“Funny But True”
There was a generous area of disagreement
between the sexy young widow and a bachelor
friend she said had sired the latest addition to
her brood. So they took their problem to court.
“Did you sleep with this woman?” asked
the judge.
To which our hero replied sincerely, Not a
wink, your honour. Not a wink.”
Over gibsons two animated gentlemen were
having a rousing battle about the chams of Kim.
“I say she’s overrated,” said one, “Take
away her eyes, her hair, her lips and her figure
and what have you got?”
“My wife,” said the other, with a happy sigh.
While making love to his wife, Carl
discovered he couldn’t concentrate. Though
they’d been married only a few years, he reflected
unhappily; their lovemaking had become
infrequent and essentially joyless. Then quite
suddenly, alarmed, he cried: “What happened?
Did I hurt you?”
“No,” said his surprised wife. “Why do you
ask?”
“No reason, really,” he replied with a sigh.
“It was just that, for one moment there, I thought
you moved.”
The boss had listened in sympathetic silence
as Sam went through the reasons why he needed
and felt he deserved a raise. Then, with a
benevolent smile, he patted the younger men on
the Shoulder. “Yes, Sam,” he said kindly, “I know
you can’t get married on the salary. I’m paying
you, and someday you’ll thank me for it.”
Hey, Shally, said the college man, “How
come, you’re not wearing my fraternity pin?”
“But Sunny, it was such a nuisance,” the
pretty coed pouted playfully. All the fellows were
complaining that it scratched their hands.”
“Don’t you think he dresses nattily?” asked
one secretary of another regarding the young
executive walking past the water cooler.
“Natalie, who?” her co-worker demanded.
A friend of ours who rarely sleeps alone
observes knowingly that one good turn usually
gets most of the blanket.