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Daily Clean Jokes for February 8, 2025


 

Daily Clean Jokes for February 8, 2025

Today's Clean Pun:
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"During childbirth, you push and you shove,"
Said Nichole. "I know what I speak of
'Cause I've done it before.
Even though it's a chore,
I must say it's a labor of love."
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(Kirk Miller)
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Quote of the Day:??Ice cream is happiness condensed.?-- Jessi Lane Adams
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Today's One-Liner:???The weather is here, wish you were beautiful.
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All my relatives know that I refold the wrapping paper from my Christmas presents for reuse later. "Auntie," asked one of my young nieces, "why do you save all that paper?"
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"I'm doing what's best for the environment," I replied. "So I'm recycling."
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"Good thing you didn't ask that question five years ago," my daughter interrupted. "Then she was just plain cheap."
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Submitted to Reader's Digest by Oksanna Gudz
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Quick Jokes
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A little girl became restless as the preacher's sermon dragged on and on. Finally she leaned over to her mother and whispered, "Mommy, if we give him the money now, will he let us go?"
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These two women were riding in a car and one of them kept clearing her throat. Finally, she says, "I don't know what's wrong with me. I must have a frog in my throat."
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The other woman says, "Well don't swallow it. They're fattening."
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Received from Laugh & Lift
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q u o t e s . o f . t h e . d a y
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"If God wanted us to fly, He would have given us tickets."?-- Mel Brooks
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"When in doubt, tell the truth."?-- Mark Twain
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"Courage is fear that has said its prayers."?-- Dorothy Bernard
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b i t s . n . b o b s
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*-- THE PERKS OF BEING OVER 60 Years Old --*
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1. Kidnappers are not very interested in you.
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2. In a hostage situation you are likely to be released first.
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3. People call at 9 p.m. and ask, "Did I wake you?"
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4. No one expects you to run into a burning building.
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5. People no longer view you as a hypochondriac.
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6. There's nothing left to learn the hard way.
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7. Things you buy now won't wear out.
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8. You can eat dinner at 4:00 p.m.
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9. You enjoy hearing about other people's operations.
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10. You get into heated arguments about pension plans.
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11. You have a party and the neighbors don't even realize it.
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12. You no longer think of speed limits as a challenge.
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13. You quit trying to hold your stomach in, no matter who walks in the room.
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14. You sing along with the elevator music.
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15. Your eyes won't get much worse.
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16. Your investment in health insurance is finally beginning to pay off.
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17. Your joints are more accurate meteorologists than the National Weather Service.
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18. Your secrets are safe with your friends because they can't remember them either.
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19. Your supply of brain cells is finally down to a manageable size.
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Received from The Mouthpiece
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Appreciated
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The workers in a large office were making secret plans to stage a big office party for the 70-year old cleaning woman who had spent the better part of her life with the company.
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Somehow the secret leaked out and the woman got wind of it. Much perturbed, she rushed to the office manager. "Please sir," she cried, "Do not let them do it! Do not let them do it!"
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"Oh, come now, Mrs. Smith, you must not be so modest. After all, they simply want to show how much you are appreciated."
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"Appreciated, my foot," exclaimed the woman. "I am NOT going to clean up after a mess like that!"
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Always take time to stop and smell
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Received from Thomas S. Ellsworth's Good Clean Fun.
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SPORTS ARE UNFAIR TO THE AGED
By Larry Sluss
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When I was young I could watch basketball and even soccer, though it was a little too foreign, and I could figure out all the moves.
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But I slowed down a bit and switched to American football since there were many seconds between plays.
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But that caught up with me so I switched to baseball since there could be several minutes between plays.
