Editors Humour.
There were only two people in line ahead of me at the electronics store, yet the wait was dragging on forever.
Finally, the customer behind me muttered, "Mr Hare must be on vacation."
Only then did I notice the name tag on the man at the register. It read: "Mr. Turtle, sales associate."
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When the heat pump broke down, June called for a serviceman to come and take a look at it. It turned out to be a high school classmate of her husband's named Love. He said next time she needed any repairs to ask for him. The next year when it needed a service again, June requested Mr Love and took the day off from work and waited for him to arrive. After he had worked on the heat pump, he left his work order behind. It had June's name and said: "Wants Love in the afternoon."
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As a freelance secretary, Bernice typed story manuscripts. When an author paid her she printed the name of the story across the top of his cheque. Once when she took a cheque to the bank, the teller suddenly froze. Only after she had explained her procedure to a bank officer did the reason for the teller's reaction become clear. The story was called "Your Money or Your Life," and that, of course, was what she had written in bold letters across the top of the cheque.
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When Matt was a rookie police officer, he was flustered by citizens who got upset if he gave them a traffic ticket. They would accuse him of trying to complete his quota for the month. Then a veteran officer gave him some useful advice. The next motorist Matt stopped sarcastically commented, "I guess this will help you reach your quota." he smiled and, repeating his mentor's words, replied, "No, sir, they took our quota away. Now we can write as many as we want."