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Large collection of different jokes is published in Polish version     Dowcipy.htm
Instrument Jokes  http://www.mit.edu:8001/people/jcb/other-instrument-jokes.html#accordion
Full of Jokes  http://www.fullofjokes.com
Scott Pakin's Automatic Complaint - Letter Generator   http://hugin.sigusr1.org/~pakin/complaint
AmeriSpeak - Expressions of out American Ancestors  http://www.rootsweb.com/~genepool/amerispeak.htm#expressions
Dilbert Zone   http://www.unitedmedia.com/comics/dilbert

One day Father Boudreaux and Pastor Thibodeaux wus fishin' in de bayou down by the side of de road. Dey thoughtfully made a sign saying, "The End Is Near, Cher'! Turn Yurself  'Round Now Before It's Too Late!", and showed it to each passing car.    Well, dis one car dat pass didn't appreciate the sign and wus shouting at dem and hollin "Leave us alone, you religious nuts!"    Den all of a sudden dey heard a big splash and dey looked at
each other and Fr. Boudreaux said, "ya think we shoulda just put a sign dat says 'Bridge Out', instead?" 

A Catholic, a Jew, and an Episcopalian are lined up at the pearly gates.      The Catholic asks to get in and St. Peter says, "No, sorry." "Why not?" says the Catholic, "I've been good." "Well, you ate meat on a Friday in Lent, so I can't let you in."      The Jew walks up and again St. Peter says no. The Jew wants an explanation so St. Peter replies, "There was that time you ate pork sorry, you have to go to the other place."      Then the Episcopalian goes up and asks to be let in and St. Peter again says no.  "Why not?" asks the Episcopalian, "What did I do wrong?"  "Well," says St. Peter, "you once ate your entree with the salad fork." 

Pilot: "Pilot to tower. I am 300 miles from land. 600 feet over water and running out of fuel. Please instruct!"  Tower: "Tower to pilot. Tower to pilot. Repeat after  me, 'Our Father, who art in heaven... 

A plane full of retirees headed for Florida was gripped with fear when the pilot announced, "Two of our engines are on fire, our instruments have failed and we are flying through a heavy fog with zero visibility."  The passengers were numb with fear, except for one... a retired minister. "Now, now, keep calm," he said. "Let's all bow our heads and pray."  Immediately, the group bowed their heads to pray... except one man.  "Why aren't you praying?" the minister asked.  "I don't know how to pray," replied the passenger.  "Well, just do something religious!" instructed the minister.  The man got up and passed his hat down the aisle, taking an offering. 

Taxing down the tarmac, the jetliner abruptly stopped, turned around and returned to the gate. After an hour-long
wait, it finally took off. A concerned passenger asked the flight attendant, "What was the problem?" "The pilot was bothered by a noise he heard in the engine," he explained. "It took us awhile to find a new pilot."

The day Microsoft makes something that doesn't suck is probably the day they start making vacuum cleaners. 

In a software design meeting, we were using typical technical jargon to discuss a data exchange interface with a vendor. One co-worker said the programming we had ordered was delayed because the vendor was suffering from a "severe nonlinear waterfowl issue."  Curious, the team leader raised his eyebrows and asked, "What exactly is that?"  The programmer replied, "They don't have all their ducks in a row." 

For Christmas I bought my brother a combination fax machine and paper shredder. Either we hooked it up wrong or a lot of people are faxing him confetti.

Computer users are divided into three types: novice, intermediate and expert.      Novice Users - People who are afraid that simply pressing a key might break their computer.       Intermediate Users - People who don't know how
to fix their computer after they've just broken it.     Expert Users - People who break other people's computers.

If Restaurants Functioned Like Microsoft... 
Patron: Waiter! 
Waiter: Hi, my name is Bill, and I'll be your Support. What seems to be the problem? 
Patron: There's a fly in my soup! 
Waiter: Try again, maybe the fly won't be there this time. 
Patron: No, it's still there. 
Waiter: Maybe it's the way you're using the soup. Try eating it with a fork instead. 
Patron: Even when I use the fork, the fly is still there. 
Waiter: Maybe the soup is incompatible with the bowl. What  kind of bowl are you using? 
Patron: A SOUP bowl! 
Waiter: Hmmm, that should work. Maybe it's a configuration  problem. How was the bowl set up? 
Patron: You brought it to me on a saucer. What has that to  do with the fly in my soup?! 
Waiter: Can you remember everything you did before you  noticed the fly in your soup? 
Patron: I sat down and ordered the Soup of the Day! 
Waiter: Have you considered upgrading to the latest Soup  of the Day? 
Patron: You have more than one Soup of the Day each day?? 
Waiter: Yes, the Soup of the Day is changed every hour. 
Patron: Well, what is the Soup of the Day now? 
Waiter: The current Soup of the Day is tomato. 
Patron: Fine. Bring me the tomato soup, and the check. I'm running late now.
          [waiter leaves and returns with another bowl of soup  and the check]
Waiter: Here you are, Sir. The soup and your check. 
Patron: This is potato soup. 
Waiter: Yes, the tomato soup wasn't ready yet. 
Patron: Well, I'm so hungry now, I'll eat anything.
          [waiter leaves.]
Patron: Waiter! There's a gnat in my soup!
          The check: 
Soup of the Day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   $5.00
Upgrade to newer Soup of the Day. . $2.50
Access to support . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  $1.00