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But then I started going to sleep between the plays and lost whole innings.??What to do?
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I finally settled on solitaire.??If I fall asleep between drawing cards, the game is the same when I wake up.
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Copyright 2014 Larry Sluss. Permission is granted to send this to others, with attribution, but not for commercial purposes.
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No matter how hard you hug your money, it never hugs back.
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Received from Mikey's Funnies
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After raising 4 kids, and losing one husband, I decided to return to college and get the degree I had started, but never finished. And so, on my first day of college, eager with anticipation, and more than a little nervous, I took a front row seat in my first class in over 40 years, a literature course.
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The professor told us we would be responsible for reading five books over the course of the semester, and that he would provide us with a list of authors from which we could choose.
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He ambled over to the lectern, took out his class book, and began "Baker, Black, Brooks, Carter, Cook ..."
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I was working feverishly to get down all the names, when I felt a tap on my shoulder.
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The student behind me whispered, "Slow down! He's just taking attendance!"
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Bet Ya' Didn't Know:
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Jupiter is the largest planet, and it has the shortest day. Although Jupiter has a circumference of 280,000 miles, compared with Earth's 25,000, Jupiter manages to make one turn in 9 hours and 55 minutes.
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Received from Da Mouse Tracks
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Parking Solution
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A pastor of a two-church parish had to drive every Sunday??morning about 4 miles from the 9:30 service at one church??to the 11 o'clock at the other. He would often find the??parking lot of the second church full, and be forced to??park down the road and race to the church on foot.
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?The problem was finally solved when he selected a parking??spot near the side door of the church and posted a sign that??read ...???"You Park - You Preach."
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Received from Ann F. via Doc's Daily Chuckle
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Punnies
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Old quarterbacks never retire, they just pass away.
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On a road service vehicle- "Call us any hour. We're always on our tows."
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The optometrist ran for mayor because he was a visionary.
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People who lack the patience for calligraphy will never have properly formed characters. (Pun of the Day)
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Daily Thoughts
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May our heart's garden of awakening bloom with hundreds of flowers.?-- Thich Nhat Hanh
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The real problem is not whether machines think but whether men do.?-- B. F. Skinner
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As long as you keep a person down, some part of you has to be down there to hold him down, so it means you cannot soar as you otherwise might.?-- Marian Anderson
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Dinner
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One evening a man was very impressed with the meat entree his wife had served. "What did you marinate this in?" he asked.
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His wife immediately went into a long explanation about how much she loves him and how life wouldn't be the same without him, etc.
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Eventually, his puzzled expression made her interrupt her answer with a question of her own, "What did you ask me?"
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She chuckled at his answer and explained, "I thought you asked me if I would marry you again!"
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As she left the room, he called out, "Well, would you marry me again?"
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Without hesitation, she replied, "Vinegar and barbecue sauce."
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The Writer
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There was once a young man who, in his youth, professed his desire become a great writer.
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When asked to define "great" he said, "I want to write stuff that the whole world will read, stuff that people will react to on a truly emotional level, stuff that will make them scream, cry, howl in pain and anger!"
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He now works for Microsoft, writing error messages
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Received from Steve's Just for Grins
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Marriage Jokes
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People say that there is no difference between ¡®finished¡¯ and ¡®complete¡¯.
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I say there is??...
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Marry the right person, and you¡¯re ¡®complete¡¯
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Marry the wrong person, and you¡¯re ¡®finished¡¯
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Received from aJokeADay.com
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Prayer in School
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Being interviewed by the school administration, the eager teaching prospect said: "Let me see if I've got this right.
