Jokes, Quotations & Trivia for August 2002
Compiled by Sudarshan

 

The following advertisement appeared in a local paper
'SINGLE BLACK FEMALE... Seeks male Companionship, ethnicity unimportant.'
‘I am a svelte good-looking girl who LOVES to play. I love long walks in the woods, riding in your pickup truck, hunting, camping, and fishing trips, cozy winter nights lying by the fire. Candlelight dinners will have me eating out of your hand. Rub me the right way and watch me respond. I'll be at the front door when you get home from work, wearing only what nature gave me. Kiss me and I am yours. Call xxx-xxxx and ask for Daisy.'

Callers found themselves talking to the local Humane Society about an eight-week-old black Labrador!


One day, a man rubbed a lamp.
A genie popped out of the lamp and said,
'You have three wishes.' I will grant whatever you wish for, but remember, every politician in the world gets twice as much as you wish for, so be careful what you wish for.'
The man said, ‘that is easy! I want a million dollars.'
A big pile of cash appeared in front of him.
'Now, each politician has two million', the genie said.
The man said, 'never mind! I am happy as long as I have my million. Now, I want a red Mercedes.'
A red Mercedes appeared in front of him and the genie said, 'Now, each politician has two of these.'
The man was happier than ever. He thought about his last wish, and said, 'you know, I have always wanted to donate a kidney...'


The photographer for a national magazine was assigned to get photos of a great forest fire. Smoke at the scene was too thick to get any good shots, so he frantically called his home office to hire a plane.
'It will be waiting for you at the airport!' he was assured by his editor.
As soon as he got to the small, rural airport, sure enough, a plane was warming up near the runway.
He jumped in with his equipment and yelled, ‘Let us go! Let's go!' The pilot swung the plane into the wind and soon they were in the air.
'Fly over the north side of the fire,' said the photographer, 'and make three or four low level passes.'
'Why?' asked the pilot?
'Because I am going to take pictures! I am a photographer, and photographers take pictures!' said the photographer with great exasperation and impatience.
After a long pause the pilot said, 'You mean you're not my instructor?'


Man calls home.
Maid answers phone.
He says, 'Can I speak to my wife?'
She says, 'No, she's upstairs in bed with her boyfriend.'
He said, 'Ok, go to the hall closet and take out my shotgun.Go upstairs and kill them both.'
Being the loyal maid, she says, 'Ok.'
5 minutes later she picks up the phone and says, 'Ok, they are both dead. What should I do with the bodies?'
He says, 'Throw them in the pool, and I'll take care of them when I get home.'
She says, 'We don't have a pool.'
He says, 'Ooops...Is this 555-1234?'


The first divorce directly related to September 11th terrorist Attack has been filed in New York.
It appears a guy with an office on the 103rd floor of the World Trade Center spent the morning at his girlfriend's apartment with his cell phone turned off. He wasn't watching the TV either. When he turned his phone back on at about 11 AM, it rang immediately.
It was his hysterical wife, 'Are you OK? Where are you?'
He said, 'what do you mean? I'm in my office of course!'


'Dear God' True letters from Kids

Dear GOD,
Maybe Cain and Abel would not kill each other so much if they had their own rooms. It works with my brother. -Larry

Dear GOD,
I bet it is very hard for you to love all of everybody in the whole world. There are only 4 people in our family and I can never do it. -Nan

Dear GOD,
Are you really invisible or is it just a trick? -Lucy

Dear GOD,
Is it true my father won't get in Heaven if he uses his bowling words in the house? -Anita

Dear GOD,
Did you mean for the giraffe to look like that or was it an accident? -Norma

Dear GOD,
I think the stapler is one of your greatest inventions. -Ruth

Dear GOD,
We read Thomas Edison made light. But in Sunday school they said you did it. So I bet he stole your idea. -Sincerely, Donna


A woman was walking along the beach when she stumbled upon a Genie’s lamp.
She picked it up and rubbed it, and there A Genie appeared. The amazed woman asked if she got three wishes.
The Genie said, 'Nope...due to inflation, constant downsizing, low wages in third-world countries, and fierce global competition, I can only grant You one wish? So...what'll it be?'
The woman didn't hesitate. She said: 'I want peace in the Middle East. See this map? I want these Countries to stop fighting with each other.'
The Genie looked at the map and exclaimed: 'Gosh, lady! These countries have been at war for thousands of years. I'm good, but not THAT good! I don't think it can be done. Make another wish.'
The woman thought for a minute and said: 'well, I have never been able to find the right man. You Know, one that's considerate and fun, likes to cook and helps with the housecleaning, is good in bed and gets along with my family, doesn't watch sports all the time, and is faithful? That's what I wish for...a good mate.'
The Genie let out a long sigh and said, 'Let me see that map again!'


  Quotations

 

The trouble with doing something right first time is that nobody appreciates how difficult it was.

Avoid having your ego so close to your position that when your position falls, your ego goes with it.

Even if you are on the right track, you will be run over if you just sit there.

The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.

Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.

Education has produced a vast population able to read but unable to distinguish what is worth reading.

When you do the common things in life in an uncommon way, you will command the attention of the World.

In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.

You cannot teach a man anything. You can only help him discover it himself.

Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted.


  Trivia Quiz

 

Q:What is the oldest continuously inhabited city still in existence?
Q: How many number of times the process of breath in/out done by an adult human being in one day?
Q: In its early days of discovery which vegetable was thought to be a poisonous one?
Q: Which Country holds the oldest Sapphire mines in the World?
Q: What country’s currency is considered the most difficult to counterfeit?
Q: What do you call a person who is afraid of gold?
Q: In Greece before switching over to Euro currency, how long had the Greek Drachma been in use?
Q: What animal has the shortest gestation period? Gestation meaning, from conception to birth.
Q: What is the average number of hairs the human scalp has?
Q: Which is the hardest substance in the human body?

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