Day: August 3, 2000
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Calling Room Service
The transcript to a telephone exchange between a hotel guest and room-service, at a hotel in Asia. It was recorded and published in the Far East Economic Review:Room Service: "Morny. Ruin sorbees."Hotel Guest: "Sorry, I thought I dialed room-service."Room Service: "Rye…Ruin sorbees..morny! Djewish to oder sunteen??"Hotel Guest: "Uh..yes..I'd like some bacon and eggs."Room Service: "Ow…
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Buying gifts for Men (or No one knows why)
Buying gifts for men is not nearly as complicated as it is for women.Follow these rules and you should have no problems.Rule #1: When in doubt – buy him a cordless drill. It does not matter if he already has one. I have a friend who owns 17 and he has yet to complain. As…
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Bumper snickers…
Well, this day was a total waste of makeup.Make yourself at home! Clean my kitchen.Who are these kids and why are they calling me Mom?Don't bother me. I'm living happily ever after.This isn't an office. It's Hell with fluorescent lighting.I started out with nothing & still have most of it left.I pretend to work. They…
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Box Under Bed
A man and a women were married for 40 years. When they first got married the man said "I am putting a box under the bed. You must promise never to look in it".In all their 40 years of marriage the woman never looked. However on the afternoon of their 40th anniversary curiosity got the…
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The Boston Accent
Pete SirMost say pizzaAaahchA tourist attraction in St. LouisCottonYou buy milk in itSeen YaLast year of schoolHollyAn excellent motorcycleBudded ConCorn on the cob with butterBaahnnieA famous purple dinosaurAhLetter between q and sLodgeOpposite of smallBah RumBar roomWicked BoahA not-so-interesting personSouthieSomeone from South BostonBah BahHe cuts your hairBub BluhWater fountainAwedOpposite of evenKhakisStart your car with themPita is…
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Boston Bank Loan
A businessman walks into a bank in Boston and asks for the loan officer. He says he is going to Europe on business for two weeks and needs to borrow $5,000.The bank officer says the bank will need some kind of security for such a loan. So the businessman hands over the keys to a…
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Boston Attitude
Two boys are playing hockey on a pond in Boston Common when one is attacked by a rabid Rottweiler. Thinking quickly, the other boy takes his stick, wedges it down t the dog's collar and twists, breaking the dog's neck. A reporter who was strolling by sees the incident, and rushes over to interview the…