Bungee Jumping

"Dubious Sand Bags At The Border"*

*Juan comes up to the Mexican border on his bicycle.
He has two large bags over his shoulders. The
guard stops him and says, "What's in the bags?"

"Sand" answered Juan.

The guard says, "We'll just see about that. Get off
the bike." The guard takes the bags and rips them
apart; he empties them out and finds nothing in
them but sand. He detains Juan overnight and has
the sand analyzed, only to discover that there is
nothing but pure sand in the bags. The guard releases
Juan, puts the sand into new bags, hefts them onto
the man's shoulders, and lets him cross the border.

A week later, the same thing happens. The guard
asks, "What have you got?"

"Sand" says Juan.

The guard does his thorough examination and discovers
that the bags contain nothing but sand. He gives the
sand back to Juan, and Juan crosses the border on his bicycle.

This sequence of events is repeated every day for three years.

Finally, Juan doesn't show up one day and the guard
meets him in a Cantina in Mexico.

"Hey, Buddy," says the guard, "I know you are smuggling
something. It's driving me crazy. It's all I think about.....
I can't sleep. Just between you and me, what are you smuggling?"

Juan sips his beer and says, "Bicycles."

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"Bungee Jumping"*

*Ted and John wanted to get away from the countryside
and see the world. One day Ted said to his brother
"You know, we could do really well setting up
our bungee-jumping service in Mexico".

John thought this was a great idea, so the two pooled
their money and bought all the equipment they needed.

They traveled to Mexico and began to set up a tower
near the center of the town for good publicity.
As they began building the tower, a crowd assembled
nearby. Slowly more and more people gathered to watch them work.

They were excited at having such a big audience
that Ted decided to jump and show his prospective
clients all about bungee jumping.

He bounced at the end of the cord. When he came back
up, John noticed that he had a few cuts and scratches.
As he flew by, John asked if the cord was too long.
Unfortunately, he wasn't able to catch him. So Ted fell
again, bounced and came back up.

This time Ted was seriously bruised and bleeding.
Again, John just missed catching him and asked if
the cord was too long.

Ted fell a third time. This time, when he bounced back,
he was a complete mess with a couple of broken bones
and was almost unconscious.

Luckily, John finally caught his brother and said,
"What happened? Was the cord too long?"

Ted said , "No, the cord was fine, but what in the world is a pinata?
Received on Tue May 5 08:38:08 2009