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You want me to go into that room with all those kids, and fill their every waking moment with a love for learning. And I'm supposed to instill a sense of pride in their ethnicity, modify their disruptive behavior, observe them for signs of abuse and even censor their T-shirt messages and dress habits.
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You want me to wage a war on drugs and sexually transmitted diseases, check their backpacks for weapons of mass destruction, and raise their self-esteem.
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You want me to teach them patriotism, good citizenship, sportsmanship, fair play, how to register to vote, how to balance a checkbook, and how to apply for a job.
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I am to check their heads for lice, maintain a safe environment, recognize signs of anti-social behavior, make sure all students pass the mandatory state exams, even those who don't come to school regularly or complete any of their assignments.
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Plus, I am to make sure that all of the students with handicaps get an equal education regardless of the extent of their mental or physical handicap.
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And I am to communicate regularly with the parents by letter, telephone, newsletter and report card.
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All of this I am to do with just a piece of chalk, a computer, a few books, a bulletin board, a big smile AND on a starting salary that qualifies my family for food stamps!
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You want me to do all of this and yet, you expect me ... NOT TO PRAY?"
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Featured Illustrations are items well suited for illustrating or inspiring a point in a sermon, speech, or devotional. Funny, moving, or perhaps even graphic, the point of them is the point you make with them.
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Signs you're watching too much TV
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1. The bumper sticker on your car reads: "What Would Dawson Do?"
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2. In the middle of an exam, you tell the professor you want to use a lifeline.
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3. You need to be tranquilized when the cable goes out.
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4. In the late evening, you look forward to sitting back and catching the latest informercial.
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5. If you're a witness to an argument, you instinctually shout, "Jer-ry! Jer-ry! Jer-ry!"
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6. You try to impress the opposite sex by saying, "Hey, I get 120 channels!"
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7. Your entire CD collection consists of "Greatest Hits" albums by the decade.
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8. You have a gold-plated "clicker."
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9. Your intellectual discussions all stem from The Discovery Channel.
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10. After 15 minutes of work, you need a two-minute break
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Stop Sign
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A woman drove a mini-van filled with a dozen screaming kids through the mall parking lot, looking for a space. Obviously frazzled, she coasted through a stop sign.
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"Hey, lady, have you forgotten how to stop?" yelled an irate man.
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She rolled down her window and yelled back, "What makes you think these are all mine ?"
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Truck Driver
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There was a man driving down the road behind an 18 wheeler, at every stoplight the trucker would get out of the cab, run back and bang on the trailer door. After seeing this at several intersections in a row the motorist followed him until he pulled into a parking lot.
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When they both had come to a stop the truck driver once again jumped out and started banging on the trailer door. The motorist went up to him and said, "I don't mean to be nosey but why do you keep banging on that door?"
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To which the trucker replied, "Sorry, can't talk now, I have 20 tons of canaries and a 10 ton limit, I have to keep half of them in the air all the time!"
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Bill Paying
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A wholesale dealer who had a lot of trouble in getting a certain retailer to pay his bills finally lost patience and wrote the merchant a threatening letter.
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He received the following reply: "Dear Sir: What do you mean by writing me a letter like that? Every month I place all my bills in a hat and then figure out how much money I have to pay on my accounts. Then I have my bookkeeper draw as many bills out of the hat as I have money to pay. If you don't like my way of doing business, I won't even put your bills in the hat."
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Candy Bar
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Little Johnny and his friend Billy were on their very first train ride, with Billy's mother.
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A vendor came down the corridor selling a candy bar that neither had ever seen before. Billy's mom bought each one of them a bar.
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Little Johnny eagerly tore open the wrapper and bit a bit off into his mouth just as the train went into a tunnel. When the train emerged from the tunnel, he looked across at Billy and said: "I wouldn't eat that if I were you."
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"Why not?" asked Billy.
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Little Johnny replied, "I took one bite and went blind for half a minute."
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Late Night Funny #1
