1.1 before uninstalling Wife 1.0, Wife 1.0 will delete MSMoney files before doing the uninstall itself. Then Mistress 1.1 will refuse to install, claiming insufficient resources.

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Religious Study

A ten year old public school boy was finding fifth grade math to be the challenge of his life. Science? A piece of cake. Geography? No big deal. Spelling? Ha! Give me a break, but MATD? It was devastating! To not only him, but his mom and dad, too! And not that they weren't doing everything and anything to help their son. Private tutors, peer assistance, CD-ROM's, Textbooks, even HYPNOSIS! Nothing worked.

Finally, at the insistence of a family friend, they decided to enrol their son in a private school. Not just ANY private school, but a Catholic school. Nuns. Weekly mass. The whole shooting' match.

Well, the first day of school finally arrived, and dressed in his salt-and-pepper cords and white wool dress shirt and blue cardigan sweater, the youngster ventured out into the great unknown. His mother and father were convinced they were doing the right thing.

They were both there waiting for their son when he returned home. And when he walked in with a stern, focused and very determined expression on his face, they hoped they had made the right choice. He walked right past them and went straight to his room - and quietly closed the door.

For nearly two hours he toiled away in his room - with math books strewn about his desk and the surrounding floor. He only emerged long enough to eat, and after quickly cleaning his plate, he went straight back to his room, closed the door, and worked feverishly at his studies until bedtime. This pattern continued ceaselessly until it was time for the first quarter report card.

After school, the boy walked into the home with his report card - unopened - in his hand. Without a word, he dropped the envelope on the family dinner table and went straight to his room. His parents were petrified. What lay inside the envelope? Success? Failure? DOOM?!?

Patiently, cautiously the mother opened the letter, and to her amazement, she saw a bright red "A" under the subject, MATD. Overjoyed, she and her husband rushed into their son's room, thrilled at the remarkable progress of their young son!

"Was it the nuns that did it?", the father asked. The boy only shook his head and said, "No."

"Was it the one-on-one tutoring? The peer-mentoring?" asked the mother.

Again, the boy shrugged, "No."

"The textbooks? The teacher? The curriculum?" asked the father.

"Nope," said the son. "It was all very clear to me from the very first day of school, that these folks in Catholic school meant business!"

"How so?" asked his mom.

"When I walked into the lobby, and I saw that guy they'd nailed to the plus sign, I knew they meant business!"

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Airborne Jump

A young man joined the Army and signed up to be a paratrooper. After weeks of training the young got to jump out of his first plane. The man watched people ahead of him go and when it was his turn to jump he got scared and sat back down. The troop leader said to the young man, "If you don't jump out of this plane I'll stick my dick up your ass!"

A few weeks later the young man returned home and told his father what happened and he said, "Did you jump?"

The boy said, "A little at first!"

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Getting A-Head

Bill Clinton had to go to Bosnia, but he didn't want to go alone. He asked Hillary if she would go with him. She said, "I hate Bosnia. I don't want to go there, Bill." But Bill was persistent and kept asking her to go. Finally, she said, "Bill, I don't want to go there! I'll do anything for you, just don't make me go to Bosnia with you. I'll even give you a blow job!"

Well, when Bill heard that, he agreed on immediately. She went on down, but all of a sudden she jumped up and said, "Hell, Bill, your dick tastes like shit!"

Bill said, "Well, Al didn't want to go either."

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Marketing Mayhem

Scandinavian vacuum manufacturer Electrolux used the following in an American ad campaign: "Nothing sucks like an Electrolux."

The name Coca-Cola in China was first rendered as Ke-kou-ke-la. Unfortunately, the Coke company did not discover until after thousands of signs had been printed that the phrase means "bite the wax tadpole" or "female horse stuffed with wax" depending on the dialect. Coke then researched 40,000 Chinese characters and found a close phonetic equivalent, "ko-kou-ko-le," which can be loosely translated as "happiness in the mouth."

In Taiwan, the translation of the Pepsi slogan "Come alive with the Pepsi Generation" came out as "Pepsi will bring your ancestors back from the dead."

