Shoe Repairs

"Vice-President"*

*Tom was excited about his promotion to Vice
President at the company he worked for and
 kept bragging about it, for weeks on end, to his wife.

Finally, she couldn't take it any longer, and told
him, "Listen, it means nothing! They even have
a vice president of peas at the grocery store!"

"Really?" he said. Then, playing along with his
wife, Tom called the grocery store.

A clerk answered and Tom said, "Can I please
talk to the Vice President of peas?"

The clerk replied, "Canned or frozen?"

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"Shoe Repairs"*

*Arnold and his wife were cleaning out the attic one
day when he came across a ticket from the local shoe
repair shop. The date stamped on the ticket showed
it was over eleven years old. They both laughed and
tried to remember which of them might have forgotten
to pick up a pair of shoes over a decade ago.

"Do you think the shoes will still be in the shop?" Arnold asked.

"Not very likely," his wife said.

"It's worth a try," Arnold said, pocketing the ticket.

He went downstairs, hopped into the car, and drove to the store.

With a straight face, he handed the ticket to the man
behind the counter. With a face just as straight, the
man said, "Just a minute. I'll have to look for these."

He disappeared into a dark corner at the back of the shop.

Two minutes later, the man called out, "Here they are!"

"No kidding?" Arnold called back. "That's terrific! Who
would have thought they'd still be here after all this time."

The man came back to the counter, empty-handed.

"They'll be ready Thursday," he said calmly.
Received on Sun Feb 21 19:02:11 2010