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Sep 28

The Fabulous Friday Funnies

Stress Buster No. 28.

Ask nicely

You hear it all the time ”It’s not what they said, it was the way they said it!” Consider saying ‘Have you thought of putting the rubbish out?’ This gives the person the chance to say ‘Yes’ even if they haven’t.


“My uncle’s dying wish was that he wanted me on his lap–He was in the electric chair.” —Rodney Dangerfield


A little old lady answered a knock on the door one day, only to be confronted by a well-dressed young man carrying a vacuum cleaner. “Good morning,” said the young man. “If I could take a couple of minutes of your time, I would like to demonstrate the very latest in high-powered vacuum cleaners.” “Go away!” said the old lady. “I’m broke and haven’t got any money!” and she proceeded to close the door.

Quick as a flash, the young man wedged his foot in the door and pushed it wide open. “Don’t be too hasty!” he said. “Not until you have at least seen my demonstration.” And with that, he emptied a bucket of horse manure onto her hallway carpet. “If this vacuum cleaner does not remove all traces of this horse manure from your carpet, Madam, I will personally eat the remainder.”

The old lady stepped back and said, “Well let me get you a fork, ’cause they cut off my electricity this morning.”


“My parents told me, ‘Finish your dinner. People in China and India are starving.’ I tell my daughters, ‘Finish your homework. People in India and China are starving for your job.’” -Thomas Friedman


A Priest was about to finish his tour of duty, and was leaving his Mission in the jungle where he has spent years teaching the natives when he realizes that the one thing he never taught them was how to speak English. So he takes the chief for a walk in the forest.

He points to a tree and says to the chief, “This is a tree.” The chief looks at the tree and grunts, “Tree.” The Priest is pleased with the response. They walk a little further and he points to a rock and says, “This is a rock.” Hearing this, the chief looks and grunts, “Rock.”

The Priest was really getting enthusiastic about the results when he hears a rustling in the bushes. As they peek over the top, he sees a couple of natives in the midst of heavy sexual activity.

The Priest is really flustered and quickly responds, “Man riding a bike.” The chief looks at the couple briefly, pulls out his blowgun and kills them. The Priest goes ballistic and yells at the chief that he has spent years teaching the tribe how to be civilized and be kind to each other, so how could he kill these people in cold blood that way?

The chief replied, “My bike.”


A secretary walked into her boss’s office and said, “I’m afraid I’ve got some bad news for you.”

“Why do you always have to give me bad news?” he complained. “Tell me some good news for once.”

“Alright, here’s some good news,” said the secretary. “You’re not sterile.”


A boss wondered why one of his most valued employees had not phoned in sick one day. Having an urgent problem with one of the main computers, he dialed the employee’s home phone number and was greeted with a child’s whisper ” Hello ? ”

“Is your daddy home?” he asked. ” Yes”, whispered the small voice. “May I talk with him?” The child whispered, ” No “.

Surprised and wanting to talk with an adult, the boss asked, “Is your Mommy there?” ” Yes ” “May I talk with her?” Again the small voice whispered, ” No ” Hoping there was somebody with whom he could leave a message, the boss asked, “Is anybody else there?”

” Yes ” whispered the child, ” a policeman “. Wondering what a cop would be doing at his employee’s home, the boss asked, “May I speak with the policeman?” ” No, he’s busy “, whispered the child. “Busy doing what?”

” Talking to Daddy and Mommy and the Fireman ,” came the whispered answer. Growing more worried as he heard a loud noise in the background through the earpiece on the phone, the boss asked, “What is that noise?”

” A helicopter ” answered the whispering voice. “What is going on there?” demanded the boss, now truly apprehensive.. Again, whispering, the child answered, ” The search team just landed a helicopter ”

Alarmed, concerned and a little frustrated the boss asked, “What are they searching for?” Still whispering, the young voice replied with a muffled giggle… ” ME ”


Frank was in trouble. He forgot his wedding anniversary. His wife was really angry. She told him ‘Tomorrow morning, I expect to find a gift in the driveway that goes from to 200 in less then 6 seconds – AND IT BETTER BE THERE!!

The next morning Frank got up early and left for work. When his wife woke up, she looked out the window and sure enough, there was a box, gift-wrapped, in the middle of the driveway. Confused, the wife put on her robe and ran out to the driveway, brought the box back in the house. She opened it and found a brand new bathroom scale.

Frank has been missing since Friday.


