Horsefly

"Horsefly"

Nothing rattles my father-in-law, especially when
the St. Louis Cardinals are on TV.

One day we were watching a game, when my
mother-in-law shrieked from the kitchen,
"Jim, there's a horsefly in here!"

Not taking his eyes off the screen, he barked
back,"Give it some cough syrup."

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"Labor Negotiations"

Negotiations between union members and their
employer were at an impasse. The union denied
that their workers were flagrantly abusing their
contract's sick-leave provisions.

One morning at the bargaining table, the company's
chief negotiator held aloft the morning edition of the
newspaper, "This man," he announced, "Called in
sick yesterday!"

There on the sports page, was a photo of the
supposedly ill employee, who had just won a
local golf tournament with an excellent score.

The silence in the room was broken by a union negotiator.

"Wow," he said. "Think of what kind of score he
could have had if he hadn't been sick!"
Received on Thu Aug 23 08:17:05 2007