Editors Humour.
My cousin always “borrows” money from her older brother's piggy bank, which drives him crazy. One day, she found the piggy in, of all places, the freezer. Inside was this note: “Dear sister, I hope you'll understand, but my capital has been frozen.”
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After leaving the Army, Shaun applied for a hunting permit but was told he would first need to take a hunter’s safety course.
“I’m a veteran, trained in handling firearms,” Shaun said. “Why wouldn’t I get a waiver?”
The clerk replied, “Because we teach you not to shoot people.”
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A doctor recently learned a valuable lesson regarding what not to say to patients.
At our large hospital, he watched as a nursing assistant pushed an elderly woman in a wheelchair. As he opened the door leading from the clinic into the hospital wing, the patient looked confused. “Where are we?” she asked. The nursing assistant gently explained, “We’ve gone over to the other side.”
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When Mark interviewed for a job six months after his 70th birthday, he was asked his age. With nothing to hide, he replied, “I’m halfway to my 71st birthday.” The interviewer looked sceptical. “No offence,” he said, “but you look older than 35.”