Entries from September 2008 ↓

No matter how hard you try You can’t fly a rock. And even if you huff and puff You can’t blow up a sock. Our second to youngest granddaughter, Ariel, made this startling observation, for a five year old, that no matter how hard you try, you can’t blow up a sock. Since this is [...]

Two Yankee businessmen Were opening up a shop. The locals walking by Would quite often stop. With the shelves still empty, Small groups would stand and stare. “Whatcha all a sellin’? You ain’t got a thang in there.” Fed up with all the questions From the dumb and the unread, “We’re selling idiots!” One of [...]

A sign in front of a Catholic church, Two long time Jewish friends had seen, “FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS TO CONVERT.” They wondered just what it could mean. One said, “I think I’ll go inside, I see no way that it could hurt. There certainly is no chance in Hell That they could cause me to [...]

A lie detector robot! He knew he’d have to buy it. He couldn’t wait to get it home; To plug it in and try it. He decided he would try it first On his unruly teenage son, To see what kind of mischief He and his friends had done. When his son came home at [...]

Have you ever read a story About the famous Captain Hook? Yesterday I read about him In a Peter Pan comic book. But not a single word was said Of how the captain got his hook; Of just how he had lost his hand, Whether to crocodile or crook. Don’t you wonder what his name [...]