„So tell me, Mrs. Smith,” asked the interviewer, „have you any other skills you think might be worth mentioning?”
„Actually, yes,” said the applicant modestly. „Last year I had two short stories published in national magazines, and I finished my novel.”
„Very impressive,” he commented, „but I was thinking of skills you could apply during office hours.”
Mrs. Smith explained brightly, „Oh, that was during office hours.”
Jack was coming out of church one day, and the preacher was standing at the door as he always is to shake hands. The preacher grabbed Jack by the hand and pulled him aside.
The Pastor said to him, „You need to join the Army of the Lord!”
Jack replied, „I’m already in the Army of the Lord, Pastor.”
Pastor questioned, „How come I don’t see you except at Christmas and Easter?”
He whispered back, „I’m in the secret service.”
A famous football coach was on vacation with his family in Maine. When they walked into a movie theater and sat down, the handful of people there applauded. He thought to himself, „I can’t believe it. People recognize me all the way up here.”
Then a man came over to him and said, „Thanks for coming. They won’t start the movie unless we have ten paying people or more.”
A young guide took a man hunting. The man got a good share of ground squirrels but, unhappy with the lack of real sport, said, „Young fella, take me where there’s some action. There’s some danger in going after cougar, or puma, or bear.”
The young man said, „If you’re looking for danger, you ought to go out hunting with my dad. Last week he shot my uncle!”
Teacher: In this box, I have a 10-foot snake.
Little Johnny: You can’t fool me, teacher. Snakes don’t have feet.
Student athletes tend to focus too much on sports. The coach was talking about one such player, who called him at home one night. When his wife informed the kid that the coach wasn’t home, he became frantic and said he had to speak to the coach right away.
„Just calm down, and I’ll have him call you as soon as he gets home,” the coach’s wife told him. „What’s your number?”
The flustered kid replied, „Three.”
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