Also in Chinese, the Kentucky Fried Chicken slogan "finger-lickin' good" came out as "eat your fingers off."

The American slogan for Salem cigarettes, "Salem - Feeling Free," got translated in the Japanese market into "When smoking Salem, you feel so refreshed that your mind seems to be free and empty."

When General Motors introduced the Chevy Nova in South America, it was apparently unaware that "nova" means "it won't go." After the company figured out why it wasn't selling any cars, it renamed the car in its Spanish markets to the Caribe.

Ford had a similar problem in Brazil when the Pinto flopped. The company found out that Pinto was Brazilian slang for "tiny male genitals". Ford pried all the nameplates off and substituted Corcel, which means horse.

When Parker Pen marketed a ballpoint pen in Mexico, its ads were supposed to say "It won't leak in your pocket and embarrass you." However, the company's mistakenly thought the Spanish word "embarazar" meant embarrass. Instead the ads said that "It won't leak in your pocket and make you pregnant."

An American T-shirt maker in Miami printed shirts for the Spanish market which promoted the Pope's visit. Instead of the desired "I Saw the Pope" in Spanish, the shirts proclaimed "I Saw the Potato."

Chicken-man Frank Perdue's slogan, "It takes a tough man to make a tender chicken," got terribly mangled in another Spanish translation. A photo of Perdue with one of his birds appeared on billboards all over Mexico with a caption that explained "It takes a hard man to make a chicken aroused."

Hunt-Wesson introduced its Big John products in French Canada as Gros Jos before finding out that the phrase, in slang, means "big breasts." In this case, however, the name problem did not have a noticeable effect on sales.

Colgate introduced a toothpaste in France called Cue, the name of a notorious porno magazine.

In Italy, a campaign for Schweppes Tonic Water translated the name into Schweppes Toilet Water.

Japan's second-largest tourist agency was mystified when it entered English-speaking markets and began receiving requests for unusual sex tours. Upon finding out why, the owners of Kinki Nippon Tourist Company changed its name.

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Jelly For Brains

PHILADELPHIA, Pa. - A woman is suing the pharmacy that sold her a popular contraceptive jelly - because she ate the stuff on toast and got pregnant anyway.

And, incredibly, many legal experts are saying she's got an excellent chance of collecting!

"The woman is a complete idiot," said one attorney who asked that we not use his name. "How bright can you be if you think eating a vaginal gel will prevent conception?

A spokesman for the unnamed mom-and-pop drugstore says he's shocked and angry that such a case could ever be taken seriously. "All she has to do is open the box and read the directions," says the spokesman.

"Next thing you know someone will come after us because they couldn't stick things together with their toothpaste.

"I can just imagine some moron saying: 'It's paste, isn't it? Why can't I glue these papers onto my bulletin board?' "

But attorneys for Mrs. Chyton say she was swindled and lied to by implication and they intend to make the pharmacy pay $500,000 for the hardship the woman will have to endure.

"It says right on it 'jelly,'" says Mrs. Chyton, a former model who was once a cheerleader for a popular professional basketball team.

"And they kept it on the shelf just two aisles from the food section. I know, now, that the directions say it should be used vaginally with a condom.

"But who has time to sit around reading directions these days - especially when you're sexually aroused?

"The company should call it something else and the pharmacy shouldn't sell it without telling each and every customer who buys it that eating it won't prevent you from getting pregnant."

As bizarre as it sounds, the pharmacy could wind up losing the lawsuit.

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Happily Addicted To The Web

(to the tune of "Winter Wonderland")

Doorbell rings, I'm not list'nin',

From my mouth, drool is glist'nin',
I'm happy - although
My boss let me go.
Happily addicted to the Web.

All night long, I sit clicking,

Unaware time is ticking,
There's beard on my cheek,
Same clothes for a week,
Happily addicted to the Web.

Friends come by; they shake me,

Saying, "Yo, man!
Don't you know that life keeps moving on?"
With a listless shrug, I mutter, "No, man;
I just discovered letterman-dot-com!"

