The Good Old Days

"Cajun Divorce"

The Boudreauxs are driving along a highway doing
a steady forty miles per hour. Marie is behind the wheel.

Boudreaux suddenly looks across at her and speaks
in his clear cajun voice.

"Darlin'," he says. "I know we ben' married for twenty
years, but I want a divorce."

Marie says nothing, keeps looking at the road ahead
but slowly increases her speed to 45 mph.

Boudreaux speaks again. "I doan want you to try to tok
me out of it," he says, "'cause ah ben havin' anaffair wit
you best friend, Tu-tutt, an' she's a far betta' lover den
you are."

Again Marie stays quiet, but grips the steering wheel
more tightly and slowly increases the speed to 55.

He pushes his luck. "I want duh house", he says
insistently.

Up to 60...

"I want duh car too," he continues.

65 mph...

"An'," he says. "I'll have duh bank accounts, all duh
credit cards an' duh boat."

The car slowly starts veering towards a massive
concrete bridge. This make him a wee bit nervous,
so he asks her, "Isn't dere anyting' you want?"

Marie at last replies -- in a quiet and controlled voice.
"No, I got everyting I need," she says.

"Really?" he inquires with a smile, "so what you got?"

Just before they slam into the wall at 75 mph, Marie
turns to him and smiles. " Duh airbag!"

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"The Good Old Days"

Grandpa was always going on about the good old
days, and the lower cost of living, in particular...

"When I was a kid, my mom could send me to the
store, and I'd get a salami, two pints of milk, 6 oranges,
2 loaves o' bread, and a magazine, some new blue
jeans... all for a dollar!!

Then Grandpa said sadly ..."You can't DO that any
more...they got those darn video cameras everywhere
you look......"
Received on Tue Oct 5 15:18:24 2004