Editors Humour.
A couple of hours into a visit with his mother she noticed Patrick hadn’t lit up a cigarette once.
"Are you trying to kick the habit?"
"No," Patrick replied, "I’ve got a cold and I don’t smoke when I’m not feeling well."
"You know," she observed, "you’d probably live longer if you were sick more often."
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When the skipper of an Icelandic trawler accidentally rammed Englishman Jim Hughes's yacht, he caused $30,000 worth of damage.
Exactly a year and a day before, reported the London Times, the skipper, Erik Olafsson, had hit the same boat, causing $40,000 in damage.
What are the odds of this happening twice? Pretty good, since Olafsson purposely steered toward Hughes to apologize for the previous year's collision.
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Which windshield wiper blade always quits first? That's right—the driver's side.
This happened to Jess one day while driving home in the middle of a blinding storm.
Unable to see, she pulled over and tried to figure out a quick fix. she found it in a yellow cotton work glove that was lying on the floor. She wedged the cloth hand under the wiper arm.
It did a great job keeping her windshield clear. Not only that— you'd be surprised at how many people waved back.
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Jill & Sam purchased an old home in Twizel from two elderly sisters. Winter was fast approaching, and Jill was concerned about the house's lack of insulation.
"If they could live here all those years, so can we!" Sam confidently declared.
One July night the temperature plunged to below zero, and they woke up to find interior walls covered with frost.
Sam called the sisters to ask how they had kept the house warm.
After a brief conversation, he hung up. "For the past 30 years," he muttered, "they've gone to Florida for the winter."