5 surgeons are taking a coffee break... 
- 1st surgeon says: "Accountants are the best to operate on because when you  open them up, everything inside is  numbered."
- 2nd surgeon says: "Nah, librarians are the best. Everything inside them is in  alphabetical order." 
- 3rd responds: "Try electricians, man! Everything inside THEM is color coded." 
- 4th intercedes: "I prefer lawyers. They're  heartless, spineless, gutless and their  heads and their butts are interchangeable." 
- To which the 5th surgeon, who has been quietly listening to the conversation, says:  "I like computer technicians.. they always understand when you have a few parts left over at the end."

This truck driver hauling a tractor-trailer load of  computers stops for a beer. As he approaches  the bar he sees a big sign on the door saying: "NERDS NOT ALLOWED - ENTER AT YOUR OWN RISK!" He goes in and sits down. The bartender comes over to him, sniffs, says he smells kind of nerdy,  asks him what he does for a living. The truck driver  says he drives a truck, and the smell is just from the computers he is hauling. The bartender says OK,  truck drivers are not nerds, and serves him a beer.      As he is sipping his beer, a skinny guy walks in with  tape around his glasses, a pocket protector with  twelve kinds of pens and pencils, and a belt at least  a foot too long. The bartender, without saying a word, pulls out a shotgun and blows the guy away.     The truck driver asks him why he did that. The 
bartender said not to worry, the nerds are overpopulating the Silicon Valley, and are in season  now. You don't even need a license, he said.
        So the truck driver finishes his beer, gets back in his truck, and heads back onto the freeway. Suddenly 
he veers to avoid an accident, and the load shifts. The back door breaks open and computers spill out all over the freeway. He jumps out and sees a crowd already forming, grabbing up the computers. They are all engineers, accountants and programmers wearing the nerdiest clothes he has ever seen. He can't let them steal his whole load. So remembering what happened in the bar, he pulls out his gun and starts blasting away, felling several of them instantly.
        A highway patrol officer comes zooming up and jumps out of the car screaming at him to stop. The truck driver said, "What's wrong? I thought nerds were in season." "Well, sure," said the patrolman, "But you can't bait 'em."

A retired sailor purchased a computer and began to learn all about computing. Being a sailor, he was used to addressing his ships as "She" or "Her". But was unsure what was proper for computers. To solve his dilemma, he found two groups of computer experts: one group was male, and the other group was female.
        The group of women reported that computers should be refereed to as "HE" because:
1. In order to get their attention you have to turn them on.
2. They have a lot of data but are still clueless.
3. They are supposed to help you solve problems but half the time they are the problem.
4. As soon as you commit to one, you realize that if you  had waited a little longer, you could have had a newer  and better model.
          The group of men reported that computers should be referred to as "SHE" because:
1. No one but the creator understands their logic.
2. The native language they use to talk to other computers is incomprehensible to anyone else.
3. Even your smallest mistakes are stored in long term memory for later retrieval.
4. As soon as you make a commitment to one, you find yourself spending half your paycheck on accessories for it.

I saw a lady at work today putting a credit card into her floppy drive and pulling it out very quickly. I inquired as to what she was doing and she said she was shopping on the Internet, and they asked for a credit card number, so she was using the ATM "thingy."
   
Dear Virus Recipient, You have just received an Albanian virus. Since we are not so technologically advanced in Albania, this is a MANUAL virus. Please delete all the files on your hard disk yourself and then send this important message to everyone you know. Thank you very much for your collaboration.
   
Dear Virus Recipients, Since the below original version of our Manual Virus was a pre-alpha version, this is now the bug fix for Manual Virus: Please FIRST forward this virus to everyone you know, and THEN delete your own hard drive! Thank you for your kind collaborative cooperation.   
    
Since I was the first to arrive at our high-tech company one morning, I answered the telephone. When the caller asked for field engineering, I explained that it was before normal business hours, but that I would help if I could. "What's your job there?" the caller asked me. "I'm the president," I replied. There was a pause. Then he said, "I'll call back later. I need to talk to someone who knows something."

A question recently asked at a software engineering management course was, "If you had just boarded an airliner and you discovered that your team of programmers had been responsible for the flight control software, how many of you would disembark immediately?"  Among the ensuing forest of raised hands, only one man sat motionless. When asked what he would do, he replied that he would be quite content to stay onboard. "With my team's software," he said, "I doubt if the plane would even be able to taxi out to the runway, let alone take off."

There was once a young man who, in his youth,  professed his desire to become a great writer. When asked to define "great" he said, "I want to write stuff that the whole world will read, stuff that people will react to on a truly emotional level. Stuff that will make them scream, cry, and howl in pain and anger!" He now works for Microsoft, writing error messages.

