Late for Work

"Late for Work"

Jones came into the office an hour late for the third
time in one week and found the boss waiting for him.

"What's the story this time, Jones?" he asked
sarcastically. "Let's hear a good excuse for a change."

Jones sighed, "Everything went wrong this morning,
Boss. The wife decided to drive me to the station. She
got ready in ten minutes, but then the drawbridge got
stuck. Rather than let you down, I swam across the
river -- look, my suit's still damp -- ran out to the airport,
got a ride on Mr. Thompson's helicopter, landed on
top of Radio City Music Hall, and was carried here
piggyback by one of the Rockettes."

"You'll have to do better than that, Jones," said the
boss, obviously disappointed. "No woman can get
ready in ten minutes."

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"Sure Kick"

My husband, Michael, and I were at a restaurant with his
boss, a rather stern older man. When Michael began a tale,
which I was sure he had told before, I gave him a kick under
the table. There was no response, so I gave him another
poke. Still the story went on. Suddenly he stopped, grinned
and said, "Oh, but I've told you this one before, haven't I?"

We all chuckled and changed the subject. Later, on the
dance floor, I asked my husband why it had taken him so
long to get my message.

"What do you mean?" he replied. "I cut the story off as soon
as you kicked me."

"But I kicked you twice and it still took you awhile to stop!"

Suddenly we realized what had happened. Sheepishly we
returned to our table. The boss smiled and said, "Don't
worry. After the second one I figured it wasn't for me, so I
passed it along!"
Received on Mon Aug 15 01:55:38 2005