Friday, November 20, 2009

In case you need a laugh.

So this old couple were losing their marbles and finally decided to go to the doctor to see what could be done. He told them that they weren't that bad off, and should try some memory exercises to help them remember things, of which the best was just to simply write down what they needed to remember and only refer to the list if they had to. So they went home and later that evening the husband gets up from his recliner and announces he is going to the kitchen. His wife looks over and asks, "While you're in there, do you mind getting me a bowl of ice cream?" "Sure honey, i can get that for you." She then adds, "Don't you think you should write it down?" "No, i can remember a bowl of ice cream." Then she adds, "I would also like some whipped cream on it to, please. You might want to write that down." A bit irritated he replies, "I can remember a bowl of ice cream and whipped cream on it." "Fine," she says, "How about some strawberries as well, now i know you'll need to write that down." He storms off towards the kitchen yelling back in her direction, "I'll get you your dang ice cream with whipped cream with strawberries, don't worry." About 20 minutes pass, and he comes back into the living room and hands his wife a plate with eggs, bacon, and hash browns. She looks at it in dismay and then asks her husband, "What in the world is this?" He sighs and says, "It's eggs, bacon, and hash browns." She rolls her eyes at him and says, "I can see that, but where's my toast?"







A professional bagpiper had been hired to perform at a funeral. He was told it was for a homeless man with no family or friends, and then given directions to a new cemetery where the deceased was the first to be buried. He was told that it was one of the dying person's last wishes to have a traditional Irish burial, complete with pipes. On the day of the services he got lost on his way to the funeral. He spent almost an hour winding around country roads he'd never been on before, and finally getting out of his car and having to walk through a spot of brush to get to the spot he was supposed to be at. When he got there all he saw was the dug grave, and a backhoe with 2 men standing around it drinking coffee. He rushed up to the grave and looked in to see that the metal vault was already in place. He looked over at the backhoe crew and assured them that he wouldn't be long, but this was the proper thing to do. They stepped over and listened as he began to play. He played his heart out, playing such old time tunes as "Going Home" "The Lord is My Shepherd" and "The Flowers of the Forest", and ended with a lengthy rendition of the famous "Amazing Grace". The two other men wiped tears away as the piper concluded and insisted on shaking his hand and giving him a generous tip, explaining that they had never seen anything quite like this beautiful ceremony, and they'd been putting in septic tanks for years.

2 comments:

  1. Cool ! I'm not quite 'there' yet -:)

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  2. Sweet! I hadn't heard the bagpipe one before. That's a great one! Thanks...

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