A young man excitedly tells his mother he’s fallen in love and is going to get married. He says, “Just for fun, Ma, I’m going to bring over 2 other female friends in addition to my fiancee and you try and guess which one I’m going to marry”. The next day, he brings 3 beautiful women into the house and sits them down on the couch and they chat for a while. He then says, “Okay, Ma.guess which one I’m going to marry.” She immediately replies, “The red-head in the middle.” “That’s amazing, Ma. You’re right, how did you know?” “I don’t like her.”


“A word to the wise isn’t necessary. It’s the stupid ones who need the advice.” —Bill Cosby


“Well, Ted, you’re certainly coming up in the world. What’s the idea of playing golf with not one, but two caddies!” “Oh, it was my wife’s idea.” “Your wife?” “Yeah,” answers Ted, “She thought I should spend more time with the kids.”


Another true Italian traffic story

We were holidaying in Tuscany and drove into a very sweet ancient walled town – with only the enthusiasm (and naivety) of an Australian traveler in Italy for the first time, we were rapt to find so much parking available in the centre of the town…locked our little rental car “Junior” and you guessed it, came back to a fine for parking in the Piazza. (town square)


My niece’s class assignment was to interview a senior citizen about his or her life, so she asked me, “What was the biggest historical event that happened during your childhood?” “I’d have to say the moonwalk,” I replied. She looked disappointed. “That dance was so important to you?”


Pauly walks into a bar and says “Bartender, one round for everyone, on me!” The bartender says, “Well, Pauly, seems you’re in a really good mood tonight, eh?”

Pauly says, “Oh, you can bet on it! I just got hired by the city to go around and remove all the money from parking meters. I start on Monday!”

The bartender congratulates the man and proceeds to pour the round.

Monday evening arrives. Pauly comes back into the bar and says “Bartender, TWO rounds for everyone, on me!”

The bartender says, “Well now! If you’re so happy just over having this new job, I can just imagine how happy you’ll be when you get your paycheck!”

Pauly looks at the bartender with a confused look on his face, pulls out quite a handful of quarters from his pocket, and says “You mean they’ll PAY me on top of it?”

Sep 21

The Fabulous Friday Funnies

Stress Buster No. 27

Be eccentric

Reduce the stress in your life by not worrying what other people think of you.


If you think technology has changed the work world, just take a look at what’s happening in never-never land. A recent update reports that today:

  • Little Bo Peep never loses sheep because of their embedded silicon identity chips.
  • Hansel and Gretel use the GPS rather than breadcrumbs but have reported problems stuffing the wicked witch into her microwave oven.
  • Jack’s making a fortune on his beanstalk bioengineering breakthrough.
  • Romeo and Juliet avoid tragic problems by keeping in touch through their cell phones.
  • King Arthur has replaced that expensive round table with satellite video conferencing.
  • The Pied Piper switched career fields after his tunes were bootlegged on Napster.
  • Gulliver is on sabbatical using up all his frequent flyer miles.

“Be alert…the world needs more lerts.” — Anonymous


“A new article in ‘Newsweek’ is out talking about what it’s like to be an atheist. I actually have a friend who’s an atheist, and married to a Jehovah Witness. Their kids are a little strange. They go out and knock on doors but don’t know why.” -Jay Leno


Lorraine pinched this from Helen, Dawn and Naomi sent it as well…

As Pope Benedict was giving Pavarotti the last rights he pressed a note into Luciano’s hand and whispered to him “This is the referral you have to give to St Peter when you get to the gates of heaven. Pavarotti duly arrived at the Pearly Gates and St Peter asked “Do you have a referral, because you cannot enter without one?”

“Yes” answered Pavarotti as he hands over the note the Pope had given him St Peter reads it and opens the gate and bids Luciano enter. As he goes through Pavarotti asks St Peter what the note said.

St Peter answers “It says, here’s that Tenor I owe you”


A cannibal goes on a world cruise, on the first night the waiter comes up to him and asks,

“Do you want to see the menu?”

The cannibal replies, “No, bring me the passenger list.”


An angel suddenly appears at a faculty meeting and tells the dean of the college that, in return for his unselfish and exemplary behavior, he will be given his choice of infinite wealth, wisdom or beauty. Without hesitating, the dean selects infinite wisdom.

“Done!” says the angel, and disappears in a cloud of smoke and a bolt of lightning.

Now, all heads turn toward the dean, who sits surrounded by a faint halo of light. At length, one of his colleagues whispers, “Say something wise.”

The dean looks at them and says, “I should have taken the money.”


