Bartender Jokes
A fellow came into a bar and ordered a martini. Before drinking it, he
removed the olive and carefully put it into a glass jar. Then he ordered
another martini and did the same thing. After an hour, when he was full of
martinis and the jar was full of olives, he staggered out.
"Well," said a customer, "I never saw anything as peculiar as
that!"
"What's so peculiar about it?" the bartender said. "His wife
sent him out for a jar of olives."
A man rushed into a
bar and ordered a double martini. The man downed it with one swallow, put a
five dollar bill on the bar, and turned and rushed out of the bar. The
bartender picked up the five dollar bill, and folded it carefully and tucked it
in his vest pocket. Just at that moment he looked up at the boss standing in
the doorway staring at him. Doing a bit of fast thinking he said, "Hi
boss, did you see that fellow just now? Came in here, bought a double martini,
gave me a five dollar tip, and rushed out without paying."
A guy rushes into a bar, orders four expensive 30-year-old
single malts and has the bartender line them up in front of him. Then without
pausing, he quickly downs each one. "Whew," the bartender remarked,
"you seem to be in a hurry."
"You would be too if you had what I have."
"What do you have?" the bartender sympathetically asked.
"Fifty cents."
One drink is just
right, two are too many, three are too few.
Spanish Proverb
After a Beer Festival in London, all the brewery presidents decided to go
out for a beer.
Corona's president sits down and says,
"Señor, I would like the world's best beer, a Corona." The bartender takes a bottle from
the shelf and gives it to him.
Then Budweiser's
president says, "I'd like the best beer in the world, give me 'The King Of
Beers', a Budweiser." The bartender gives him one.
Coors' president
says, "I'd like the best beer in the world, the only one made with Rocky Mountain spring water, give me a Coors." He
gets it.
The guy from Guinness sits down and says, "Give me a Coke."
The other brewery presidents look over at him and ask, "Why aren't you
drinking a Guinness?" and the Guinness president replies, "Well, if
you guys aren't drinking beer, neither will I.
A man walks into a bar and says to the bartender, "Beer
for me, beer for you, and beer for everyone who is in the bar now." After
drinking, the man starts walking out of the bar. "Hey, what about the
payment?" yells the bartender. "I have no money," answers the
man. The bartender hears that and beats the man as hard as he can, then throws
him out into the street.
The next evening
the man walks again into the bar and says to the bartender, "Beer for me,
beer for you, and beer for everyone who is in the bar now." The bartender
thinks to himself, "The man can't be stupid enough to pull the same trick
twice, tonight he must have enough money", and gives beer to everyone.
After drinking, the man starts walking out of the bar. "Hey, what about
the payment?" yells the bartender. "I have no money," answers
the man. The bartender hears that and beats the man as hard as he can, then
throws him out into the street.
One evening later the man walks again into the bar and says to the
bartender, "Beer for me, and beer for everyone who is now in the
bar."
In disgust, the bartender asks "What, no beer for me this time?"
"No," answers the man, "you get violent when you drink."
A man walks into a bar and asks the bartender to recommend a
good drink. The bartender says that their grasshoppers are very good, so the
man orders one. Then he has another couple.
On the way home he notices a grasshopper on the ground. He says to the
grasshopper, "do you know that there is a drink named after you?"
The grasshopper looks up at the man and says "do you mean they have a
drink called Irving?"
A man walks into a
bar and orders a beer. While chatting with the bartender the man says: "I
have a method that will enable you to double the amount of beer you sell every
day."
"Really?!" says the bartender, "How?"
"Very simple. Just pour full glasses."
A bartender is just a pharmacist with a limited inventory.
A Russian walks into a bar and orders a beer. "That will
be one ruble," says the bartender. "One ruble!" the customer
protests, "last week it was only fifty kopeks!" "Well,"
replies the bartender, "it's fifty kopeks for the beer and fifty kopecs
for the perestroika." Reluctantly, the customer gives the bartender a
ruble, and is surprised when the bartender gives him back fifty kopecs and says,
"We are out of beer."
A Scotsman
is sitting in a bar in Cuba and is
minding his business when a man with a large black beard walks in. The man goes
to the bar and orders a shot of whisky. The bartender serves him, the man
drinks the whisky then starts walking out the door. The bartender says,
"Hey aren't you going to pay for that?" The man says, "Excuse
me, Castro's Army." The bartender says, "Alright then" and the
man leaves.
A few minutes later another man with a large black beard walks in. The
man goes to the bar and orders a shot of whisky. The bartender serves him, the
man drinks the whisky then starts walking out the door. The bartender says,
"Hey aren't you going to pay for that?" The man says, "Excuse
me, Castro's Army." The bartender says "Alright then" and the
man leaves.
The Scotsman gets an idea and walks up to the bar and orders a shot of
whisky. He drinks the whisky then starts walking out the door. The bartender
says, "Hey aren't you going to pay for that?" The Scotsman says,
"Excuse me, Castro's Army." The bartender says, "Hey where is
your big black beard?" The Scotsman thinks quickly. He lifts his Kilt and
says, "Secret Service!"
How bartenders do it...
Bartenders do it on
the rocks.
