At an exhibition of the world's best swordsmen, the third place fencer
took the stage. A fly was released, and with an arc of his sword he cut
the fly in half. The crowd cheered. Then the second place man sliced a
fly into quarters. A hush fell in anticipation, as the world's greatest
swordsman took his place on stage. His blade came down in a mighty arc,
but the insect continued on it's way! The crowd was aghast.
The greatest swordsman had missed his target completely, yet he continued
to smile. "Why are you so happy?" someone yelled. "You missed!" "Ah,
replied the swordsman,"you weren't watching very carefully. The fly lives,
yes, but he will never be a father."
A fellow's dog was sick, so he took the
dog to the vet. The vet took the dog to
the examining room, and came out a few
minutes later and said, "I'm sorry, your
dog is gone." The fellow said, "What do
you mean he's gone ! He's not gone, he's
just sick." the vet said, "come with me"
and took the fellow to the exam room.
His dog was lying on the table not moving
and the vet came in with a small portable
kennel and removed a cat. The cat hissed
and took a swipe at the dogs nose. The
dog didn't move. The cat walked around
the dog and took another swipe at the dogs
other end, and again the dog still didn't move.
The fellow said, "I see what you mean. How
much do I owe you?" The vet said, "That
will be $330.00" The fellow exclaimed
" $330 for what?" The vet said, "$30 for
the office call and $300 for the cat scan"
There's this fella with a parrot. And this parrot swears like a sailor.
I mean he's a pistol. He can swear for five minutes straight without
repeating himself. Trouble is, the guy who owns him is a quiet,
conservative type, and this bird's foul mouth is driving him crazy. One
day, it gets to be too much, so the guy grabs the bird by the throat,
shakes him really hard, and yells, "QUIT IT!" But this just makes the
bird mad and he swears more than ever. Then the guy gets mad and says,
"OK for you." and locks the bird in a kitchen cabinet.This really
aggravates the bird and he claws and scratches, and when the guy finally
lets him out, the bird cuts loose with a stream of invective that would
make a veteran sailor blush. At that point, the guy is so mad that he
throws the bird into the freezer. For the first few seconds there is a
terrible din. The bird kicks and claws and thrashes. Then it suddenly
gets very quiet.
At first the guy just waits, but then he starts to think that the bird
may be hurt. After a couple of minutes of silence, he's so worried that
he opens up the freezer door. The bird calmly climbs onto the man's
out-stretched arm and says, "Awfully sorry about the trouble I gave you.
I'll do my best to improve my vocabulary from now on."
The man is astounded. He can't understand the transformation that has
come over the parrot. Then the parrot says, "By the way, what did the
chicken do?
God was disgusted with the music on earth, so he sat down and wrote a
long symphony. And it had enough parts in it for everyone on earth.
So, when performance time came up, he gathered all the people on the
plains of Africa to play the piece.
The angels lowered a gold directors stand. God himself stepped up on it,
tapped his baton and started the music.
The first movement was long, in fact about two and one half years. But
it was so beautiful that nobody minded at all.
The second movement was shorter, only about two years, but again so
beautiful and flowing that no one even noticed how long it was.
About a year into the third movement, there was a solo triangle part for
a little shoemaker from Belgium. As one could guess, he missed his
part. The whole orchestra stopped and glared at him for ruining
the greatest piece of music ever written.
God just looked out, tapped his baton and said, "OK folks, lets take it
from the top."
EVER WONDER HOW THE ANGEL GOT ON TOP OF THE CHRISTMAS TREE?
SANTA WAS GETTING READY FOR HIS BIG TRIP TO DELIVER TOYS
ALL OVER THE WORLD. HE WENT OUT TO THE BARN AND GATHERED TOGETHER
ALL THE REINDEER AND HARNESSED THEM UP AND HITCHED THEM TO THE SLEIGH. AS HE HEADED TOWARDS THE HOUSE, THE HARNESS BROKE.
SANTA HAD TO UNHITCH THE REINDEER AND STAKE THEM OUT SO HE COULD TAKE THE HARNESS INTO THE SHOP FOR REPAIRS. THAT CAUSED HIM
TO BE ABOUT 2 HOURS BEHIND. WHEN THE HARNESS WAS READY, HE HITCHED EVERYTHING UP AGAIN AND TOWARDS THE HOUSE HE WENT.
ABOUT TWO-THIRDS OF THE WAY THERE, A RUNNER BROKE OFF OF THE SLEIGH.
HE HAD TO UNHITCH AGAIN, AND GET THE TRACTOR STARTED, TO PULL THE SLEIGH BACK TO THE BARN, AND GET THE WELDER OUT TO FIX THE BROKEN RUNNER.
THIS TOOK ALMOST 3 HOURS. ONCE AGAIN HITCHING EVERYTHING UP,
HE RACED FOR THE HOUSE. HE WAS REALLY RUNNING BEHIND NOW.
HE RAN INSIDE, GRABBED HIS SACK OF TOYS, THREW THEM OVER HIS SHOULDER, AND WENT OUT ON THE FRONT PORCH TO TELL MRS. CLAUS GOOD BYE, BUT THE BOTTOM OF THE BAG FELL OUT AND TOYS SCATTERED EVERYWHERE.
JUST THEN THE ANGEL CAME DOWN AND SAID
"SANTA, WHERE WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO PUT THIS CHRISTMAS TREE?"