| Discovery.....© 1997, Marty Fancher/KeyTrax Productions Inc. |
In prison, a group of cell-mates passed the time telling each other the same jokes over and over again. Eventually, to save time, they decided to assign each joke a number.
"Do you remember number 42?" asked one prisoner, and they all smiled.
"What about number 23!" offered another, and the prisoners chuckled.
Then a third said, "Number 57." The men all grinned, apart from one who fell about in hysterics. When his laughter finally died down they asked him why he found it so funny.
"I've never heard that one before," he explained.
A little boy walked slowly to school.
"Hurry up! You'll be late!" called a concerned neighbour.
"There's no rush," he replied. "They're open until half-past three."
On arrival in heaven a woman asked to speak to Saint Paul.
"I've always wondered," she said to the saint. "Did you ever get any replies to all those letters you wrote to the Corinthians?"
Seeing a job advertised as "Problem Solver", with a salary of £100,000, Joe decided he would apply. When he went for an interview he was offered the job on the spot.
"Do you have any questions?" asked his new employer.
"Just one," replied Joe. "How can you afford to pay so much?"
"That", the employer answered, "is your first problem."
"How is Mr Thompson in Ward S?" enquired a man when he rang his local hospital.
"His test results were all clear," replied the nurse. "Who's speaking?"
"It's Mr Thompson on his mobile in Ward S," the man revealed. "Nobody tells you anything around here."
Two cowboys staggered out of the zoo with their clothes in shreds.
"Now I'm telling yuh," said one to his partner, "that's the last time I go lion dancing."
