The children were all lined up for their first confession when Little Johnny’s turn came. The priest asked him to confess his sins, and the boy promptly replied, “Father, I threw a stone at Jimmy.”

“That was a very misguided thing to do, my son,” said the priest patiently.

“It wasn’t misguided at all,” said Little Johnny. “I hit him.”

One Liner

Amal and Juan are identical twins. Their mom only carries one photo because if you’ve seen Juan you’ve seen Amal.

If lawyers are disbarred
and clergymen defrocked,

doesn’t it follow that. . .

electricians could be delighted,
musicians denoted,
cowboys deranged,
models deposed,
and dry cleaners depressed?

Wouldn’t you expect laundry workers to decrease, eventually becoming depressed and depleted?

Likewise, bedmakers might be debunked,
baseball players debased,
bulldozer operators degraded,
organ donors delivered,
software engineers detested, and
underwear manufacturers debriefed.

And won’t all composers one day decompose?

On a more positive note, perhaps we can hope politicians will someday be devoted.

One Liner

Why did the Scarecrow get promoted? He was outstanding in the field.

A man tried to sell his neighbor a new dog. “This is a talking dog,” he said, “and you can have him for five dollars.”

The neighbor said, “Who do you think you’re kidding with this talking dog stuff? There’s no such animal.”

Suddenly the dog looked up with tears in his eyes. “Please buy me, Sir,” he pleaded. “This man is cruel. He never buys me a meal, never bathes me, never takes me for a walk. And I used to be the richest trick dog in America. I performed before kings. I was in the army and was decorated ten times.”

“Hey!” said the neighbor. “He can talk. Why do you want to sell him for just five dollars?”

“Because,” said the seller, “I’m getting tired of all his lies.”

One Liner

The value of a dog is its constant reminder of how much fun it is to act idiotic.

SCIENCE FAIR RESPONSES

Responses to questions on 5th and 6th grade science tests:

– Genetics explains why you look like your father, and if you don’t, why you should.

– The cause of perfume disappearing is evaporation. Evaporation gets blamed for a lot of things people forget to put the top on.

– Water vapor gets together in a cloud. When it is big enough to be called a drop, it does.

– Mushrooms always grow in damp places, which is why they look like umbrellas.

– Momentum is something you give a person when they go away.

– A monsoon is a French gentleman.

– The word “trousers” is an uncommon noun because it is singular at the top and plural at the bottom.

– To keep milk from turning sour, keep it in the cow.

– When planets run around and around in circles, we say they are orbiting. When people do it, we say they are crazy.

– For asphyxiation, apply artificial respiration until the patient is dead.

– Thunder is a rich source of loudness.

– One of the main causes of dust is janitors.

One Liner

Man, I had the slowest, rudest, nastiest cashier today. That’s the last time I use the self-checkout lane.

Most of us have a bad habit we are constantly trying to break. For me, it’s biting my fingernails.

One day I told my husband about my latest solution: press-on nails.

“Great Idea, Honey,” he smiled. “You can eat them straight out of the box.”

One Liner

I was addicted to the Hokey Pokey but I turned myself around.

Kathryn’s 5-year-old developed a strong interest in spelling once she learned to spell STOP. After that, she tried to figure out her own words. From the back seat of the car she’d ask, “Mom, what does FGRPL spell?”

“Nothing,” Kathryn said.

Sitting at breakfast she’d suddenly ask, “Mom, what does DOEB spell?”

“Nothing,” Kathryn answered.

This went on for several weeks. Then one afternoon as they sat coloring in her room she asked, “Mom, what does LMDZ spell?”

Kathryn smiled at her and said, “Nothing, sweetheart.”

The 5-year-old carefully set down her crayon, sighed and said, “Boy, there sure are a lot of ways to spell Nothing!”

One Liner

I ate a clock yesterday. It was very time consuming.

A waiter brings the customer his dinner, with his thumb firmly clamped on the steak.

“Are you crazy?” yells the customer. “Don’t bring my food with your hand all over it!”

“What,” answers the waiter, “you want it to fall on the floor again?”

One Liner

Double Bogie: “Casablanca” followed by “African Queen”