Laugh station stuff. From Sperry. Thanks.

SPERRY

Laugh station. Cleaning my hard drive... found these... must be at least 15 years old. Some real "groaners" in here. You probably need to be 40 or so to recall the reference in 10, so if you don't get it just be happy for your youth.

1. Many people don't know this but William Tell and his son were avid bowlers in their day. They were very competitive. Unfortunately a serious castle fire destroyed their scores and league records. To this day, no one knows for whom the Tells bowled.

2. Two vultures board an airplane, each carrying two dead raccoons. The stewardess looks at them and says, "I'm sorry, gentlemen, only one carrion allowed per passenger."

3. Two boll weevils grew up in South Carolina. One went to Hollywood and became a famous actor. The other stayed behind in the cotton fields and never amounted to much. The second one, naturally, became known as the lesser of two weevils.

4. Two Eskimos sitting in a kayak were chilly, but when they lit a fire in the craft, it sank, proving once again that you can't have your kayak and heat it, too.

5. A three-legged dog walks into a saloon in the Old West. He slides up to the bar and announces: "I'm looking for the man who shot my paw."

6. Did you hear about the Buddhist who refused Novocain during a root canal? He wanted to transcend dental medication.

7. A group of chess enthusiasts checked into a hotel and were standing in the lobby discussing their recent tournament victories. After about an hour, the manager came out of the office and asked them to disperse. "But why?" they asked, as they moved off. "Because," he said, "I can't stand chess nuts boasting in an open foyer."

8. A woman has twins and gives them up for adoption. One of them goes to a family in Egypt and is named "Ahmal." The other goes to a family in Spain; they name him "Juan." Years later, Juan sends a picture of himself to his birth mother. Upon receiving the picture, she tells her husband that she wishes she also had a picture of Ahmal. Her husband responds, "They're twins! If you've seen Juan, you've seen Ahmal."

9. These friars were behind on their belfry payments, so they opened up a small florist shop to raise funds. Since everyone liked to buy flowers from the men of God, a rival florist across town thought the competition was unfair. He asked the good fathers to close down, but they would not. He went back and begged the friars to close. They ignored him. So, the rival florist hired Hugh MacTaggart, the roughest and most vicious thug in town to "persuade" them to close. Hugh beat up the friars and trashed their store,
saying he'd be back if they didn't close up shop. Terrified, they did so, thereby proving that Hugh, and only Hugh, can prevent florist friars.

10. Mahatma Gandhi, as you know, walked barefoot most of the time, which produced an impressive set of calluses on his feet. He also ate very little, which made him rather frail and with his odd diet, he suffered from bad breath. This made him .... what? A super calloused fragile mystic hexed by halitosis.

11. And finally, there was the person who sent ten different puns to friends, with the hope that at least one would make them laugh. But no pun in ten did.

 

Comments

[Stella]

GROAN !!!

[alex]

LOL thanks !!

[Manal Ismail]

All are funny except no.9...sorry i didnt get it...not yet...anyone care to enlighten me on this please? Sperry?

[Sol]

Lol. Thanks Sperry.

[Bonnie]

Smokey the Bear "You, and only You, can prevent forest fires."

[Manal Ismail]

aaahh, now i get it! thanks bonnie!

[DSG]

Double groan....but I laughed at all of them. I have to admit that when I was reading the first one (about William Tell) I thought,"I never knew the story of William Tell other than the one about the apple...I'm glad to add this bit of knowledge to my rain." I really did.

Favorites were #7, the Florist Friars , and Gandhi.

Thanks, Sperry