Mary Poppins - Hotel Guest Eggstraordinaire

"Mary Poppins - Hotel Guest Eggstraordinaire"

Mary Poppins was traveling home, but due to
worsening weather, she decided to stop at a
hotel for the night. She approached the receptionist
and asked for a room for the night.

"Certainly madam," he replied courteously.

"Is the restaurant open still?" inquired Mary.

"Sorry, no," came the reply, "but room service is
available all night.

Would you care to select something from this
menu?"

Mary smiled and took the menu and perused it.
"Hmm, I would like cauliflower cheese please,"
said Mary.

"Certainly, madam," he replied.

"And can I have breakfast in bed?" asked Mary politely.

The receptionist nodded and smiled.

"In that case, I would love a couple of poached eggs,
please," Mary mused.

After confirming the order, Mary signed in and went
up to her room for the night.

The night passed uneventfully and the next morning
Mary came down early to check out. The same guy
was still on the desk.

"Morning madam...sleep well?"

"Yes, thank you," Mary replied.

"Food to your liking?"

"Well, I have to say the cauliflower cheese was
exceptional, I don't think I have had better. Shame
about the eggs, though....they really weren't that nice
at all," replied Mary truthfully.

"Oh...well, perhaps you could contribute these
thoughts to our Guest Comments Book. We are
always looking to improve our service and would
value your opinion," said the receptionist.

"OK, I will...thanks!" replied Mary....who checked out,
then scribbled a comment into the book. Waving,
she left to continue her journey.

Curious, the receptionist picked up the book to see
the comment Mary had written.

"Supercauliflowercheesebuteggswerequiteatrocious!"

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"Caesar"

Once there was this cattle rancher who, after three
years, finally found a buyer for his oldest bull, Caesar.

This new owner happened to be the rancher's closest
neighbor, who lived on the other side of the valley
across the river.

"Men," the rancher said to his cowhands, "It's time
to say our good-byes to this bull, and take him across
the river." So, the men roped Caesar and walked him
down to the river.

They were about to put him on the boat to take him across,
when the rancher's youngest nephew, who helped to
raise Caesar, said with a tear in his eye, "Can we take
him out for one last munch in his favorite meadow?"

The other hands said, "Sure," and led him just off the
riverbank for a snack.

Well, with the day as nice as it was, all of the hands
took a quick nap. Four hours later, the rancher saw
that the bull was still on his property and ran down into
the valley. He shouted and cursed at the men to wake
them up. Once everyone was standing, he said that
the beast should have been across the river long ago.

"In fact, we've come to ferry Caesar, not to graze him!"
Received on Fri Sep 9 19:23:31 2005