Archive for April, 2008

Tech Support Miscommunications

1. A woman called the Canon help desk with a problem with her printer. The tech asked her if she was “running it under Windows.” The woman then responded, “No, my desk is next to the door. But that is a good point. The man sitting in the cubicle next to me is under a […]

French Computers

A language instructor was explaining to her class that in French, nouns unlike their English counterparts, are grammatically designated as masculine or feminine.
“‘House,’ in French, is feminine - ‘la maison’ and ‘Pencil,’ in French, is masculine ‘le crayon.’”
One puzzled student asked, “What gender is ‘computer’?”
The teacher did not know, and the word wasn’t in her […]

Financially Smart John

Two couples were playing cards.
John accidentally dropped some cards on the floor. When he bent down under the table to pick them up, he noticed that Bill’s wife wasn’t wearing any underwear! Shocked by this, John hit his head on the table and emerged red-faced.
Later, John went to the kitchen to get some refreshments.  Bill’s […]

Hearing Problem

A man feared his wife wasn’t hearing as well as she used to and he thought she might need a hearing aid. Not quite sure how to approach her, he called the family Doctor to discuss the problem. The Doctor told him there is a simple informal test the husband could perform to give the […]

Little Nancy and her Gold Fish

Little Nancy was in the garden filling in a hole when her neighbor peered over the fence.
Interested in what the  cheeky-faced youngster was doing, he politely asked, “What are you up to there,  Nancy?”  “My goldfish died,” replied Nancy tearfully, without looking  up, “and I’ve just buried him.”
The neighbor was concerned, “That’s an awfully big […]

Einstein’s chauffeur

When Albert Einstein was making the rounds of the speaker’s circuit, he usually found himself eagerly longing to get back to his laboratory work. One night as they were driving to yet another rubber-chicken dinner, Einstein mentioned to his chauffeur (a man who somewhat resembled Einstein in looks and manner) that he was tired of […]

How to escape from an officer for over speeding :-)

A fellow bought a new Mercedes and was out on the interstate for a nice evening drive. The top was down, the breeze was blowing through what was left of his hair, and he decided to open her up.
As the needle jumped up to 80 mph, he suddenly saw flashing red and blue lights behind […]