HUMOUR

The trouble with being the best man at a wedding is that you don't get a chance to prove it.

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The judge addresses the man in the courtroom: `Don't you feel ashamed, coming here for the third time?'

The man replies: `I'm here for the third time, but you come here every day!'

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My wife asked me to post a letter at the railway station. `Please don't forget,' she said. `It's important.' But I did forget, and was walking out of the station when a man tapped me on the shoulder. `Remember the letter,' he said.

As I made my way to the nearest mailbox, another man called after me: `Don't forget the letter'. But how on earth could these strangers know I was supposed to post a letter? When a third person reminded me, I blurted out: `How do you know about it? And to set your mind at rest, I've just posted it.'

`In that case,' the stranger said, smiling, `we may safely remove the label pinned to your back.'

The label read: `Remind him to post that letter!'

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When a new manager took over the department, he called a meeting of all the staff. `What I want,' he said, `is extra effort from everyone. So let's get it together and see if we can increase productivity.'

A few months later, the Superintendent received two memos from members of staff requesting maternity leaves and passed them on to the boss.

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The transferred clergyman was being praised by members of his congregation.

One woman told him: `you're wonderful! I never knew what sin was till you came here.'

October December, 2013