Why Engineers Don't Write Cookbooks      -      Chocolate Chip Cookies
1.) 532.35 cm3 gluten
2.) 4.9 cm3 NaHCO3
3.) 4.9 cm3 refined halite
4.) 236 cm3 partially hydrogenated tallow triglyceride
5.) 177.45 cm3 crystalline C12H22O11
6.) 177.45 cm3 unrefined C12H22O11
7.) 4.9 cm3 methyl ether of protocatechuic aldehyde
8.) Two calcium carbonate-encapsulated avian albumen-coated
protein ovoids
9.) 473.2 cm3 theobroma cacao 10.) 236 cm3 de-encapsulated legume
meats (sieve size #10)
           To a 2-L jacketed round reactor vessel (reactor #1) with an overall heat transfer coefficient of about 100 Btu/F-ft2-hr, add ingredients one, two and three with constant agitation. In a second 2-L reactor vessel with a radial flow impeller operating at 100 rpm, add ingredients four, five, six, and seven until the mixture is homogenous.
          To reactor #2, add ingredient eight, followed by three equal volumes of the homogenous mixture in reactor #1. Additionally, add ingredient nine and ten slowly, with constant agitation. Care must be taken at this point in the reaction to control any temperature rise that may be the result of an exothermic reaction.
          Using a screw extrude attached to a #4 nodulizer, place the mixture piece-meal on a 316SS sheet (300 x 600 mm). Heat in a 460K oven for a period of time that is in agreement with Frank &Johnston's first order rate expression (see JACOS, 21, 55), or until golden brown. Once the reaction is complete, place the sheet on a 25C heat-transfer table, allowing the product to come to equilibrium.

German scientists dug 50 meters underground and discovered small pieces of copper. After studying these pieces for a long time, Germany announced that the ancient Germans 25,000 years ago had a nationwide telephone network.
          Naturally, the British government was not that easily  impressed. They ordered their own scientists to dig even 
deeper. 100 meters down, they found small pieces of glass,  and they soon announced that the ancient Brits 35,000 years ago already had a nationwide fibre net.
          Israeli scientists were outraged. They dug 50, 100 and 200 meters underground, but found absolutely nothing... They concluded that the ancient Hebrews 55,000 years ago had cellular telephones.

While cruising at 40,000 feet, the airplane shuddered and Mr. Benson looked out the window. "Good lord!" he screamed, "one of the engines just blew up!"  Other passengers left their seats and came running over; suddenly the aircraft was rocked by a second blast as yet another engine exploded on the other side.  The passengers were in a panic now, and even the stewardesses couldn't maintain order. Just then, standing tall and smiling confidently, the pilot strode from the cockpit and assured everyone that there was nothing to worry about.  His words and his demeanor seemed to make most of the passengers feel better, and they sat down as the pilot calmly walked to the door of the aircraft. There, he grabbed several packages from under the seats and began handing them to the flight attendants. Each crew member attached the package to their backs. "Say," spoke up an alert passenger, "aren't those parachutes?"  The pilot said they were.  The passenger went on, "But I thought you said there was nothing to worry about?"  "There isn't," replied the pilot as a third engine exploded. "We're going to get help." 

Ladies and gentlemen, this is your captain speaking. If you look out of the window on the port, or left, side of the aircraft you will see that the inner engine is on fire just below the fuel tanks in the wing. If you look out at the starboard, or right, wing you will observe that a widening crack has developed at the wing root, making it unlikely that the wing will remain attached to the fuselage. If you look down at the surface of the sea over which the aircraft is flying, you will notice a small orange dot. This is a life-raft. In it are your co-pilot, your flight engineer and myself. This has been a recorded announcement." 

During the "rush hour" at Houston's Hobby Airport, a flight was delayed due to a mechanical problem.
Since they needed the gate for another flight, the aircraft was backed away from the gate while the maintenance crew worked on it. The passengers were then told the new gate number, which was some distance away. Everyone moved to the new gate, only to find a third gate had been designated for them. After some further shuffling, everyone got on board, and as they were settling in, the flight attendant made the standard announcement, "We apologize for the inconvenience of this last-minute gate change. This flight is going to Washington, D.C. If your destination is not Washington, D.C., then you should 'deplane' at this time." A very confused-looking and red-faced pilot emerged from the cockpit, carrying his bags. "Sorry," he said, wrong plane."

Humour: Employee Evaluations - These quotes were taken from actual Federal employee performance
evaluations:
- I would not allow this employee to breed.
- This employee is depriving a village somewhere of an idiot.
- He sets low personal standards and then consistently fails to achieve them.
- Gates are down, the lights are flashing, but the train isn't coming.
- It's hard to believe that he beat out 1,000,000 other sperm.
- This employee is really not so much of a has been, but more of a definite won't be.
- Works well when under constant supervision and cornered like a rat in a trap.
- When she opens her mouth, it seems that it is only to change feet.
- This young lady has delusions of adequacy.
- This employee should go far, and the sooner he starts, the better.
- Got a full 6 pack, but lacks the plastic thing to hold it all together.
- A gross ignoramus 144 times worse than an ordinary ignoramus.
- He certainly takes a long time to make his pointless.
- He doesn't have ulcers, but he's a carrier.
- I would like to go hunting with him sometime.
- He's been working with glue too much.
- He has a knack for making strangers immediately.
- He brings a lot of joy whenever he leaves the room.
- When his IQ reaches 50, he should sell.
- If you see two people talking and one looks bored, he's the other one.
- A photographic memory but with the lens cover glued on. 
- Some drink from  the fountain of knowledge; he only gargled.
- A prime candidate for natural de-selection.
- Donated his brain to science before he was done using it.
- If he were any more stupid, he'd have to be watered twice a week.
- If you give him a penny for his thoughts, you'd get change.
- If you stand close enough to him, you can hear the ocean.
- The wheel is turning, but the hamster is dead.