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Remember that dancing shark from Katy Perry¡¯s Super Bowl halftime show? A guy in Colorado actually got a tattoo of the shark. That story again: Weed is still legal in Colorado.
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Jimmy Fallon
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Late Night Funny #2
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Staples has agreed to buy Office Depot for $6 billion. The funny thing is they just popped in there to buy envelopes and then they just got carried away.
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Conan O'Brien
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Late Night Funny #3
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Lance Armstrong and his girlfriend were out at a party and he accidentally banged into two parked cars. So then he told the cops that his girlfriend was driving. That's the kind of thing that can hurt the man's image.
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David Letterman
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Late Night Funny #4
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Last weekend a Washington, D.C., couple allegedly left their toddlers in a freezing car for an hour while they were at a wine tasting. The couple has been described as neglectful with notes of endangerment and a lazy reprehensible finish.
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Seth Meyers
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Received from ArcaMax Jokes
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(From the Archives)
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*Things I've Learned From My Children*
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01.??A king size waterbed holds enough water to fill a 2000 sq.??foot house 4 inches deep.
02.??If you spray hair spray on dust bunnies and run over them with roller blades, they can ignite.
03.??A 3-year-olds voice is louder than 200 adults in a crowded restaurant.
04.??If you hook a dog leash over a ceiling fan, the motor is not strong enough to rotate a 42 pound boy wearing Batman underwear and a superman cape.??It is strong enough, however, if tied to a paint can, to spread paint on all four walls of a 20 by 20 foot room.
05.??You should not throw baseballs up when the ceiling fan is on.??When using the ceiling fan as a bat, you have to throw the ball up a few times before you get a hit.??A ceiling fan can hit a baseball a long way.
06.??The glass in windows (even double pane) doesn't stop a baseball hit by a ceiling fan.
07.??When you hear the toilet flush and the words "Uh-oh," it's already too late.
08.??Brake fluid mixed with Clorox makes smoke, and lots of it.
09.??A six-year-old can start a fire with a flint rock even though a 36-year-old man says they can only do it in the movies.
10.??Certain Legos will pass through the digestive tract of a four-year-old.
11.??Play Dough and Microwave should never be used in the same sentence.
12.??Super glue is forever.
13.??No matter how much Jell-O you put in a swimming pool you still can't walk on water.
14.??Pool filters do not like Jell-O.
15.??VCR's do not eject PB&J sandwiches even though TV commercials show they do.
16.??Garbage bags do not make good parachutes.
17.??Marbles in gas tanks make lots of noise when driving.
18.??You probably do not want to know what that odor is.
19.??Always look in the oven before you turn it on. Plastic toys do not like ovens.
20.??The fire department in Austin, TX has a 5-minute response time.
21.??The spin cycle on the washing machine does not make earthworms dizzy.
22.??It will however make cats dizzy.
23.??Cats throw up twice their body weight when dizzy.
24.??The mind of a six-year-old is wonderful.
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Received from You Make Me Laugh
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We visited our newly married daughter, who was preparing her first dinner.
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I noticed the turkey thawing in the kitchen sink with a dish drainer inverted over the bird. I asked why a drainer covered the turkey.
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Our daughter turned to my wife and said, "Mom, you always did it that way."
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"Yes," my wife replied, "but you don't have a cat!"
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Received from jshylumcleanjokes
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Contacts
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A policeman switched on the blues and pulled over a driver. He walked up to the driver's side window as it rolled down, revealing a woman inside.
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"Afternoon, ma'am," the officer said.
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"Is there a problem, officer?" the woman asked.
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The officer explained, "You have one tail light out and the tags on your license plate have expired."
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"Oh... sorry," the woman replied.
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"License please?" the officer asked. The woman handed him her license.
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The officer looked at the license. "It says here you should be wearing glasses and you're not," he said. "For all this I'm afraid I'm going to have to write you a ticket."
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"I have contacts," the woman replied.
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"I don't care who you know," the cop replied. "I'm still writing you a ticket!"
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Received from Hahafunnies.
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Daily Trivia Question:???Who does Springsteen want to run off with, because "tramps like us, baby we were born to run"?
A) Jenny
B) Laurie
C) Sherry
D) Wendy
Answer:??Wendy, we were born to run.
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What¡¯s on the Web?
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Awesome Chinese Magic
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What seems as a series of simple magic trick turns into a mind boggling illusion at the end.? Not everyting we see is real.? The art of deception!

