Quick Thinking

"Quick Thinking"*

*While carpenters were working outside the old
house I had just bought, I busied myself with
indoor cleaning. I had just finished washing the
floor when one of the workmen asked to use the bathroom.

With dismay I looked from his muddy boots to
my newly scrubbed floors. "Just a minute," I said,
thinking of a quick solution. "I'll put down newspapers."

"It's all right, lady," he responded. "I'm already trained."

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"Parking Meters"*

*Pauly walks into a bar and says "Bartender, one
round for everyone, on me!" The bartender says,
"Well, Pauly, seems you're in a really good mood tonight, eh?"

Pauly says, "Oh, you can bet on it! I just got hired
by the city to go around and remove all the
money from parking meters. I start on Monday!"

The bartender congratulates the man and proceeds to pour the round.

Monday evening arrives. Pauly comes back into the
bar and says "Bartender, TWO rounds for everyone, on me!"

The bartender says, "Well now! If you're so happy just
over having this new job, I can just imagine how
happy you'll be when you get your paycheck!"

Pauly looks at the bartender with a confused look on
his face, pulls out quite a handful of quarters from his
pocket, and says "You mean they'll PAY me on top of it?"
Received on Sat Feb 12 02:17:34 2011