Travel Agents   Below are true stories that really happened.
- I had someone ask for an aisle seat so that their hair wouldn't get messed up by being near the window.
- A client called in inquiring about a package to Hawaii. After going over all the cost info, she asked, "Would it be cheaper to fly to California and then take the train to Hawaii?"
- I got a call from a woman who wanted to go to Capetown. I started to explain the length of the flight and the passport information when she interrupted me with "I'm not trying to make you look stupid, but Cape Town is in Massachusetts." Without trying to make her look like the stupid one, I calmly explained, "Cape Cod is in Massachusetts, Capetown is in Africa." Her response... click.
- A man called, furious about a Florida package we did. I asked what was wrong with the vacation in Orlando. He said he was expecting an ocean-view room. I tried to explain that is not possible, since Orlando is in the middle of the state. He replied, "Don't lie to me. I looked on the map and Florida is a very thin state."
- I got a call from a man who asked, "Is it possible to see England from Canada?" I said, "No." He said, "But they look so close on the map."
- Another man called and asked if he could rent a car in Dallas. When I pulled up the reservation, I noticed he had a 1-hour lay-over in Dallas. When I asked him why he wanted to rent a car, he said, "I heard Dallas was a big airport, and I need a car to drive between the gates to save time."
- A nice lady just called. She needed to know how it was possible that her flight from Detroit left at 8:20am and got into Chicago at 8:33am. I tried to explain that Michigan was an hour ahead of llinois, but she could not understand the concept of time zones. Finally I told her the plane went very fast, and she bought that!
- A woman called and asked, "Do airlines put your physical description on your bag so they know who's luggage belongs to who?" I said, "No, why do you ask?" She replied, "Well, when I checked in with the airline, they put a tag on my luggage that said FAT, and I'm overweight, is there any connection?" After putting her on hold for a minute while "I looked into it," ( I was actually laughing) I came back and explained that the city code for Fresno is FAT, and that the airline was just putting a destination tag on her luggage.
- I just got off the phone with a man who asked, "How do I know which plane to get on?" I asked him what exactly he meant, to which he replied, "I was told my flight number is 823, but none of these darn planes have numbers on them."
- A woman called and said, "I need to fly to Pepsi-Cola on one of those computer planes." I asked if she meant to fly to Pensacola on a commuter plane. She said, "Yeah, whatever."
- A business man called and had a question about the documents he needed in order to fly to China. After a lengthy discussion about passports, I reminded him he needed a visa. "Oh no I don't, I've been to China many times and never had to have one of those." I double checked and sure enough, his stay required a visa. When I told him this he said, "Look, I've been to China four times and every time they have accepted my American Express."
-  A woman called to make reservations, "I want to go from Chicago to Hippopotamus, New York." The agent was at a loss for words. Finally, the agent asked, "Are you sure that's the name of the town?" "Yes, what flights do you have?" replied the customer. After some searching, the agent came back with, "I'm sorry, ma'am, I've looked up every airport code in the country and can't find a Hippopotamus anywhere." The customer retorted, "Oh don't be silly. Everyone knows where it is. Check your map!" The agent scoured a map of the state of New York and finally offered, "You don't mean Buffalo, do you?" She replied, "That's it! I knew it was a big animal!"

The Balloonist      A woman (or man) in a hot air balloon realized she was lost. She  reduced  altitude and spotted a man below. She descended a bit more and  shouted,  "Excuse me, can you help me? I promised a friend I would meet him an  hour ago, but I don't know where I am." The man below replied, "You are in a hot air balloon hovering 
approximately 30 feet above the ground. You are between 40 and 41 degrees north latitude  and between 59 and 60 degrees west longitude."
- "You must be an engineer," said the balloonist. "I am," replied the man, "How did you know?" "Well," answered the balloonist,"everything you told me is, technically  correct, but I have no idea what to make of your information, and the fact is I  am  still lost. Frankly, you've not been much help so far."The man below responded, 
- "You must be in Management." "I am," replied the balloonist, "but how did you know?" "Well," said the man, "you don't know where you are or where you are  going.  You have risen to where you are due to a large quantity of hot air. You made a promise which you have no idea how to keep, and you expect people  beneath  you to solve your problems. The fact is you are in exactly the same position  you were in before we met, but now, somehow, it's my fault."

