A little withered old man walks into a timber company office and applies for a lumberjack job. The foreman politely tries to talk him out of the idea. After all, he is old, small, and looks much too weak to fell trees.
The old man picks up an axe and walks over to a huge redwood. As he goes to work, a high-pitched whine comes from the axe, chips of wood fly everywhere, and the odor of burning wood fills the air. In record time, the old man has finished chopping down the tree.
'That's just astounding,'the foreman says, 'wherever did you learn to chop down trees like that?'
'Well now,' the old man smiles, 'have you ever heard of the Sahara Forest?'
'You mean the Sahara Desert.'
'Sure, that's what it's called NOW...'
Two of New England's finest undertakers, Old Mort Rogers and his brother Dick, are also experts at rigging sailing ships. Most agree that although Dick is a fine shipbuilder, he's not the rigger Mort is.
She was only a moonshiner's daughter, but I love her still!
I used to work in a bank, but then I lost interest.
I used to be a lumberjack, but then I got the axe.
A man was shipwrecked on a desert island. He built himself a grass and straw shelter, and everything was OK until a flock of Terns flew onto the island. The terns started pecking at his shelter, weakening it. This would not do, so the usually gentle man started throwing stones at the terns till all flew away save one. Well, the man figured that one tern could do no harm, so he didn't bother to chase it away. The last tern kept pecking at the shelter till it fell in upon the sleeping man, smothering him.
What is the moral of this story?
Never leave a tern unstoned!!!
The Abbot of the Monastery was very strict in his routine. Each morning, he'd come out of his cell, go into the main room where all the monks were sitting, and chant 'Good Morning.' They would chant back, 'Good Morning.' At the evening meal, he'd enter the room and sing 'Good Evening,' and they would reply in kind. One morning, though, in response to his greeting, he distinctly heard one monk sing 'Good Evening.' Wondering if his ears were going, he sang 'Good Morning,' only to hear the anomalous greeting again. Looking about the room, he sang 'Someone Chanted 'Evening.''
When Mary Poppins grew too old for the nanny business, she moved out to L.A. to open a fortune-telling shop and mouth-wash store. She hung a sign out her window upon opening, which said:
'SUPER CALIFORNIA MYSTIC. EXPERT: HALITOSIS'
Hey everyone, I just saw a brand new Broadway show based on the dictionary - it was a play on words.
Bob had been out diving off the Florida Keys for days looking for sunken treasure, but had had no luck. One day, while wading back onto the beach, he tripped over a chest filled with diamonds, rubies, and emeralds! Bob was heard to say as he carried the chest away, 'Well it just goes to show you that booty is only shin deep!'
A lad of 12 was a dedicated stamp collector until the kid next door also bought an album. 'He buys every stamp I do,' the kid complained to his father, 'and had taken all the fun of it away.' 'Don't be a fool, my boy,' said pop. 'Remember, imitation is the sincerest form of philately.'
Jack: Dack says he's related to you, and he can prove it.
Mack: Dack's a fool.
Jack: Well, yes, but that could be a coincidence.