I don't phone, don't send faxes,

Don't go out, don't pay taxes,
Who cares if someday
They drag me away?
I'm happily addicted to the Web!

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Country Western Song Titles

  1. Do You Love As Good As You Look?
  2. Get Your Tongue Outta My Mouth 'Cause I'm Kissing You Goodbye.
  3. Her Teeth Were Stained, But Her Heart Was Pure.
  4. Here's A Quarter, Call Someone Who Cares.
  5. How Can I Miss You If You Won't Go Away?
  6. I Changed Her Oil, She Changed My Life.
  7. I Don't Know Whether To Kill Myself Or Go Bowling.
  8. I Fell In A Pile Of You And Got Love All Over Me.
  9. I Keep Forgettin' I Forgot About You.
  10. I Wanna Whip Your Cow.
  11. I Would Have Wrote You A Letter, But I Couldn't Spell Yuck!
  12. I Wouldn't Take Her To A Dawg Fight, Cause I'm Afraid She'd Win.
  13. I'd Rather Have A Bottle In Front Of Me Than A Frontal Lobotomy.
  14. I'm Just A Bug On The Windshield Of Life.
  15. I've Got The Hungries For Your Love And I'm Waiting In Your Welfare Line.
  16. If I Can't Be Number One In Your Life, Then Number Two On You.
  17. If Love Were Oil, I'd Be A Quart Low.
  18. If My Nose Were Full of Nickels, I'd Blow It All On You.
  19. If The Phone Don't Ring, Baby, You'll Know It's Me.
  20. If You Don't Leave Me Alone, I'll Go And Find Someone Else Who Will.
  21. If You Leave Me, Can I Come Too?
  22. Mama Get The Hammer (There's A Fly On Papa's Head).
  23. May The Bird Of Paradise Fly Up Your Nose.
  24. My Every Day Silver Is Plastic.
  25. My John Deere Was Breaking Your Field, While Your Dear John Was Breaking My Heart.
  26. My Wife Ran Off With My Best Friend, And I Sure Do Miss Him.
  27. Oh, I've Got Hair Oil On My Ears And My Glasses Are Slipping Down, But Baby I Can See Through You.
  28. Pardon Me, I've Got Someone To Kill.
  29. She Got The Gold Mine And I Got The Shaft; She Got The Ring And I Got The Finger.
  30. She Made Toothpicks Out Of The Timber Of My Heart.
  31. She's Got Freckles On Her, But She's Pretty.
  32. Thank God And Greyhound She's Gone.
  33. They May Put Me In Prison, But They Can't Stop My Face From Breakin' Out.
  34. Velcro Arms, Teflon Heart.
  35. When You Leave Walk Out Backwards, So I'll Think You're Walking In.
  36. You Can't Have Your Kate And Edith Too.
  37. You Can't Roller Skate In A Buffalo Herd.
  38. You Done Tore Out My Heart And Stomped That Sucker Flat.
  39. You Were Only A Splinter In My Ass As I Slid Down The Banister Of Life.
  40. You're The Reason Our Kids Are So Ugly.

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You Know You're An E-mail Junkie

  1. You wake up at 3 a.m. to go to the bathroom and stop to check your e-mail on the way back to bed.
  2. You get a tattoo that reads "This body best viewed with Netscape Navigator 3.0 or higher."
  3. You name your children Eudora, Mozilla and Dotcom.
  4. You turn off your modem and get this awful empty feeling, like you just pulled the plug on a loved one.
  5. You spend half of the plane trip with your laptop on your lap... and your child in the overhead compartment.
  6. You decide to stay in college for an additional year or two, just for the free Internet access.
  7. You laugh at people with 9600-baud modems.
  8. You start using smileys in your snail mail.
  9. Your hard drive crashes. You haven't logged in for two hours. You start to twitch. You pick up the phone and manually dial your ISP's access number. You try to hum to communicate with the modem... and you succeed.
  10. You find yourself typing "com" after every period when using a word processor.com
  11. You refer to going to the bathroom as downloading.
  12. You start introducing yourself as "JohnDoe at AOL dot com."
  13. All of your friends have an @ in their names.
  14. Your cat has its own home page.
  15. You can't call your mother...she doesn't have a modem.
  16. You check your mail. It says "no new messages." So you check it again.
  17. Your phone bill comes to your doorstep in a box.
  18. You don't know what sex three of your closest friends are, because they have neutral nicknames and you never bothered to ask.
  19. You move into a new house and decide to Netscape before you landscape.
  20. You tell the cab driver you live at "http://50.clementi.road/house/brick.html."
  21. You start tilting your head sideways to smile.

