Subj : Re: The Chili Judge To : Daryl Stout From : George Pope Date : Sun May 23 2021 10:05:10 > Reminds me of a joke where the woman kept her husbands cremated ashes in > a container in the house. Well, a friend thought it was an ash tray, and he > kept putting his cigarette ashes in there. A few weeks later, the widow took > a look, and said "George, you've been dead 3 months, but you've been putting > on weight". No kidding, eh? > GP> "There's room for all God's creatures. . > GP> . . RIGHT NEXT TO THE MASHED POTATOES!" > WHAT??!! NO GRAVY??!! The existence of mashed potatoes necessarily presumes gravy. . . OF COURSE!! > When my late wife took our dachshund next door to the neighbor, she had > her own Brussels-Griffon, and another neighbor had dropped off her poodle. > My wife called it "A Three Dog Night-Mare". What is a Brussels-Griffon? A cross between a baby cabbage & a lion-eagle? > GP> Q: How do you measure the speed of joy?... > GP> A: In smiles per hour! > Too little of that in the world nowadays. You gotta find/make them as you go. . . My day out's not complete unless I have made a dozen pretty gals smile. . . > I don't mind the distant rumbles of thunder...I just don't like the > ones right outside your window from a close strike. I met a gal via an eastern BBS who flew out to staty with me for a couple weeks. She was phobic of thunder. I told her we get a distant thundrstorm here once aevery 4-5 years. Life: while we were out, on a bus, waiting for the departure time, a bolt struck the building beside us, just across the dstreet -- loudest sonic boom I've ever heard! Q: Wanna know what makes me smile? A: Face muscles. A bus driver in Mission told me on morning, "Smie, things could be worse..." So I smiled, & yup, things got worse. . . I wanted to make sure my wife woke up with a big smile on her face this morning... I'm not allowed to keep Sharpies in the house anymore Q: What do you call a woman who smiles at you when you leave the house and smiles again when you come back? A: The neighbour's wife Your friend, <+]:{)} Cyberpope, Bishop of ROM --- SBBSecho 3.14-Linux * Origin: The Rusty MailBox - Penticton, BC Canada (1:153/757.2) .