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That's a good joke - unless I was the one trying to tell it! -----Original Message----- From: Jonathan Blakeman-Shead <[log in to unmask]> To: Multiple recipients of list PARKINSN <[log in to unmask]> 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. > >---------- >: From: Bruce Anderson <[log in to unmask]> >: To: Multiple recipients of list PARKINSN <[log in to unmask]> >: 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. >