Webside humour
Cheeky beggar
by Sunil Sharma


Illustration: Sandeep Joshi

A woman sat down on a park bench, glanced around and decided to stretch out her legs on the seat and relax. After a while a beggar came up to her and said, “Hello luv, how’s about us going for a walk together.”

“How dare you,” said the woman, “I’m not one of your cheap pickups!”

“Well then,” said the beggar, “what are you doing in my bed?” 

Sibling struggle

Jack’s mother ran into the bedroom when she heard him scream and found his two-year old sister pulling his hair. She gently released the little girl’s grip and said comfortingly to Jack, “There, there. She didn’t mean it. She doesn’t know that hurts.”

She was barely out of the room when the little girl screamed. Rushing back in, she asked, “What happened?”

“She knows now,” Jack replied. 

Tripping expedition

For thirty years, Johnson had arrived at work at 9 A.M., on the dot. He had never missed a day and was never late. Consequently, when on one particular day 9 A.M. passed without Johnson’s arrival, it caused a sensation.

All work ceased and the boss himself, looking at his watch and muttering, came out into the corridor. Finally, precisely at ten, Johnson showed up, clothes dusty and torn, his face scratched and bruised, his glasses bent.

He limped painfully to the time clock, punched in, and said, aware that all eyes were upon him, “I tripped and rolled down two flights of stairs in the subway. Nearly killed myself.”

The boss said, “And to roll down two flights of stairs took you an entire hour?” 

Shooting spouse 

A woman goes into a sporting goods store to buy a shotgun. “It’s for my husband,” she tells the clerk.

“Did he tell you what gauge to get?” asked the clerk.

“Are you kidding?” she says. “He doesn’t even know I’m going to shoot him!”

Chivalry

The divorce proceedings had been long, contentious, and extremely heated.

Finally, the husband’s attorney rose for one last try at a no-alimony settlement.

“Your Honour,” he said, “my client sincerely believes his wife is just being ridiculous. Why, most women would love to have a husband who still believes in chivalry; and on the day in question, he was only opening the door for her out of chivalry.”

“Counsellor,” replied the judge, “I am granting the divorce and the settlement, Mrs Smith is asking in its entirely. I simply cannot believe chivalry was the motivation for your client opening that car door — while he was driving down the freeway at 65 mph.”

Marriage motivation

“Honey,” said this husband to his wife, “I invited a friend home for supper.”

“What? Are you crazy? The house is a mess, I didn’t go shopping, all the dishes are dirty, and I don’t feel like cooking a fancy meal!”

“I know all that.” replied the nonchalant husband.

“Then why on Earth did you invite a friend for supper?” said the infuriated wife.

“Because the poor fool’s thinking about getting married.”





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