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Expert Predictions... Yeah Right!

"Everything that can be invented has been invented."

--Charles H. Duell, Office of Patents, 1899

"There will never be a bigger plane built."

--A Boeing engineer, after the first flight of the 247, a twin engine plane that carried ten people.

"Ours has been the first, and doubtless to be the last, to visit this profitless locality."

-- Lt. Joseph Ives after visiting the Grand Canyon in 1861.

"There is not the slightest indication that nuclear energy will ever be obtainable. It would mean that the atom would have to be shattered at will."

-- Albert Einstein, 1932

"We don't like their sound. Groups of guitars are on the way out."

--Decca executive, 1962, after turning down the Beatles.

"It will be years--not in my time--before a woman will become Prime Minister."

--Margaret Thatcher, 1974

"With over 50 foreign cars already on sale here, the Japanese auto industry isn't likely to carve out a big slice of the US market."

--Business Week, August 2, 1968

"Computers may weigh no more than 1.5 tons."

--Popular Mechanics, 1949

"There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home."

--Ken Olson, president of Digital Equipment Corp. 1977

"This telephone' has too many shortcomings to be seriously considered as a means of communication."

--Western Union memo, 1876

"No imaginable commercial value. Who would pay for a message sent to nobody in particular?"

--David Sarnoff's associates in response to his urging investment in the radio in the 1920's.

"Who wants to hear actors talk?" --H.M. Warner, Warner Brothers, 1927.

"I'm just glad it'll be Clark Gable who's falling on his face and not Gary Cooper."

--Gary Cooper, after turning down the lead role in Gone With The Wind.

"Market research reports say America likes crispy cookies, not soft and chewy cookies like you make."

--Response to Debbi Fields' idea of Mrs. Fields' Cookies

"We don't need you. You haven't got through college yet."

--Hewlett Packard excuse to Steve Jobs, who founded Apple Computers instead.

"I think there's a world market for about five computers."

--Thomas J. Watson, chairman of the board of IBM.

"The bomb will never go off. I speak as an expert in explosives."

--Admiral William Leahy, U.S. Atomic Bomb Project.

"Aeroplanes are interesting toys, but they are of no military value whatsoever."

--Marechal Ferdinand Fock, Professor of Strategy, Ecole Superieure de Guerre

"Stocks have reached a permanently high plateau."

--Irving Fisher, Professor of Economics, Yale University, 1929

"No matter what happens, the U.S. Navy is not going to be caught napping."

--U.S. Secretary of Navy, December 4, 1941

"While theoretically and technically television may be feasible, commercially and financially it is an impossibility."

--Lee DeForest, inventor

"Radio has no future. Heavier-than-air flying machines are impossible. X-rays will prove to be a hoax."

--William Thomson, Lord Kelvin English scientist, 1899

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Hanging Around

A horse and a chicken are playing in a meadow. The horse falls into a mud hole and is sinking. He calls to the chicken to go and get the farmer to help pull him out to safety. The chicken runs to the farm but the farmer can't be found. So he drives the farmer's Mercedes back to the mud hole and ties some rope around the bumper. He then throws the other end of the rope to his friend, the horse, and drives the car forward saving him from sinking!

A few days later, the chicken and horse were playing in the meadow again and the chicken fell into the mud hole. The chicken yelled to the horse to go and get some help from the farmer. The horse said, "I think I can stand over the hole!" So he stretched over the width of the hole and said, "Grab for my 'thingy' and pull yourself up." And the chicken did and pulled himself to safety.

The moral of the story:

If you are hung like a horse, you don't need a Mercedes to pick up chicks.

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