Returning home from work, a blonde was shocked to find her house ransacked and burglarized. She telephoned the police at once and reported the crime. The police dispatcher broadcast the call on the...
A man goes skydiving for the first time. After listening to the instructor for what seems like days, he is ready to go. Excited, he jumps out of the airplane. After a bit, he pulls the ripcord....
This fundamentalist Christian couple felt it important to own an equally fundamentally Christian pet. So, they went shopping. At a kennel specializing in this particular breed, they found a dog they...
There were these two guys out hiking when they came upon an old, abandoned mine shaft. Curious about its depth they threw in a pebble and waited for the sound of it striking the bottom, but they heard...
A man was brought in to the hospital intensive care ward, put in a bed, tubes coming out everywhere. A week later, another man was admitted, in a similar condition. Both lay there, machines pinging,...
What's the difference between a mechanical engineer and a civil engineer? Mechanical engineers build weapons, while Civil engineers build targets... The graduate with a science degree asks "Why does...
Not to leave our Hebrew brothers out... responding to the pounding on his door, Moises opens it to find his life long friend Jacob appearing very distraught... "What's the problem", says Moises......
The proverbial Irishman was reaching maximum exasperation driving around a crowded parking lot and decides to appeal to God, saying "Lord (you have to imagine the accent) provide a parking space and...
Why Don't Blind People Like To Sky Dive? Because It Scares The Dog. What Kind Of Coffee Was Served On The Titanic? Sanka. What Do You Call a Boomerang That Doesn't work? A Stick What's The Difference...
The Company Commander and the First Sergeant were in the field. As they hit the sack for the night, the First Sergeant said, "Sir, look up into the sky and tell me what you see?" The CO said, "I see...
He loved her very much. He wanted this Valentine's Day to be special, So he had ordered a bottle of her favorite liquor imported from France and it had arrived in time for the occasion. On his way...
With prior apologies to Bard of Ayrshire : The Queen had come to open a new surgical clinic at the local hospital. The ceremony finishing slightly early, she decided to visit some patients in other...
No, not a morality tale... but could a character counter be incorporated into the answering system? Some longer posts, especially in Science for example, soon exceed the 2,000 character (not word)...
What do they call Santa's helpers? Subordinate Clauses The 4 stages of man: He believes in Santa Claus. He doesn't believe in Santa Claus. He is Santa Claus. He looks like Santa Claus. What do you get...
It's a little known fact that Julius Caesar did NOT die from stab wounds by Brutus, but rather he was poisoned. At the huge banquet on that fateful Ides of March, Brutus slipped some poisonous hemlock...
Contd. "1659. Aug. 30. Humphrey Dakin, buried about 2 of the clock in the night, fearing an arrest." This one, from Alstonfield, Staffordhire parish register, records this unusual hour of burial since...
Not really a question, but a site I subscribe to here in the U.S. recently had this article, which I found quite informative: Understanding England's Strange Burial Customs By John. R. Chapman...
Due to the time difference, now is an appropriate time to offer this for Rememberance Day. It's now known as Veteran's Day here in the U.S., which is a good thing... remembering all veterans. But, as...
Though not an actual question, this Sun article made many of our U.S. papers this morning! http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-200648008 9,00.html Maybe I'll find my old kit bag and head east...