Subject: Couch Moving
From: Unicorn (unicorn@indenial.com)
Date: Sun Aug 11 2002 - 06:26:38 EDT
"Couch Moving"
Some time back, my cousin, Steve moved to a new apartment.
Steve had a business commitment out of town that weekend and
so I and my three brothers all chipped in to help his wife
move the furniture. The new apartment was on the third floor.
We hauled everything up the three flights of stairs and
around the tight corner through the kitchen put them where
they belonged.
Finally, we came to the large couch. After hauling it up three
flights to the top of the stairs, we discovered it would not
go around the corner through the kitchen. We took it back out
into the hall and turned it and tried again. It still wouldn't
fit.
Finally all of us boosted the couch from the back of the truck
up the side of the building. From the third floor, we passed
the couch up and over the railing of the tiny balcony and in
through the sliding doors into the living room. We all cool-
lapsed on the couch to catch our breath and made a pact that
we would not tell Steve how we got the couch into the apart-
ment. "The next time he moves," we conspired, "he will have to
figure out how to get the couch out of there on his own. It
will be our little secret. He will have to take a saw to it!"
As luck would have it, Steve found a place he liked better
about three months later. It really was a busy weekend at
work, and none of us were available to help move. We waited
eagerly to hear from Steve but there was nothing. Finally,
after several days of waiting, I asked Steve, "So, did you
get everything moved OK?"
"Sure," he replied.
"Did you run into any problems?"
"No."
"Now, wait a minute, we had to drag the couch up the outside
of the building and haul it over the railing! How did you get
it out of the living room? It didn't fit through the kitchen!"
Steve looked at me with total disbelief and said
"Geez, you idiots, the legs unscrew!"
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"The Bird Question"
A blonde named Pam is appearing on "Who
Wants To Be A Millionaire" with Regis Philbin.
Regis: "Pam, you're up to $500,000 with one
lifeline left: phone a friend. If you get it right,
the next question is worth one million dollars.
If you get it wrong, you drop back to $32,000.
Are you ready?"
Pam: "Yes."
Regis: "Which of the following birds does not
build its own nest? Is it A) robin, B) sparrow,
C) cuckoo, or D) thrush."
Pam: "I'd like to phone a friend. I'd like to call Carol."
Carol (also a blonde) answers the phone: "Hello?"
Regis: "Hello Carol, it's Regis Philbin from Who
Wants to be a Millionaire. I have your friend Pam
here who needs your help to answer the one
million dollar question. The next voice you hear
will be Pam's..."
Pam: "Carol, which of the following birds does not
build it's own nest? Is it A) robin, B) sparrow, C)
cuckoo, or D) thrush."
Carol: "Oh geez, Pam. That's simple. It's a cuckoo."
Pam: "Are you sure?"
Carol: "I'm sure."
Regis: "Pam, you heard Carol. Do you keep the
$500,000 or play for the million?"
Pam: "I want to play; I'll go with C) cuckoo."
Regis:" Is that your final answer?"
Pam: "Yes."
Regis: "Are you confident?"
Pam: "Yes; I think Carol's pretty smart."
Regis: "You said C) cuckoo... And you're right!
Congratulations, you have just won ONE MILLION
DOLLARS!"
To celebrate, Pam flies Carol to New York. That
night they go out on the town. As they're sipping
champagne, Pam looks at Carol and asks her,"
Tell me, how did you know that it was the cuckoo
that does not build its own nest?"
"Pam, it was easy," replies her (blonde?) friend.
"Everybody knows that cuckoos live in clocks."
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