The young suitor was determined to win the heart of the woman he wanted to marry, in spite of her rejection of his proposal.

He began what can only be called a “Campaign” and sent her a token of his affection every day for a month to her house.

The plan was successful too — the young lady fell in love with the delivery man.


“A Romanian man is in the hospital after getting drunk and swallowing 120 coins on a bet. Doctors monitoring his situation say so far, no change.” –Jay Leno


Wife: “What are you doing?”
Husband : Nothing.
Wife : “Nothing…? You’ve been reading our marriage certificate for an hour.”
Husband : “I was just looking for the expiration date.”


Girl: “When we get married, I want to share all your worries, troubles and lighten your burden.”
Boy: “It’s very kind of you, darling, But I don’t have any worries or troubles.”
Girl: “Well that’s because we aren’t married yet.”


“Watching your daughter being collected by her date feels like handing over a million dollar Stradivarius to a gorilla.” —Jim Bishop


It had been a very busy night on the maternity ward, with all the rooms full, and staff limited due to a nurse’s strike. In the chaos, a junior staff member helping out for the night had mixed up the identity tags of 3 newborn infants when they were brought into the nursery. As you can imagine, Matron was not happy!

Matron gathered together the 3 bleary eyed fathers (as it happened, a Kiwi, an Aussie, and a Samoan) to explain the situation. She then led the fathers into a room adjoining the nursery to identify their babies.

As soon as the 3 infants were wheeled in, the New Zealand man pounced towards the cots and picked up a very cute baby with dark curly hair, big brown eyes, and dark skin, exclaiming loudly “This one’s mine!”.

Matron pulled the Kiwi dad aside and said quietly, “Excuse me sir, but we’re pretty sure this baby belongs to the Petaia family – you see he looks very much to be of Pacific ethnicity”.

To which the kiwi dad answered “Yes, yes, I can see that. But one of those other two is Australian and I’m just not willing to take the chance.”


A Scotsman walking through a field, sees a man drinking water from a pool with his hand.

The Scotsman man shouts ” Awa ye feel hoor thatâs full Oâ coos Sharn” (Don’t drink the water, it’s full of cow shit.)

The man shouts back, “I’m English, Speak English, I don’t understand you”.

The Scotsman man shouts back “Use both hands, you’ll get more in.”


This will amuse the tech savy

An unfailingly polite lady called to ask for help with a Windows installation that had gone terribly wrong.

Customer: “I brought my Windows disks from work to install them on my home computer.” Training stresses that we are “not the Software Police,” so I let the little act of piracy slide.
Tech Support: “Umm-hmm. What happened?”
Customer: “As I put each disk in it turns out they weren’t initialized.”
Tech Support: “Do you remember the message exactly, ma’am?”
Customer: (proudly) “I wrote it down. ‘This is not a Macintosh disk. Would you like to initialize it?’”
Tech Support: “Er, what happened next?”
Customer: “After they were initialized, all the disks appeared to be blank. And now I brought them back to work, and I can’t read them in the A: drive; the PC wants to format them. And this is our only set of Windows disks for the whole office. Did I do something wrong?

Sep 20

Who’s your daddy?

The following are all replies that Detroit women have
written on Child Support Agency Forms in the section for listing
‘father’s details;’ or putting it another way…. Who’s yo Daddy? These are
genuine excerpts from the forms.

  1. Regarding the identity of the father of my twins, Makeeshia was
    fathered by Maclearndon McKinley I am unsure as to the identity of the
    father of Marlinda, but I believe that she was conceived on the same night.
  2. I am unsure, as to the identity of the father of my child as I was
    being sick out of a window when taken unexpectedly from behind. I can
    provide you with a list of names of men that I think were at the party if
    this helps.
  3. I do not know the name of the father of my little girl. She was
    conceived at a party at 3600 East Grand Boulevard where I had sex with a
    man I met that night. I do remember that the sex was so good that I fainted.
    If you do manage to track down the father, can you please send me his
    phone number? Thanks.
  4. I don’t know the identity of the father of my daughter. He drives a
    BMW that now has a hole made by my stiletto in one of the door panels.
    Perhaps you can contact BMW service stations in this area and see if he’s
    had it replaced.
  5. I have never had sex with a man. I am still a Virginian. I am
    awaiting a letter from the Pope confirming that my son’s conception was
    ejaculate and that he is the Saver risen again.
  6. I cannot tell you the name of Alleshia dad as he informs me that to
    do so would blow his cover and that would have cataclysmic implications for
    the economy. I am torn between doing right by you and right by the country.
    Please advise.
  7. I do not know who the father of my child was as they all look the
    same to me.
  8. Tyrone Hairston is the father of child A If you do catch up with him,
    can you ask him what he did with my AC/DC CDs? Child B who was also borned
    at the same time…. well, I don’t have clue.
  9. From the dates it seems that my daughter was conceived at Disney
    World; maybe it really is the Magic Kingdom.
  10. So much about that night is a blur. The only thing that I remember
    for sure is Delia Smith did a program about eggs earlier in the evening. If
    I had stayed in and watched more TV rather than going to the party at 8956
    Miller Ave, mine might have remained unfertilized.
  11. I am unsure as to the identity of the father of my baby, after all,
    like when you eat a can of beans you can’t be sure which one made you fart.