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PUNS OF THE DAY 02-08-15
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James Bond found his bride to be cold,
An ice queen to have and to hold.
She would hector and nag,
So he ditched her, the hag.
He¡¯s the spy who came in from the scold.
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Their "I do" turned out to be much "I do" about nothing. ??(Louis A. Safian.)?
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Small leaves of the culinary herb thyme, a low-growing aromatic plant of the mint family, are popular in food dishes. What most people don¡¯t know is that the plant yields medicinal oil. But there¡¯s a sinister aspect to this plant as well. Researchers recently have developed a concentration of thyme so strong that, when introduced into the blood stream, it congregates in the lower extremities of the body, specifically the heels of the feet, causing temporary paralysis. This sparked the military¡¯s interest in the plant. The plan was to develop a bullet made of the concentration that would literally stop an enemy in his tracks. With paralyzed heels, no enemy is going anywhere. The ammo box label: Thyme wounds all heels.??(Gill Krebs)
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You will never find any Jewish mothers on parole boards because they never let anyone finish a sentence.
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I was in the Texas Rose last night, at the bar waiting for a beer, when a butt-ugly, big old heifer (a girl) came up behind me, and slapped me on the butt. She said, ¡°Hey sexy, how about giving me your number.¡± I looked at her and said, ¡±Have you got a pen.¡± She said, ¡°I sure do." I said, ¡° Well, you better get back into it before the farmer notices you¡¯re missing. ¡±
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I thought I'd be able to get this overstocked truckload of damp cheese transported across country without detection, but then I happened upon an open Whey Station.?(Brad Simanek)
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It was anniversary time, a zillion years since heaven had been placed in the sky. To celebrate, Saint Peter wanted to have a big party, with the honored guests being Adam and Eve. Unfortunately, because of the heavy traffic over the eons, Saint Peter had lost track of Adam and Eve. One angel volunteered to find them.. He returned in two minutes with Eden's former residents. Saint Peter asked. "How did you find them?" The angel said, "I looked for a couple without bellybuttons!"
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Hypotenuse: A theoretical hanging
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To enforce the ban against exporting mynah birds, the State trained lions to guard its frontiers. One day two smugglers tried to sneak a mynah bird out of the country while the border lions were sleeping. But the lions woke up and captured the smugglers, who were accused of: Transporting mynahs state lions."?(Richard Lederer)
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Did you hear about the incompetent body snatcher from Eugene? He was so bad at his job there was no way he cadaver coroner Oregon market.?(Gary Hallock)?
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When my husband Mark, took his best pick-up truck to our insurance inspection, the teen-age receptionist was sent to look over the truck. Armed with a checklist and a few simple questions, she breezed through the chore. She asked, "What are the age and make of the vehicle?" Mark replied, It's a 65 Ford,". Apologetic about its desperate condition, he added, "It's an old fossil." Inside, the office assistantr entered the data into her computer and frowned, "Is there a problem?" asked Mark. Mr. Evans, our computers have a lot of automotive data," she explained, "but it never heard of a Ford Fossil."
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A young lady who had been going out with a young man for more than a year was asked by her parents what she thought his intentions were. "I'm not quite sure," she replied. "He's been keeping me pretty much in the dark."
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AND IN THE NEWS
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To Pete Carroll: "Embrace it. Become America's most famous contrarian. 'Wrong Way Riegels' will be replaced by 'Wrong Call Carroll.'"?(Bill Dwyer)?
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Tiger Woods, after shooting a career worst tournament round of 82 in Phoenix, joked at the post game presser ¡°I¡¯m just here so I won¡¯t get fined¡±. A couple days later, he says, ¡°At least my 82 wasn¡¯t as bad a F¡¯up as Pete Carroll¡¯s.¡±?(TC Chong)?
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The CDC announced that there are currently 102 measles cases in the U.S. Some say it¡¯s because people aren't vaccinating their children. You can tell things are getting bad. Today Disneyland opened a new ride called "It's a Smallpox World.¡±?(Jimmy Fallon)?
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So many critics of ObamaCare worried about government involvement in healthcare resulting in serious privacy breaches.? This Anthem story is probably not what they mean when they said the private sector could do it better.?(Janice Hough)?
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Jeb Bush says the American dream is ¡°a mirage.¡± Although the last time a Bush warned us about something that turned out to be a mirage he was talking about Weapons of Mass Destruction.?(Jim Barach)?
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The burger chain, Carl's Jr., is causing some controversy with its ad for an all-natural burger that features a woman walking naked through a farmers market. Apparently Carl's Jr. customers were offended by the sight of a farmers market.?(Seth Meyers)?
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AND FROM THE PAST
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Der Spiegel, a German magazine is reporting that Germany's foreign intelligence agency eavesdropped on calls by John Kerry and Hillary Clinton. At this point does anyone think we're not all spying on each other??(Janice Hough 8/14)?
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Ex-Tampa Bay Lightning player Ryan Malone said he was baffled after police found cocaine in jeans he had been wearing for three days. I¡¯m thinking when he next skates onto the ice, they'll play Forever in Blue Jeans.?(Bill Littlejohn 8/14)??
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"Sesame Street" says it may take legal action against people in Times Square who dress up like its characters. Seriously? Look at the people they¡¯d be suing. What do they expect to win in the lawsuit? A flask of whiskey and an IOU to a bookie??(Jimmy Fallon 8/14)?
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Last week¡¯s indictment of Texas Governor Rick Perry has sparked widespread bipartisan support for the concept of sending politicians to prison for ninety-nine years. According to the poll, eighty-seven per cent of voters from both parties agreed that sending politicians to prison for such a lengthy period would ¡°solve a lot of problems¡± and ¡°make the country safer.¡± When informed that imprisoning politicians for ninety-nine years might lead to overcrowding that would require the construction of costly new prisons, eighty-three per cent agreed with the statement, ¡°Money is no object.¡±??(Andy Borowitz 8/14)?
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President Bush today warned Russia to honor its cease-fire agreement with Georgia, warning that if it fails to do so he'll repeat the warning tomorrow.?(Scott Witt 08/08)
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Democrats are furious, they're going on record now saying John Edwards will not be allowed to speak at the convention because of this affair. Yeah, instead speaking in his place: Bill Clinton. You have to put your foot down.?(Jay Leno 08/08)
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China said Tuesday it distributed one hundred thousand condoms to the athletes in Beijing. It works out to two hundred condoms per athlete for the two-week stay. It's just another example that the breakage rate with Chinese products is pretty high.?(Argus Hamilton 08/08)?
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Rumor has it Billy Graham Ministries is starting up a Emotional Support Group for middle aged men experiencing hair loss. Apparently they close every meeting with the benediction, "Go, and thin no more!"?(S V Warwick 8/02)