Bartenders do it as you wish.
Bartenders do it for tips.
A parrot walks into
a bar and order a drink.
The bartender refuses.
"Why," ask the parrot.
"Because I don't believe you are a parrot, I think you are a myna
bird!"
The Bar Tender says
"we don't serve Neutrinos here"
A Neutrino walks
into a bar.
Chemists Jokes
A chemist walks
into a pharmacy and asks the pharmacist, "Do you have any acetylsalicylic
acid?"
"You mean aspirin?" asked the pharmacist.
"That's it, I can never remember that word."
A physicist, biologist and a chemist were going to the ocean
for the first time.
The physicist saw
the ocean and was fascinated by the waves. He said he wanted to do some
research on the fluid dynamics of the waves and walked into the ocean.
Obviously he was drowned and never returned.
The biologist said he
wanted to do research on the flora and fauna inside the ocean and walked inside
the ocean. He too, never returned.
The chemist waited for a long time and afterwards, wrote the
observation, "The physicist and the biologist are soluble in ocean
water".
A Chemical is a Substance that:
An organic chemist turns into a foul odor.
An analytical chemist turns into a procedure.
A physical chemist turns into a straight line.
A biochemist turns into a helix.
A chemical engineer turns into a profit.
Chemicals: Noxious substances from which modern foods are made.
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Little Willie was
a chemist,
Little Willie is no more.
What he thought was H2O,
Was H2SO4.
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Little Johnny
took a drink,
Now he shall drink no more.
For what he thought was H2O,
Was H2SO4.
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Classification of Chemistry
Physical Chemistry: The pitiful attempt to apply y=mx+b to everything in
the universe.
Organic Chemistry: The practice of transmuting vile substances into
publications.
Inorganic Chemistry: That which is left over after the organic, analytical, and
physical chemists get through picking over the periodic table.
Chemical Engineering: The practice of doing for a profit what an organic
chemist only does for fun.
Organic chemistry is the study of carbon compounds,
biochemistry is the study of carbon compounds that wriggle.
If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the
precipitate!
Ban Dihydrogen Monoxide! The Invisible Killer
Dihydrogen monoxide
is colorless, odorless, tasteless, and kills uncounted thousands of people
every year. Most of these deaths are caused by accidental inhalation of DHMO,
but the dangers of dihydrogen monoxide do not end there. Prolonged exposure to
its solid form causes severe tissue damage. Symptoms of DHMO ingestion can
include excessive sweating and urination, and possibly a bloated feeling,
nausea, vomiting and body electrolyte imbalance. For those who have become
dependent, DHMO withdrawal means certain death.
Dihydrogen monoxide:
- is
also known as hydric acid, and is the major component of acid rain.
- contributes
to the "greenhouse effect."
- may cause severe burns.
- contributes
to the erosion of our natural landscape.
- accelerates
corrosion and rusting of many metals.
- may
cause electrical failures and decreased effectiveness of automobile
brakes.
- has
been found in excised tumors of terminal cancer patients.
CONTAMINATION IS
REACHING EPIDEMIC PROPORTIONS!
Quantities of
dihydrogen monoxide have been found in almost every stream, lake, and reservoir
in America today. The pollution is global, and the
contaminant has even been found in Antarctic ice. In the midwest alone DHMO has
caused millions of dollars of property damage.
Despite the danger,
dihydrogen monoxide is often used:
- as
an industrial solvent and coolant.
- in nuclear power plants.
- in
the production of styrofoam.
- as a fire retardant.
- in
many forms of cruel animal research.
- in
the distribution of pesticides. Even after washing, produce remains
contaminated by this chemical.
- as
an additive in certain "junk-foods" and other food products.
Companies dump
waste DHMO into rivers and the ocean, and nothing can be done to stop them
because this practice is still legal. The impact on wildlife is extreme, and we
cannot afford to ignore it any longer!
THE HORROR MUST BE
STOPPED!
The American government
has refused to ban the production, distribution, or use of this damaging
chemical due to its "importance to the economic health of this
nation." In fact, the navy and other military organizations are conducting
experiments with DHMO, and designing multi-billion dollar devices to control
and utilize it during warfare situations. Hundreds of military research
facilities receive tons of it through a highly sophisticated underground
distribution network. Many store large quantities for later use.
IT'S NOT TOO LATE!
Act NOW to prevent further contamination. Find out more about this
dangerous chemical. What you don't know can hurt you and others throughout the
world.
What quote did Decartes come up with in his organic chemistry
class?
I think, therefore I amide.
Two molecules are walking down the street and they run into
each other. One says to the other, "Are you all right?"
"No, I lost an electron!"
"Are you sure?" "I'm positive!"
Free radicals have revolutionized chemistry.
- If
an experiment works, something has gone wrong.
- When
you don't know what you're doing, do it neatly.
- Experiments
must be reproducible, they should fail the same way each time.
- First
draw your curves, then plot your data.
- Experience
is directly proportional to equipment ruined.
- Always
keep a record of your data. It indicates that you have been working.
- To
do a lab really well, have your report done well in advance.
- If
you can't get the answer in the usual manner, start at the answer and
derive the question.
