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Man On His Deathbed

As he lay on his deathbed, the man confided to his wife, "I cannot die without telling you the truth. I cheated on you throughout our whole marriage. All those nights when I told you I was working late, I was with other women. And not just one woman either, but I've slept with dozens of them." 


His wife looked at him calmly and said, "Why do you think I gave you the poison?"

Stop redundancy

The Committee for the Reduction of Redundancy and the Antiproliferation of Repetition has decided not to meet until they have their first meeting and thus will not be meeting until the first time. 


Their Pre-meeting Statement wanted to make this clear before they had their first meeting, so that it would not be nor confusing. 

So their first meeting will actually be their first meeting and they will not have a meeting before the first meeting. 

This should avoid having people show up for their first meeting before it is held, since to do so would be confusing to those who did so and this is what they want to avoid by reducing the confusion and lessening the repetition.

Carol's Gun

Rummaging through her attic one day, my friend Carol found an old shotgun. Unsure how to dispose of it, she called her parents. 

"Take it to the police station," her mother suggested. My friend was about to hang up when her mom added.... 

"And, Carol?" 

"Yes, mom?" 

"Call them first and let them know you're coming."


Lunch Where?

The teacher of the earth science class was lecturing on map reading. 


After explaining about latitude, longitude, degrees and minutes the teacher asked, "Suppose I asked you to meet me for lunch at 23 degrees, 4 minutes north latitude and 45 degrees, 15 minutes east longitude...?" 

After a confused silence, a voice volunteered, "I guess you'd be eating alone."


Using the ATM

I rode home with a co-worker a few days ago and I asked her to wait for me while I used the ATM machine. She asked if I trusted "those people". 


"People WHO?" I asked. 

She said, "The ATM people! You know how the ATM operates by having a person inside the box. Every time you put in your card, he takes it, looks at it, and checks his paper files and folders for your account number. Here he can find your PIN and check the balance. This person then asks you to ENTER your PIN, cross checks it, and if all matches, you can proceed. If not, he keeps your card. 

"If you ask for a statement, he types it from his books and you get the printout. If you ask for a withdrawal, he checks the balance and any restrictions, and if all is ok, gives you the amount. He then calls all of the other branches and ATMs, tells them how much you've with- drawn, so they can update THEIR books."