The Thermodynamics of Hell      The following is an actual question given on a University of Washington chemistry mid term. The answer by one student was so "profound" that the professor shared it with colleagues, via the Internet, which is, of course, why we now have the pleasure of enjoying it as well.
         Bonus Question: Is Hell exothermic (gives off heat) or endothermic (absorbs heat)? Most of the students wrote proofs of their beliefs using Boyle's Law,(gas cools off when it expands and heats up when it is compressed) or some variant. One student, however, wrote the following:
- First, we need to know how the mass of Hell is changing in time. So we need to know the rate that souls are moving into Hell and the rate they are leaving. I think that we can safely assume that once a soul gets to Hell, it will not leave. Therefore, no souls are leaving.
- As for how many souls are entering Hell, lets look at the different religions that exist in the world today. Some of these religions state that if you are not a member of their religion, you will go to Hell. Since there are more than one of these religions, and since people do not belong to more than one religion, we can project that all souls go to Hell. With birth and death rates as they are, we can expect the number of souls in Hell to increase exponentially.
- Now, we look at the rate of change of the volume in Hell because Boyle's Law states that in order for the temperature and pressure in Hell to stay the same, the volume of Hell has to expand proportionately as souls are added. This gives two possibilities:
1. If Hell is expanding at a slower rate than the rate at which souls enter Hell, then the temperature and pressure in Hell will increase until all Hell breaks loose.
2. Of course, if Hell is expanding at a rate faster than the increase of souls in Hell, then the temperature and pressure will drop until Hell freezes over.
         So which is it? If we accept the postulate given to me by Ms. Teresa Banyan during my Freshman year, "...that it will be a cold day in Hell before I am with you.", and take into account the fact that I still have not succeeded in having relations with her, then, #2 cannot be true, and thus I am sure that Hell is exothermic and will not freeze.
         The student received the only "A" given.
Old Ladies       Three older ladies were discussing the travails of getting older.     One said, "Sometimes I catch myself with a jar of mayonnaise in my hand in front of the refrigerator and can't remember whether I need to put it away, or start making a sandwich."       The second lady chimed in, "Yes, sometimes I find myself on the landing of the stairs and can't remember whether I was on my way up or on my way down."      The third one responded, "Well, I'm glad I don't have that problem; knock on wood!" as she rapped her knuckles on the table, then told them "That must be the door, I'll get it!"
The tech support engineer     on the rifle range who kept missing the traget: He finally tested his rifle by firing a round at the ground and, seeing a puff of dust, shouted to the fellow manipulating the target: It's working here, you must be doing something wrong at your end.
Computer Story     After experiencing difficulties with his computer, a poor, incognizant user called the system maker's technical support line for assistance...
- Technician: Hello. How can I help you today?
- Customer: There's smoke coming from the power supply on my computer...
- Technician: Looks like you need a new power supply...
- Customer: No, I don't! I just need to change the startup files...
- Technician: Sir, what you described is a faulty power supply. You need to replace it...
- Customer: No way! Someone told me that I just had to change the system  startup files to fix the problem! All I need is for you to tell me the right command...
          For the next ten minutes, in spite of the technician's efforts to  explain the problem and its solution, the customer adamantly insisted that he was right. So, in frustration, the technician responded...
- Technician: I'm sorry. We don't normally tell our customers this, but here's an undocumented DOS command that will fix the problem...
- Customer: I knew it!
- Technician: Just add the line "LOAD NOSMOKE.COM" at the end of the CONFIG.SYS file and everything should work fine. Let me know how it goes...
         About ten minutes later, the technician received a call back from the customer...
- Customer: It didn't work. The power supply is still smoking...
- Technician: Well, what version of DOS are you using?
- Customer: MS-DOS 6.22...
- Technician: Well, that's your problem. That version of DOS doesn't include NOSMOKE. You'll need to contact Microsoft and ask them for a patch. Let me know how it all works out...
        When nearly an hour had passed, the phone rang again...
- Customer: I need a new power supply...
- Technician: How did you come to that conclusion?
- Customer: Well, I called Microsoft and told the technician what you said, and he started asking me questions about the make of the power supply...
- Technician: What did he tell you?
- Customer: He said my power supply isn't compatible with NOSMOKE...

It was raining quite hard as Marine trainees assembled outdoors for a briefing. On a blackboard, the lieutenant
instructor had prepared a detailed drawing of the tactics he wanted practiced. "Don't think we're going to call this off just because of a little rain," he said. Then he turned to the blackboard which had been washed clean. 

A lawyer was cross-examining a witness: "You have just testified that you heard the shot at exactly 11:32 p.m.? How did you know what time it was? Did you look at your watch?"  "No," the witness said. "I looked at the sundial in the garden."  "That's absurd," screamed the lawyer. "How could you tell time by a sundial at 11:32 at night?"  "I had a flashlight," the witness said. 

A murderer is condemned to death. He has to choose between three rooms. The first is full of raging fires, the second is full of assassins with loaded guns, and the third is full of lions that haven't eaten in 3 years - Which room is safest for him?       The third. Lions that haven't eaten in three years are dead. 

A woman shoots her husband. Then she holds him under water for over 10 minutes. Finally, she hangs him. But 5 minutes later they both go out together and enjoy a wonderful dinner together - How can this be?       - The woman was a photographer. She shot a picture of her husband, developed it, and hung it up to dry. 

There are two plastic jugs filled with water. How could you put all of this water into a barrel, without using the jugs or any dividers, and still tell which water came from which jug?      - Freeze them first. Take them out of the jugs and put the ice in the barrel. You will be able to tell which water came from which jug.

What is black when you buy it, red when you use it, and gray when you throw it away?     - The answer is Charcoal. In Homer Simpson's words: hmmmm... Barbecue. 

