"Life is lived forward, but understood backward. It is not until we are down the road and we stand on the mountain looking back through the valley that we can appreciate the terrain God has allowed us to scale.” Jill Savage

Friday, November 13, 2009

Fun Friday Strikes Again



"Laughter is the closest distance between two people."– Victor Borge

Best 911 Call

Subject: FW: Good One - Old People

Old PeopleI took my dad to the mall the other day to buy some new shoes. We decided to grab a bite at the food court. I noticed he was watching a teenager sitting next to him. The teenager had spiked hair in all different colors: green, red, orange, and blue. My dad kept staring at him.The teenager would look and find him staring every time. When the teenager had enough, he sarcastically asked, 'What's the matter old man,never done anything wild in your life?'Knowing my Dad, I quickly swallowed my food so that I would not choke on his response; knowing he would have a good one. And in classic style he did not bat an eye in his response. 'Got drunk once and had sex with a peacock.I was just wondering if you were my son.'

Aging Gracefully

SENIOR DRESS CODE

Many of us 'Old Farts' (those over 40, or WAY over 50, or hovering near 60) are quite confused today about how we should present ourselves. Feeling 'young' , we try to conform to current fashions and present a youthful image.
Contrary to what you may have seen on the streets, the following combinations DO NOT go together and should be avoided:

1. A nose ring and bifocals
2. Spiked hair and bald spots
3. A pierced tongue and dentures
4. Miniskirts and support hose
5. Ankle bracelets and corn pads
6. Speedos and cellulite
7. A belly button ring and a gall bladder surgery scar
8. Unbuttoned disco shirts and a heart monitor
9. Midriff shirts and a midriff bulge
10. Bikinis and liver spots
11. Mini skirts and varicose veins



Only in America .....do drugstores make the sick walk all the way to the back of
the store to get their prescriptions while healthy people can buy cigarettes at the front.

Only in America do people order double cheeseburgers, large fries, and a diet coke.

Only in America ......do banks leave both doors open and then chain the pens to the counters.

Only in America .....do we leave cars worth thousands of dollars in the driveway and put our useless junk in the garage.

Only in America .....do we buy hot dogs in packages of ten and buns in packages of eight.

Only in America .....do we use the word 'politics' to describe the process so well: 'Poli' in Latin meaning 'many' and 'tics' meaning 'bloodsucking creatures'.

Only in America .....do they have drive-up ATM machines with Braille lettering.

EVER WONDER ...

Why the sun lightens our hair, but darkens our skin?

Why don't you ever see the headline 'Psychic Wins Lottery'?

Why is 'abbreviated' such a long word?

Why is it that doctors call what they do 'practice'?

Why is lemon juice made with artificial flavor, and dishwashing liquid made with real lemons?

Why is the man who invests all your money called a broker?

Why is the time of day with the slowest traffic called rush hour?

Why isn't there mouse-flavored cat food?

Why didn't Noah swat those two mosquitoes?

Why do they sterilize the needle for lethal injections?

You know that indestructible black box that is used on airplanes? Why don't they make the whole plane out of that stuff?!

Why don't sheep shrink when it rains?

Why are they called apartments when they are all stuck together?

If con is the opposite of pro, is Congress the opposite of progress?

If flying is so safe,why do they call the airport the terminal?

And sent by ExpresslyCorgi:
*During a recent password audit, it was found that a blonde was using the following password:

"MickeyMinniePlutoHueyLouieDeweyDonaldGoofy"

When asked why such a big password, she said that it had to be at least eight characters long.

P.S. If you're blonde and don't get it, just move on -- and don't give it another thought....*


Happy Birthday Robert Louis Stevenson -

This man was a colorful charcter - there were too many odd and wonderful things written about him to put here so look him up at Wikipedia

Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson was a Scottish novelist, poet, essayist and travel writer. Stevenson was greatly admired by many authors, including Jorge Luis Borges, Ernest Hemingway, Rudyard Kipling, Marcel Schwob, Vladimir Nabokov,J. M. Barrie,and G. K. Chesterton, who said of him that he "seemed to pick the right word up on the point of his pen, like a man playing spillikins".

Stevenson had always wanted his 'Requiem' inscribed on his tomb. This is his poem.

Under the wide and starry sky,
Dig the grave and let me lie.
Glad did I live and gladly die,
And I laid me down with a will.
This be the verse you grave for me:
Here he lies where he longed to be;
Home is the sailor, home from sea,
And the hunter home from the hill.

Love,
Chatty
Get R Done is below!

9 comments:

Deb said...

What a fun post today!

Chatty Crone said...

Thank you - I love to have fun too.

Joyce said...

I am hysterical laughing from the Mall joke:) Yes I do wonder why the sun lightens my hair and darkens my skin. If I sit with my mouth open at the beach do you think my teeth will whiten:) I wonder if anyone has thought of that? Have a sunny weekend in Hotlanta.
Joyce

Chatty Crone said...

Hey that's a good idea on how to whiten teeth!

A Lil Enchanted said...

Love the peacock!

"Why is the man who invests all your money called a broker?"
Because he Madoff with all of your the money and now your broke!

A Lil Enchanted,
~LaShan~

Rina ... also Chester or Daisysmum. said...

Great posting love the jokes.

Chatty Crone said...

Thanks Rina. . .

Sue said...

Great post today...luckily the husband is up on the phone because he always asks..."what are you laughing at?"....loved the Braille at the ATM machines....I just saw that at my daughters bank in Jersey and it makes you scratch your head....Have a great weekend and I'll see you soon....Sue.

Chatty Crone said...

:)