Elevator

An Amish boy and his father were in a mall.  They were amazed by almost everything they saw, but especially by two shiny, silver walls that could move apart and then slide back together again. The boy asked, “What is this Father?” The father (never having seen an elevator) responded, “Son, I have never seen anything like this in […]

Casket

Three buddies die in a car crash, they go to heaven to an orientation. They are all asked, “When you are in your casket and friends and family are mourning upon you, what would you like to hear them say about you? The first guy says, “I would like to hear them say that I was a great […]

Work

One day a government worker was digging through his office drawers when suddenly he came upon a magic lamp. He rubbed the lamp and out popped a genie. The genie asked, “What is your first wish?” “I would like to be rich!” replied the worker. And poof the man was surrounded by piles of money. […]

The Bet

Stopping at the Krishna Temple on the way to the race track, a man made this prayer. “My Lord, I am going to bet on a horse named Vayu to come in first place. If he wins, by Your mercy, I shall gain 10,000 rupess. If you can do this one small favor to me, […]

Dilemma

A man appeared before the pearly gates. Gabriel looked his name up in the big book, and said: “You’ve come to the wrong place. I don’t see any record of piety or good works on your part. You’re not qualified to enter here. You’ll have to go to the other place.” The man replied: “But […]

Binary

On the freeway from Provo to Salt Lake City there is a billboard by a software company seeking to employ programmers. The text reads, “There are 10 types of people in this world. Those who read binary and those who don’t.”

Happy Hunting Story

An engineer, physicist and statistician went hunting one day.  The engineer spotted a deer and correctly calculated the distance. His shot kicked up dust three feet to the left.  The physicist, trying to calculate the wind factor, shot just three feet to the right of the deer. The statistician said, “We got him. We got […]

The Taste of Yiddish

I include an offering for your humour page, fromby Lillian Mermin Feinsilver. A group of Jews were at early morning prayers in synagogue. The rabbi suddenly stands up and declaims, “Oh Lord… I am nothing!” and sits down again. A little while later, the synagogue’s cantor stands up and he says, “Oh Lord, I am nothing!” […]

Pints

Mr Patel walks into a bar in London, orders three pints of beer andsits in the back room, drinking a sip out of each one in turn. When hefinishes them, he comes back to the bar and orders three more. The bartender approaches and tells him, “You know, a pint goes flat after ashort while […]

An Atheist’s Hell

A young lady came home from a date looking rather sad. She told her mother, “Arthur proposed to me an hour ago.” “Then why are you so sad?” her mother asked. “Because he also told me he was an atheist. Mom, he doesn’t even believe there’s a hell.” Her mother replied, “Marry him anyway. Between […]