Can you name three consecutive days without using the words Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, or Sunday?      - Sure you can: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow! 

This is an unusual paragraph. I'm curious how quickly you can find out what is so unusual about it? It looks so plain you would think nothing was wrong with it! In fact, nothing is wrong with it! It is unusual though. Study it, and think about it, but you still may not find anything odd. But if you work at it a bit, you might find out! Try to do so without any coaching!     - The letter "e", which is the most common letter in the English language, does not appear once in the long paragraph. 

As a West Coast commuter flight was preparing to land, a flight attendant announced, "We'd like you folks to help us welcome our new co-pilot. He'll be performing his first commercial landing for us today, so be sure to give him a big round of applause when we come to a stop."   The plane made an extremely bumpy landing, bouncing hard several times before taxiing to a stop. Still, the passengers applauded.  Then the attendant's voice came over the intercom, "Thanks for flying with us. And don't forget to let our co-pilot know which landing you liked the best. 

A flight attendant was on the red-eye to Manila when a water leak developed in the galley, which soaked the carpet throughout the  cabin of the 747. A very sleepy passenger who had become aware  of the dampness asked the attendant, "Has it been raining?" Keeping a straight face, the attendant replied, "Yes, but we put the  top up." With a sigh of relief, the passenger went back to sleep.

The chief of staff of the US Air Force decided that he would personally intervene in the recuiting crisis affecting the USAF. So, he directed Andrews Air Force base be opened and that all elgible young men and women be invited to an air show and equipment demonstration. As he and his staff were standing near a brand new F- 15E Strike Eagle fighter, a pair of twin brothers who looked like they had just stepped off a Marine Corps recruiting poster walked up to them. 
          The chief of staff walked up to them, stuck out his hand and introduced himself. He looked at the first young man and asked, "Son, what skills can you bring to the Air Force?"  The young man looks at him and says, "I'm a pilot!"   The general gets all excited, turns to his aide and says, "Get him in today, all the paper work done, everything, do it!" The aide hustles the young man off. 
         The general looks at the second young man and asked,"What skills to you bring to the Air Force?"   The young man says, "I chop wood!"   "Son," the general replies, "we don't need wood choppers in
the Air Force."     "Well," the young man says, "you hired my brother!"   "Of course we did," says the general, "he's a pilot!"    The young man rolls his eyes and says, "Dang it, I have to chop it before he can pile it!" 

During a readiness exercise, my friend Jim and I, Air Force security policemen, were guarding entry to a bunker-like
structure where aircraft were kept. When a pilot about to do a preflight check approached without his identification in plain view, Jim asked him for it.   "I don't see why I have to show you my ID," the pilot
snapped. "After all, it is my plane."  "Sir, with all due respect, it may be your plane," replied Jim, "but it's sitting in my garage!" 

An old salt at the Naval Air Facility in Monterey, Calif., came in with a special-request chit to ask for the day off, but the chief turned him down.    In a while, the sailor returned with a chit to go fishing, but it was also rejected.    Later he turned in a third chit to go to the bank, and it was approved by the chief and the division officer. "By the way," the division officer asked him, "where do you bank?"    "At the bank of the Salinas River," he replied. "It's the first day of trout season." 

While waiting for my first appointment in the reception room of a new dentist, I noticed his certificate, which bore his full name. Suddenly, I remembered that a tall, handsome boy with the same name had been in my high school class some 50 years ago. Upon seeing him, however, I quickly discarded any such thought.  This balding, gray-haired man with the deeply lined face was too old to have been my classmate. After he had examined my teeth, I asked him if he had attended the local high school. "Yes," he replied. "When did you graduate?" I asked. He answered, "In 1950." "Why, you were in my class!" I exclaimed. He looked at me closely and then asked, "What did you teach?" 

My boss complained that I don't listen to him at least I think that's what he said.

Our parish priest was making a visit to my nephew's home. He knocked on the door, and the little 4-year-old boy went to the door and way the priest. He called to his dad, "Hey, Dad! That guy that works for God is here!" 

Teacher: - Didn't you promise to behave?    Little boy: - Yes, sir.    Teacher: - And didn't I promise to punish you if you didn't?    Little boy: - Yes, sir, but since I broke my promise, you didn't have to keep yours. 

After a woman's son fell into the pond yet again and came home with his good school clothes dripping wet, the
exasperated Mom sent him to his room and washed and dried his clothes. A little later, she heard a commotion in the back yard. She called out "Are you out there wetting your pants again!?"  There was dead silence for a moment. Then a deep, masculine voice answered meekly, "No, ma'am, I'm just reading the meter." 

A man was going up to bed, when his wife told him he'd left the light on in the garden shed- she could see it from the
bedroom window. But he said that he hadn't been in the shed that day. He looked himself, and there were people in
the shed, stealing things. He rang the police, but they told him that no-one was in his area, so no-one was available to catch the thieves. He said ok, hung up, counted to 30 and rang the police again. "Hello. I just rang you a few seconds ago because there were people in my shed? Well, you don't have to worry about them now, I've just shot them all."  Within five minutes there were half a dozen police cars in the area, an Armed Response unit, the works. Of course, they caught the burglars red-handed. One of the policemen said to this man: "I thought you said you'd shot them!" He replied: "I thought you said there was no-one available!" 

