Editors Humour.
Frank was in line at a restaurant. In front of him was a mother with her college-age son and his girlfriend. It was the middle of the dinner rush, and many customers were restless at the long wait, but the young couple, holding hands and kissing, were oblivious to everything around them. Although clearly not approving, the mother was silent, until one prolonged kiss when the young man had his face and hands buried in his girlfriend's long, curly locks.
"Do you have to do that here?" the embarrassed mother asked.
"I'm not doing anything, Mom," came her son's muffled voice. "My earring's caught in her hair."
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While away on business, a colleague and Peter decided to catch a movie. As they entered the theatre, they read the sign in the foyer. It bore the name of the feature film followed by the numbers 7, 5, and 9. Assuming these were the show times, they were somewhat perplexed by their order. they went inside to ask about it.
"Our next show is at eight o’clock," the woman in the box office announced.
"Eight o’clock?" Peter said, surprised. "But the sign says 7, 5 and 9."
"Right," she agreed. "That’s 7:59. We lost our number eight."
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When my friend got a job, her husband agreed to share the housework. He was stunned by the amount of effort involved in keeping a house clean with small boys to pick up after and insisted that he and his wife shop for a new vacuum cleaner. The salesman gave them a demonstration of the latest model.
"It comes equipped with all the newest features," he assured them.
The husband was not convinced. "Don't you have a ride-on one?"
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Joy's husband, who is an auto mechanic, received a repair order that read: "Check for clunking noise when going around corners." Taking the car out for a test drive, he made a right turn, and a moment later heard a clunk. He then made a left turn and again heard a clunk. Back at the shop, he opened the trunk and soon discovered the problem. Promptly he returned the repair order to the service manager with this notation: "Remove bowling ball from trunk."