Spot Check
One day while baby-sitting my then 7-year-old granddaughter, Elizabeth, my husband and I took her to the mall. As we were walking, she spotted the directory of stores with the “You are here” designation.
Rather surprised, she said, “Gee, how did they know where we were going to be before we got here?”
Suzan L. Wiener
Spring Hill, [...]
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Post Scripts
What’s His Line
My son, who works for the State Department, has never said much about his job to his 6-year-old son, Seth. This was evident one day recently when I visited and asked my grandson what his daddy did for a living.
Seth thought for a moment and replied, “I think he works for the Secret Circus.”
Barbara Albright
Indianapolis, [...]
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Circumstances
Of jobs it’s true today,
There’s a disastrous dearth.
Grown kids move home to stay.
You’re back to giving berth.
Lois Muehl
Iowa City, Iowa
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No Matter How You Slice It
A guy orders a pizza. When it’s ready, the counterman asks, “Shall I cut it into four or eight pieces?”
“Better make it four. I don’t think I can eat eight.”
Harold Goldwasser
Los Angeles, California
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Letter-Man
My uncle loved crosswords so much that on the day he died, he asked to be buried six down and three across.
Stephen Corrett
Croton-on-Hudson, New York
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School Daze
One mother to another: “I never realized the value of an education until the children went back to school.”
Jan Phillips
North Adams, Massachusetts
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Score Card
The golf cart has one big advantage over a caddy—
it can’t count.
Stacey Webster
Providence, Rhode Island
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Star Struck
King Mandias of Assyria was getting short on money because of war with the Hittites.
His prized possession was the Star of the Euphrates, the most valuable diamond in the ancient world. So he went to see Croesus, the pawnbroker, to obtain a loan. Croesus said, “I’ll give you 100,000 dinars for it.”
Mandias was shocked [...]
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House Call
A man who was a doctor of divinity resided with his son,
a doctor of medicine. One day the phone rang and the
doctor answered.
“Is this Dr. Smith?” the caller inquired.
“Yes,” came the reply.
“Well,” asked the caller, “are you the one who practices or the one who preaches?”
Herm Albright
Indianapolis, Indiana
July 29, 2010 | Read more »
Door Jam
One morning a mother was out doing errands. After two hours she went back to her car. Searching for the car keys, she discovered they were inside the locked car. She went to the nearest store to ask for a wire hanger to unlock her car—to no avail. She dropped to the ground in tears [...]
June 2, 2010 | Read more »
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