A customer at our bookstore asked me, “Do you have the original book Romeo and Juliet? My daughter needs it for school, and all I can find is the play.”
#106 August 17, 2008
The police pick up a con artist trying to pull the old Fountain of Youth scam. The con artist is selling bottles filled with a liquid that he claims slows down the ageing process. The officer tells his partner, “Frank, check his record. I think he has played this game before.”
Frank reports back, “You’re right, he’s got priors. He was busted for the same thing in 1815, 1887, 1921…”
#10 May 31, 2008
A group of senior citizens goes on a mystery bus tour every Sunday and each member pays a dollar in a competition to guess the destination. The driver has now won it three weeks in a row.
#9 May 31, 2008
A truck driver wants to drive across a river, but half way the truck sinks together with its load. The unfortunate driver swims to the shore and scratches his beard. “I don’t get it. How could we have sunk when the water only comes up to a duck’s breast.”
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