Fw: Re: non pd humor

[Bruce Anderson <bbanderson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

That's a good joke - unless I was the one trying to tell it!
-----Original Message-----
From: Jonathan Blakeman-Shead <Jaybeess@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: Multiple recipients of list PARKINSN <PARKINSN@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Saturday, June 20, 1998 6:07 AM
Subject: Re: non pd humor


>Bruce : Is this a joke or not?
>
>The pub was full of smoke and the smell of stale beer when Pat decided that
>it was time for him to head for home so as not to catch the wrath of his
>wife. He pushed away from his seat at the bar and promptly fell to the
>floor. He pulled himself up to the bar again and ventured a step. Down he
>went," Shucks" he said to himself, "That last Guiness was stronger than I
>thought. Ah well I'll just have to crawl to the door." So off he set on his
>hands and knees calling out his 'good nights' to his friends on the way. He
>hauled himself up on the door using the handle and swung out into the fresh
>air. He drew a deep lung full and said,"There, now I should be all right",
>and stepped into the street only to fall flat on his face. "Darn." he
>thought," I must have had more than I thought. I guess that it was those
>two that George bought me." So he set out to crawl the two blocks to his
>home. When he reached there he pulled himself up on the door, opened it and
>fell inside. Very quietly, s!
>o as not to wake his wife, he quietly crawled up to his bedroom. He
>divested himself of his clothes while on the floor and hoisted himself onto
>his bed. He was asleep in an instant. Next morning he awoke to his wife
>standing over him and berating him. "You were out drinking all night again
>you good for nothing Irish man! You broke your promise to me again!"  "No
>honey. Honestly I only had a couple of pints at the 'Eagle and  Child'. I
>promise" " Well then George why is it that the publician just called to
>tell me that you had left your wheel chair parked in the pub again?"
>
>
>Friends are the jewels of life.
>
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>: From: Bruce Anderson <bbanderson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>: To: Multiple recipients of list PARKINSN <PARKINSN@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>: Subject: Re: non pd humor
>: Date: 20 June 1998 05:48
>:
>: Art, I guess my cut and paste technique could use some practice.
>:
>: I read some of this humor I get and for the life of me I can't figure out
fi
>: they're funny or not by just reading them.  Used to be, the humor in most
>: jokes   was the way the thee joke was told.  Now no one actually tells a
>: joke anymore.
>