Some american woman are complete idiots!

Sep 20

Five or Nine Inches?

A man wakes up in hospital, bandaged from head to foot.

The doctor comes in and says ‘Ah, I see you’ve regained consciousness.
Now you probably won’t remember, but you were in a pile-up on the motorway.’ ‘You’re going to be OK, you’ll walk again, everything, but something happened. I’m trying to break this gently but your willy was chopped off in the wreck and we were unable to find it.’

Now the bloke groans a bit but the doctor goes on, ‘You’ve got £9000 compensation coming to you and we have the technology now to build you new willy that will work as well as your old one did, better in fact.
But the thing is, it doesn’t come cheap. It’s a thousand pounds an inch.’

The bloke perks up at this.

‘So the thing is’ the doctor says, ‘it’s for you to decide how many inches you want. But it’s something you’d better discuss with your wife. I mean, if you had a five inch one before and you decide to go for a nine inch she might be a bit put out. But if you had a nine inch one before and you decide only to invest in a five incher this time she might be disappointed.” So it’s important that she plays a role in helping you make the decision.’

So the bloke agrees to talk with his wife and the doctor comes back the next day.
‘So’ says the doctor ‘Have you spoken with your wife?’

‘I have.’ says the fellow.
‘And has she helped you in making the decision?’
‘She has’ says the bloke.
And what is it?’ asks the doctor. . . . . . . . .

‘We’re having a new kitchen.’

Sep 14

The Fabulous Friday Funnies

Stress Buster No. 26

Criticising each other’s family.

It’s OK for your partner to criticise their own family, but be warned, you put yourself at risk by joining in.


A married couple was in a terrible accident where the man’s face was severely burned. The doctor told the husband that they couldn’t graft any skin from his body because he was too skinny.

So the wife offered to donate some of her own skin. However,the only skin on her body that the doctor felt was suitable would have to come from her buttocks. The husband and wife agreed that they would tell no one about where the Skin came from, and they requested that the doctor also honor their secret.

After all, this was a very delicate matter. After the surgery was completed, everyone was astounded at the man’s new face. He looked more handsome than he ever had before! All his friends and relatives just went on and on about his youthful beauty!

One day, he was alone with his wife, and he was overcome with emotion at her sacrifice. He said, "Dear, I just want to thank you for everything you did for me. How can I possibly repay you?"

My darling," she replied, "I get all the thanks I need every time I see your mother kiss you on the cheek!!!!!!!!!!!!!!."


During WWII a fighter pilot was shot down over Germany and was captured by the Nazis. He was hurt pretty bad so the German doctor amputated his arm. The pilot requested that they drop his arm over his base in England. The Germans, in a rare display of respect, did.

Then next week they amputated his other arm and he asked for the same thing. Again, the Germans complied.

The week after that they amputated his leg, and he again asked for them to drop it over his base in England.

The German general replied, "Nein, Ve do dis no more!"

The pilot asked, "Why not?"

The German answered, "Ve tink you trying to escape!"


"I searched for the bluebird of happiness, but all I found was the chicken of despair." —Anonymous


I know my company has made a big effort to be family friendly, but I was baffled when I read this holiday an- nouncement posted on the bulletin board: "All employees are invited to the annual Christmas party. All children under the age of ten will receive a gift from Santa.

Employees who have no children may bring grandchildren."


An older woman to her friend….. “Lately, I’ve feeling lethargic, listless and apathetic, and if I stand up to suddenly, I get dizzy. My daughter says she has to smoke two joints to feel like that.”


  • Show me a piano falling down a mine shaft and I’ll show you A-flat minor.
  • When a clock is hungry it goes back four seconds.
  • A backward poet writes inverse.
  • In democracy it’s your vote that counts; In feudalism, it’s your Count that votes.
  • What’s the definition of a will? (It’s a dead giveaway).
  • A boiled egg in the morning is hard to beat.
  • Bakers trade bread recipes on a knead to know basis.