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Annie¡¯s Mailbox

Dear Annie: Eight months ago, our highly educated 43-year-old daughter informed my wife that she hates her. She put on a humiliating performance in front of her two children, a stepchild, her husband and us. We don't understand this at all, but she now wants nothing to do with us.

We do not deserve such treatment. We have been good, helpful parents and grandparents. In March, I phoned my daughter and asked why she hates her mother. She refused to discuss it. Three months later, I wrote her a letter and asked again. She has not responded.

Our daughter's first marriage was not good, and we helped her emotionally and financially. Is a therapist giving her bad advice? Does she have a split personality? Might she be in a cult? Is her husband pushing her to do this? Please help us find a reason for this shabby, disrespectful treatment. -- Bewildered Dad in Illinois

Dear Dad: Your concerns are all interesting possibilities, but extreme. More likely, your daughter blames her mother for things that have gone wrong in her life. You may see it differently, but this is your daughter's version, and to her, it is the truth. Please don't argue with her. Instead, ask whether all of you can go for counseling together to work through whatever issues are troubling her, so you can be a family again. We hope she will agree.

Dear Annie: My neighbor's tree hangs 15 feet over my property line and shades my crabapple tree. When I asked "Ralph" to trim his tree so that mine could get some sunlight, he went ballistic and refused.

Whenever Ralph and his wife go on vacation, I water their dozens of plants and take in their mail. I no longer want to do either of these things, because they obviously don't appreciate it. I once asked them to watch my dog when I needed to go to the emergency room, and they wouldn't do it.

Ralph got into a fistfight with the neighbor on the other side when the man wanted to install a fence on his property. He once physically pushed the cable installers when they tried to lay down cable for another neighbor.

All I want is for Ralph to trim his tree so that mine can survive. Do you think I should water their plants and take in their mail in the future? -- Unhappy Neighbor

Dear Neighbor: Ralph sounds like a loose cannon. It's your decision whether or not to take care of his mail and plants. You are not obligated to do so, and he certainly does not reciprocate.

But about the tree: In most cases, it is legal for you to trim the branches that hang over your property line, provided you do not harm the tree. However, we don't recommend you confront Ralph directly with this because he is so volatile. Do you have a neighborhood association that can help mediate the issue? Would his wife intercede? As a last resort, you can take Ralph to court. And if he is causing your crabapple tree to die, you can sue for damages.

Dear Annie: I felt compelled to respond to "Miss Lonely," whose ex left her with two kids and she's looking for love.

I was in her situation, divorced with two children. I started working part time, which built up my self-esteem. My friends and family encouraged me to return to school, which I did. I also got counseling for my children and myself, which helped.

Tell her to get involved with group activities. Surround herself with good friends and family. I am involved with my local church and belong to two knitting groups. Check your newspaper or??for local information, and step out of your comfort area. You never know who you will meet and the friends you could make. -- Florida

Annie's Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers column. Please email your questions to?anniesmailbox@..., or write to: Annie's Mailbox, c/o Creators Syndicate, 737 3rd Street, Hermosa Beach, CA 90254. To find out more about Annie's Mailbox and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate Web page at?.




Give?us a sense of humor,
Give us the grace to see a joke, ?
To?get some humor out of life, ?
and pass it on to other folk? ...??
Have a great?day?unless you have other plans.?

Compiled by: Marilyn L. Van Driesen.

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