A policeman stops a lady and asks for her license. He says, "Lady, it says here that you should be wearing glasses." 
The woman answered, "Well, I have contacts." The policeman replied, "I don't care who you know! You're getting a ticket!" 

John had just started his new law practice, was desperate for business, and was happy to be appointed by the court 
to represent an indigent defendant. The judge ordered John,  "You are to confer with the defendant in the hallway, and  give him the best legal advice you can."    After a time, John re-entered the courtroom alone. When the judge asked where the defendant had gone, John replied, "You asked me to give him good advice. I found out that he was guilty as hell, so I told him to split."

An FBI agent was talking to a bank teller after the bank was robbed for the third time by the same bandit. "Did you notice anything special about the man?" he asked. "Yes," said the teller, "He seems better dressed each time." 

A small, uncertain, and nervous witness was being cross-examined. The lawyer asked, "Have you ever been married?" "Yes, sir," said the witness in a low voice. "Once." "Whom did you marry?" "Well, a woman." The lawyer said angrily, "Of course you married a woman. Did you ever hear of anyone marrying a man?" And the witness said meekly, "My Mom and sister did."

"Your Honor, I want to bring to your attention how unfair it is for my client to be accused of theft. He arrived in New York City a week ago and barely knows his way around. What's more, he only speaks a few words of English."  The Judge looked at the defendant and asked, "How much English can you speak?" The defendant looked up and said, "Give me your wallet!" 

A woman was driving down the highway about 75 miles an hour, when she noticed a motorcycle policeman following her. Instead of slowing down, she picked up speed. When she looked back again, their were two motorcycles
following her. She shot up to 90 miles. The next time she looked around, there were three cops following her. Suddenly, she spotted a gas station looming ahead. She screeched to a stop and ran into the ladies' room. Ten minutes later, she innocently walked out. The three cops were standing their waiting for her. Without batting an eye, she said coyly, "I'll bet none of you thought I would make it."

The police had been told to clean up the neighborhood so it was dead easy when the drunk staggered towards the constable and said: "Excuse me offisher, what time is it?" The cop replied, "It's one o'clock," and bonked him on the 
head with his baton. "Jeez," said Paddy. "I'm glad I didn't ask you an hour ago!"

There were three men at a bar. One man got drunk and started a fight with the other two men. The police came  and took the drunk guy to jail. The next day the man went before the judge. The judge  asked the man, '"Where do you work?' The man said, 'Here and there.' The judge asked the man, 'What do you do for a living?' The man said, 'This and that.' The judge then said, 'Take him away.' The man said, 'Wait, judge, when will I get out?'  The judge said to the man, 'Sooner or later'

A judge was instructing the jury that a witness was not necessarily to be regarded as untruthful because he changed his statement after he gave it to the police. "For example," he said, "when I entered my chambers today, I was positive that I had my gold watch in my pocket. But then I remembered that I left in on the nightstand in my bedroom."    When the judge returned home that evening, his wife asked him "Why so much urgency for your watch? Isn't sending three men to pick it up a bit extreme?" "What?" said the judge, "I didn't send anyone for my
watch, let alone three people. What did you do?" "I gave it to the first one," said the wife, "he knew exactly where it was."

Two men held up a bank. They cleaned out the cash drawers and then herded the tellers and clerks into the vault. They were getting ready to make their getaway when one of the tellers whispered, "Hey, buddy, would you do me a favor?" One of the robbers said, "What's on your mind, pal?" "Would you mind taking the books, too? I'm five thousand short."

It was Christmas and the judge was in a benevolent mood as he questioned the prisoner. "What are you charged
with?" he asked. "Doing my Christmas shopping early," replied the defendant. "That's no offense," replied the judge. "How early were you doing this shopping?" "Before the store opened," countered the prisoner.

POLICE ONE-LINERS
- "Can you run faster than 1200 feet per second?"
- "So you don't know how fast you were going. I guess that means I can write anything I want on the ticket, huh?"
- "The more we sweat in training, the less we bleed on the streets."
- "Your life is not my fault."
- "Take your hands off the car and I'll make your birth certificate a worthless document."
- "If you run, you'll only go to jail tired."
- "Yes, sir, you can talk to the shift supervisor, but I don't think it will help. Oh, did I mention that I am the shift supervisor?"
- "Every dog has it's day. Good dogs have two."
- "Warning! You want a warning? Okay, I'm warning you not to do that again or I'll give you another ticket."
- "The answer to this last question will determine whether you are drunk or not. Was Mickey Mouse a cat or a dog?"
- "Fair? You want me to be fair? Listen, fair is a place where you go to ride on rides, eat cotton candy, and step in monkeypoop."
- "Life's tough. It's tougher if you're stupid."
- "Just how big were those two beers?"

After a day fishing in the ocean a fisherman is walking
from the pier carrying two lobsters in a bucket. He is
approached by the Game Warden who asks him for
his fishing license. 

