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Polaroid photo by Edward McKuen, August 2002 ©2002 by Stanyan Music Group. All rights reserved.

A Thought for Today

Each encounter that becomes a friendship turns into a lifeline. One can never have too many, only too many to take care of.

 

PASS IT MALONG

Yes boys and girls it’s that day again, Friday, and time to pass along a smile or two courtesy of our far-flung correspondents who go on flinging it.

BLUE NUN?

Blame Jane for this one even though I’m smiling as I pass it along.

NO WINE BEFORE ITS TIME

Mother Superior calls all the nuns together.

She says to them, "I must tell you something very serious. We have a case of gonorrhea in the convent."

A nun in the back responds, "Thank God! I'm so tired of Zinfandel."


BLONDE ON BLONDE

Sharon Ann has been blonde bonding and the results are frightening.

ONCE MORE INTO THE BLEACH

Two blonde friends were going on a trip to Florida. A neighbor told them that they'd be fine as long as they paid attention to the road signs along the way. But they'd driven just 30 miles when they saw one that read "Clean Restrooms Ahead."

Two months later they arrived in Florida exhausted, having used up 86 bottles of Windex, 267 rolls of paper towels, and three cases of toilet-bowl cleaner. Total restrooms cleaned: 450.

REINTARNATION

Dolores says . . .

I WANT TO COME BACK AS A BEAR

If you're a bear, you get to hibernate. You do nothing but sleep for six months. I could deal with that.

Before you hibernate, you're supposed to eat yourself stupid. I could deal with that, too.

If you're a bear, you birth your children (who are the size of walnuts) while you're sleeping and wake to partially grown,
cute cuddly cubs. I could definitely deal with that.

If you're a mama bear, everyone knows you mean business. You swat anyone who bothers your cubs. If your cubs get out of line, you swat them too. I could deal with that.

If you're a bear, your mate EXPECTS you to wake up growling.
He EXPECTS that you will have hairy legs and excess body fat. Yup, I wanna be a bear.


TAKE THE PILL & SHUT UP!

Wes passed on this list of new medical miracles.

BEYOND PROZAC

ST. M O M'S W O R T: Plant extract that treats mom's depression by rendering preschoolers unconscious for up to six hours.

E M P T Y N E S T R O G E N: Highly effective suppository that eliminates melancholy by enhancing the memory of how awful they were as teenagers and how you couldn't wait till they moved out.

P E P T O B I M B O: Liquid silicone for single women. Two full cups swallowed before an evening out increases breast size, decreases intelligence, and improves flirting.

D U M E R O L: Warning! When taken with Peptobimbo, may cause dangerously low I.Q. including possible enjoyment of rap music.

F L I P I T O R: Increases life expectancy of commuters by controlling road rage and the urge to flip off other drivers.

A N T I B O Y O T I C S: When administered to teenage girls, is highly effective in improving grades, freeing up phone lines, and reducing money spent on make-up.

M E N I C I L L I N: Potent antiboyotic for older women. Increases
resistance to such lines as, "You make me want to be a better person ... can we get naked now?"

B U Y A G R A: Injectable stimulant taken prior to shopping.
Increases potency and duration of spending spree.

EXTRA STRENGTH BUY-ONE-ALL: When combined with Buyagra, can cause an indiscriminate buying frenzy so severe the victim may even come home with a Barry Manilow CD or a book by Dr’s. Phil or Laura.

J A C K A S S P I R I N: Relieves the headache caused by a man who can't remember your birthday, anniversary or phone number.

A N T I - T A L K S I D E N T: A spray carried in a purse or wallet to be used on anyone too eager to share their life stories with total strangers.

S E X C E D R I N: More effective than Excedrin in treating the, "Not now, dear, I have a headache," syndrome.

R A G A M E T: When administered to a husband, provides the same irritation as ragging on him all weekend, saving the wife the time and trouble of doing it herself.


VERY PUNNY

In the time it would take to decide whether or not to print this item from Lady Brent I might as well just go ahead and do it.

THE BACK SIDE OF HORSING AROUND

A preacher wanted to raise money for his church and on being told that there was a fortune in horseracing, decided to purchase one and enter it in the races. However, at the local auction, the going price for a horse was so high that he ended up buying a donkey instead. He figured that since he had it, he might as well go ahead and enter it in the races.

To his surprise, the donkey came in third! The next day the local paper carried this headline:

PREACHER'S ASS SHOWS

The preacher was so pleased with the donkey that he entered it in the race again, and this time it won. The paper read:

PREACHER'S ASS OUT IN FRONT

The bishop was so upset with this kind of publicity that he ordered the preacher not to enter the donkey in another race. The paper headline read:

BISHOP SCRATCHES PREACHER'S ASS

This was too much for the bishop, so he ordered the preacher to get rid of the donkey. The preacher decided to give it to a nun in a nearby convent. The paper headline the next day read:

NUN HAS BEST ASS IN TOWN

The bishop fainted. He informed the nun that she would have to get rid of the donkey, so she sold it to a farmer for ten dollars.
The next day the paper read:

NUN SELLS ASS FOR $10.00

The Bishop nearly had a stroke, and he ordered the nun to buy back the donkey and lead it to the plains where it could run wild. The next day the headlines read:

NUN ANNOUNCES HER ASS IS WILD AND FREE.

The bishop was buried the next day.


MEDICINE 101

And finally Jane again with a visit to a Medical School.

PAY ATTENTION!

First-year students at Medical School were receiving their first anatomy class with a real dead human body. They all gathered around the surgery table with the body covered with a white sheet.

The professor started the class by telling them, "In medicine, it is necessary to have two important qualities as a doctor: the first is that you not be disgusted by anything involving the human body." For an example, the professor pulled back the sheet, stuck his finger in the butt of the corpse, withdrew it and stuck it in his mouth. "Go ahead and do the same thing," he told his students.

The students freaked out, hesitated for several minutes, but eventually took turns sticking a finger in the butt of the dead body and sucking on it. When everyone finished, the professor looked at them and told them,

"The second most important quality is observation. I stuck in my middle finger and sucked on my index finger. Now learn to pay attention".


Have a safe and very sane weekend. I’ll see you tomorrow with something for Saturday.

10/2/2002 5:50 PM PST Previously unpublished.

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BERTHA'S PLACE

Come on in -
if you’re a friend of Bertha’s.

I am never sure anymore
if they are cruising me
or recognizing me.

Once a girl said
I remember you
you used to play
in them Roy Rogers movies.

I am not who you think I am
I replied
My name is Truman Capote
and I was once President
of these United States.
Of course, I should have said
Let’s go home - I’ll be who you want.

But I’m only brilliant
when the chance has passed.

- From "Celebrations of the Heart", 1975

 
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