Marriage License

"Eulalia"

I've made up my mind what we'll call the baby,"
the young mother announced. "We'll call her
Eulalia."

The father did not care for this choice but he was
shrewd. "That's fine," he said, "the first girl I loved
was named Eulalia, and it will evoke pleasant
memories."

The wife was silent for a moment, then said,
"We'll call her Mary after my mother."

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"Marriage License"

A couple arrived at town hall seconds before
closing time, and caught a judge just as he
was about to leave, and asked him to marry
them. He asked if they had a license and,
when they didn't, sent them off to get one.

They caught the town clerk just as he was locking
up, and got the license from him. When they got
back to the judge, he pointed out they had filled
the names in backwards -- his where hers
belonged and vice versa.

They rushed back to the clerk's office, caught him
again, and got another license. This time, the judge
noticed that the clerk had filled in the date in the
wrong format. Again they catch the clerk... After
five reissued licenses, the judge is finally satisfied.

Judge: "I hope you appreciate why I made you keep
going back. If there are irregularities in the license,
your marriage would not be legal, and any children
you might have would be technical bastards."

Groom: "That's funny - that's just what the clerk
called you."
Received on Wed Nov 16 08:19:09 2005