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By US Desk
05 May, 2023

An aspiring actor comes home to a burned down house. His sobbing and slightly-singed wife is standing outside....

Live wire

COMIC RELIEF

What do electricians call a power outage?

A current event

What do you call a carpenter who tries to work as an electrician?

A dead carpenter

What’s fried, grey and hangs from the ceiling?

An electrician apprentice who didn’t listen

Did you hear about the electrician who wore two jackets when painting the house?

The instructions said, “For best results, put on two coats.”

What does one electrician say to another when they run into each other out in public?

“Hey, Watt’s up!!”

Where do electricians get their supplies?

The Ohm Depot

What kind of car did the electrician drive?

A Volts-wagon

What’s another name for an electrical apprentice?

A shock absorber

What was the electrician detective’s name?

Sherlock Ohms

How does an electrician know a dead battery in a pile of good ones?

It’s lost its spark

So simple!

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Father: Oh no, why did you get such a low score in your exam?

Son: Simple absence.

Father: You were absent on the day of the exam?

Son: No, but the girl who sits next to me was.

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An aspiring actor comes home to a burned down house. His sobbing and slightly-singed wife is standing outside.

“What happened, honey?” the man asks.

“Oh, John, it was terrible,” she weeps. “I was cooking, the phone rang. It was your agent. Because I was on the phone, I didn’t notice the stove was on fire. It went up in second. Everything is gone. I nearly didn’t make it out of the house. Poor Fluffy is — ”

“Wait, wait. Back up a minute,” The man says.

“My agent called?”

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