A woman and a man are involved in a car accident on a snowy, cold Monday morning. Both of their cars are totally demolished but amazingly neither of them are hurt. God works in Mysterious ways. After they crawl out of their cars, the woman says, "So you’re a man. That’s interesting. I’m a woman. Wow, just look at our cars, there’s nothing left of them, but we’re unhurt. This must be a sign from God that we should meet and be friends and live together in peace for the rest of our days."

Flattered, the man replies, "Oh yes, I agree with you completely; this must be a sign from God!"

The woman continues, "And look at this, here’s another miracle. My car is completely demolished but this bottle of wine didn’t break. Surely God wants us to drink this wine and celebrate our good fortune." Then she hands the bottle to the man.

The man nods his head in agreement, opens it, drinks half the bottle, and then hands it back to the woman.

The woman takes the bottle and immediately puts the cap back on, and hands it back to the man.

The man asks, "Aren’t you having any?" The woman replies, "No. I think I’ll just wait for the police…."


Resolving to surprise her husband, an executive’s wife stopped by his office – and found him with his secretary sitting on his lap. Without hesitating, he dictated, "…and in conclusion, gentlemen, shortage or no shortage, I cannot continue to operate this office with just one chair that is safe to use."


This had to surface for the Rugby World Cup

The seven dwarfs went off to work in the mine one day, while Snow White stayed at home to do the housework and cook their lunch..

However when she went to the mine to deliver their lunches, she found there had been a cave-in, and there was no sign of the dwarfs.

Tearfully she yelled in to the mine entrance:"hello – is anyone there. Can anyone hear me".

A voice floated up from the bowels of the mine: "Australia will win the Rugby World Cup"

"Thank god" said Snow White "at least Dopey’s still alive"


Blond Joke

A married couple were asleep when the telephone rang at two in the morning. The wife (who’s blonde), picked up the telephone, listened a moment and said, "How the hell should I know? It’s about 200 miles away" and hung up. The husband said, "Who was that?" The wife said, "I don’t know; some woman wanting to know if the coast is clear!"


The hospital’s consulting dietician was giving a lecture to several community nurses from the Southampton area of Hampshire.

‘The rubbish we put into our stomachs and consume should have killed most of us sitting here, years ago. Red meat is terrible. Fizzy drinks attack your stomach lining. Chinese food is loaded with msg. Vegetables can be disastrous because of fertilisers and pesticides and none of us realises the long-term damage being done by the rotten bacteria in our drinking water.However, there is one food that is incredibly dangerous and we all have, or will, eat it at some time in our lives.

Now, is anyone here able to tell me what food it is that causes the most grief and suffering for years after eating it?’

A 65-year-old nursing sister sitting in the front row stood up and said, ‘Wedding cake.’


It is Christmas eve. A burglar breaks into the home of a prominent local lawyer. He takes the lawyer’s Christmas gifts from under the tree leaving the packages for the wife and children alone. As he is leaving the house, he is apprehended by a policeman.

He confesses to what he has done but tells the policeman that he can’t be arrested.

The policeman asks why, and he responds, "Because the law states that I’m entitled to the presents of an attorney."


Six retired Floridians were playing poker in the condo clubhouse when Meyerwitz loses $500 on a single hand, clutches his chest, and drops dead at the table. Showing respect for their fallen comrade, the other five continue playing standing up. Finklestein looks around and asks, "So, who’s gonna tell his wife?" They cut the cards.Goldberg picks the two of clubs and has to carry the news.

They tell him to be discreet, be gentle, don’t make a bad situation any worse.

"Discreet? I’m the most discreet person you’ll ever meet. Discretion is my middle name. Leave it to me." So Goldberg goes to the Meyerwitz unit and knocks on the door. Mrs. Meyerwitz yells from behind the door what he wants?

Goldberg declares: "Your husband just lost $500 in a poker game and is afraid to come home. He needs more money."

"Tell him to drop dead!" yells the wife.

"I’ll go tell him." says Goldberg


Health Advice

Q: I’ve heard that cardiovascular exercise can prolong life; is this true?
A: Your heart is only good for so many beats, and that’s it… don’t waste them on exercise. Everything wears out eventually. Speeding up your heart will not make you live longer; that’s like saying you can extend the life of your car by driving it faster. Want to live longer? Take a nap.

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