A couple is dressed and ready to go out for the evening. They phone for a cab, turn on the night light, cover their pet parakeet and put the cat out in the backyard. The taxi arrives and they open the front door to leave.
Interesting cover-up
A couple is dressed and ready to go out for the evening. They phone for a cab, turn on the night light, cover their pet parakeet and put the cat out in the backyard. The taxi arrives and they open the front door to leave. Suddenly, the cat they have put out scoots back into the house. They don’t want the cat shut in there because she always tries to eat the bird. The wife goes out to the taxi while the husband goes back in. The cat runs upstairs, with the man in hot pursuit. The wife doesn’t want the driver to know the house will be empty. She explains to him that her husband will be out soon. “He’s just going upstairs to say goodbye to my mother.” A few minutes later, the husband gets into the cab. “Sorry, it took so long,” he says, as they drive away. “Stupid hag was hiding under the bed. Had to poke her with a coat hanger so she would come out. Then I had to wrap her in a blanket to keep her from scratching me. But, it worked.”
Old, but
not obsolete
Heading off to college at the age of 40, I was a bit self-conscious about my advancing years. One morning, I complained to my husband that I was the oldest student in my class. “Even the teacher is younger than me,” I said.
“Yeah,” he said optimistically, “but look at it from my point of view. I thought my days of fooling around with college girls were over!”
The talking clock
A student was lucky to find a decent accommodation with a cheap rent. His colleagues came to visit him and he was showing them the house. “This is the kitchen. This is the bedroom. And this one is the living room.”
“And what are the hammer and the pot that are hanging on the wall for? What are you going to do with them?” one of his colleagues asked.
“This is a talking clock.”
“I have never seen a clock like that. Can you show me how it works?”
“Sure! Look,” the student said. He took the hammer and struck at the pot with all his strength. Then, a voice was heard from the other side, “What are you doing? Are you crazy? It is half past one in the night, you idiot!”