The fisherman says to the warden, "I did not catch these lobsters, they are my pets. Everyday I come done to the
water and whistle and these lobster jump out and I take them for a walk only to return them at the end of the day."  The warden, not believing him, reminds him that it is illegal to fish without a license. The fisherman turns to the warden and says, "If you don't believe me then just watch," as he throws the lobsters back into the water.  The warden says, "Now whistle to your lobsters and show me that they will come out of the water."  The fisherman turns to the warden and says, "What lobsters?"

In a terrible accident at a railroad crossing, a train smashed
into a car and pushed it nearly four hundred yards down the 
track. Though no one was killed, the driver took the train 
company to court.

At the trial, the engineer insisted that he had given the driver  ample warning by waving his lantern back and forth for nearly  a minute. He even stood and convincingly demonstrated how  he'd done it. The court believed his story, and the suit was dismissed. "Congratulations," the lawyer said to the engineer when it was  over. "You did superbly under cross-examination." "Thanks," he said, "but he sure had me worried." "How's that?" the lawyer asked. "I was afraid he was going to ask if the lantern was lit!"

A group of terrorists burst into the conference room  at the Ramada Hotel where the American Bar  Association was holding its Annual Convention. More than 500 lawyers were taken as hostages. The terrorist leader announced that, unless their demands were met, they would release one lawyer every hour.

A New York man was forced to take a day off from work to appear for a minor traffic summons. He grew increasingly  restless as he waited hour after hour for his case to be heard. When his name was called late in the afternoon, he stood before the judge only to hear that court would be adjourned for the next day and he would have to return. "What for?" he snapped at the judge. His Honor, equally irked by a tedious day and the sharp query,  roared, "Twenty dollars contempt of court. That's what for!"  Then, noticing the man checking his wallet, the judge said, "It's all right. You don't have to pay now." The man replied, "I'm just seeing if I have enough for two more words!"

A member of the Senate, known for his hot temper and acid tongue, explodes one day in mid-session and begins to shout, "Half of this Senate is made up of cowards and corrupt politicians!" All the other Senators plead to the angry member that he withdraw his statement, or be removed from the remainder of the session. After a long pause, the angry member accepted. "Ok," he said, "I withdraw what I said. Half of this Senate is NOT made up of cowards and corrupt politicians!"

One night, a lady stumbled into the police station with a black  eye. She claimed she heard a noise in her back yard and went  to investigate. The next thing she knew, she was hit in the eye  and knocked out cold.  An officer was sent to her house to investigate, and he returned 1-1/2 hours later with a black eye. "Did you get hit by the same person?" his captain asked. "No," he replied. "I stepped on the same rake."

A defendant in a lawsuit involving large sums of money was saying to his lawyer, "If I lose this case, I'll be ruined." "It's in the judge's hands now," said the lawyer. "Would it help if I sent the judge a box of cigars?" asked the defendant. "Oh no!" said the lawyer. "This judge is a stickler for ethical behavior. A stunt like that would prejudice him against you. He might even find you in contempt of the court. In fact, you shouldn't even smile at the judge." Within the course of time, the judge rendered a decision in favor of the defendant. As the defendant left the courthouse, he said to his lawyer, "Thanks for the tip about the cigars. It worked." "I'm sure we would have lost the case if you'd sent them," said the lawyer. "But I did send them," said the defendant. "What?? You did?" "Yes, That's how we won the case." "I don't understand," said the lawyer. "It's easy. I sent the cheapest cigars that I could find
to the judge, but enclosed the plaintiff's business card..."

At the height of a political corruption trial, the prosecuting attorney attacked a witness. "Isn't it true," he
bellowed, "that you accepted five thousand dollars to compromise this case?" The witness stared out the window, as though he hadn't hear the question. "Isn't it true that you accepted five thousand dollars to compromise this case?" the lawyer repeated. The witness still did not respond. Finally, the judge leaned over and said,  "Sir, please answer the question." "Oh," the startled witness said,  "I thought he was talking to you."

A Charlotte, North Carolina man, having purchased a case of rare, very expensive cigars, insured them against . . . get this . . . fire. Within a month, having smoked his entire stockpile of fabulous cigars, and having yet to make a single premium payment on the policy, the man filed a claim against the insurance company. In his claim, the man stated that he had lost the cigars "in a series of small fires." The insurance company refused to pay, citing the obvious reason that the man had consumed the cigars in a normal fashion. The man sued, and won. In delivering his ruling, the judge stated that since the man held a policy from the company in which it had warranted that the cigars were insurable, and also guaranteed that it would insure the cigars against fire, without defining what it considered to be "unacceptable fire," it was obligated to compensate the insured for his loss. Rather than endure a lengthy and costly appeal process, the insurance company accepted the judge's ruling and paid the man $15,000 for the rare cigars he lost in "the fires."
          THIS IS THE FUNNY PART:
After the man cashed his check, however, the insurance company had him arrested on 24 counts of arson. With his own insurance claim and testimony from the previous case being used as evidence against him, the man was convicted of intentionally burning the rare cigars and sentenced to 24 consecutive one year terms.

Late one night, a mugger wearing a ski mask  jumped into the path of a well-dressed man and  stuck a gun in his ribs.  "Give me your money", he demanded. Indignant, the affluent man replied, "You can't do this - I'm a United States Congressman!" "In that case," replied the mugger, "give me MY money."


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