- In
case of doubt, make it sound convincing.
- Do
not believe in miracles--rely on them.
- Team
work is essential, it allows you to blame someone else.
- All
unmarked beakers contain fast-acting, extremely toxic poisons.
- No
experiment is a complete failure. At least it can serve as a negative
example.
- Any
delicate and expensive piece of glassware will break before any use can be
made of it.
- And
now the tasting test...
- And
now shake it a bit...
- In
which glass was my mineral water?
- Why
does that stuff burn with a green flame?!?
- And
now the detonating gas problem.
- This
is a completely safe experimental setup.
- Now
you can take the protection window away...
- Where
do all those holes in my kettle come from?
- And now
a cigarette...
A physical chemist is a student who goes to university thinking
he might want to be a physicist, but gets intimated by the math.
Some oxygen
molecules help fires burn while others help to make water. So, sometimes it's
brother against brother.
When you smell an
odorless gas, it is probably carbon monoxide.
H2O is
hot water, and CO2 is cold water.
Radioactive cats
have 18 half-lives.
A super-saturated
solution is one that holds more than it can hold.
To most people solutions
mean finding the answers. But to chemists solutions are things that are still
all mixed up.
Experiments should
be reproducible. They should all fail in the same way.
Activation Energy is the useful quantity of energy available in one cup
of coffee.
Chemists do it reactively.
Chemists do it in test tubes.
Chemists do it in equilibrium.
Chemists do it in the fume hood.
Chemists do it in an excited state.
Chemists do it periodically on table.
Chemists do it organically and inorganically.
Electrochemists do it with greater potential.
Polymer chemists do it in chains.
Pharmaceutical chemists do it with drugs.
Analytical chemists do it with precision and accuracy.
You Might Be a
Chemist if...
- you
carry your lab safety goggles around with you at all times, just in
case...
- you
don't drink water, you drink H2O.
- you
start disagreeing with movies and TV shows on scientific aspects.
- you
carry a base solution around with you at all times, just in case one of
those freak Hydrochloric acid spills happen.
- you
become very agitated when people refer to air as Oxygen, and proceed to
list all of the components of air.
- instead
of writing ozone you write O3.
- you
start referring to the smell of nail polish remover as an acetone smell.
- you
no longer ask for Tylenol, you ask for acetaminophen.
- you
actually enjoy going to Chemistry class.
- you
think a mole is a unit of amount, rather than a small furry animal in your
lawn.
- you
pronounce unionized as "un-ion-ized", instead of
"union-ized".
- you
wash your hands before you go to the bathroom.
you start explaining the condensation of water vapour every time your
soda can has water drops and people think water is coming out of the can.
Copper
leaves Copper Sulfate and says see you: he answers CuSO4!!!!!
Computers' support staff
Jokes
The truth is that
if you take a little time to learn a few basic principles and some of the
technical lingo, buying the right computer and getting it to work properly is
no more complicated than building a nuclear reactor from wristwatch parts in a
darkened room using only your teeth. So let's get started! 
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Caller: Hello, is this the Help Line?
HelpLine: Yes, it is. How may I help you?
Caller: The cup holder on my PC is broken and I am within my warranty period.
How do I go about getting that fixed?
HelpLine: I'm sorry, but did you say a cup holder?
Caller: Yes, it's attached to the front of my computer.
HelpLine: Please excuse me if I seem a bit stumped, it's because I am. Did you
receive this as part of a promotional, at a trade show? How did you get this
cup holder? Does it have any trademark on it?
Caller: It came with my computer, I don't know anything about a promotional. It
just has '4X' on it.
At this point the HelpLine operator realized that the caller had been
using the load drawer of the CD-ROM drive as a cup holder, and snapped it off
the drive.
General Motors doesn't have a help line for people who don't
know how to drive. Imagine if they did...
HelpLine:
General Motors HelpLine, how can I help you?
Customer: I got in my car and closed the door and nothing happened!
HelpLine: Did you put the key in the ignition slot and turn it?
Customer: What's an ignition?
HelpLine: It's a starter motor that draws current from your battery and turns
over the engine.
Customer: Ignition? Motor? Battery? Engine? How come I have to know
all these technical terms just to use my car?
HelpLine: General Motors HelpLine, how can I help you?
Customer: My car ran fine for a week and now it won't go anywhere!
HelpLine: Is the gas tank empty?
Customer: Huh? How do I know?
HelpLine: There's a little gauge on the front panel with a needle and markings
from 'E' to 'F'. Where is the needle pointing?
Customer: It's pointing to 'E'. What does that mean?
HelpLine: It means you have to visit a gasoline vendor and purchase some more
gasoline. You can install it yourself or pay the vendor to install it for you.
Customer: What? I paid $12,000 for this car! Now you tell me that I have to
keep buying more components? I want a car that comes with everything built in!
HelpLine: General Motors HelpLine, how can I help you?
Customer: Your cars suck!
HelpLine: What's wrong?
Customer: It crashed, that's what wrong!
HelpLine: What were you doing?
Customer: I wanted to run faster, so I pushed the accelerator pedal all the way
to the floor. It worked for a while and then it crashed and it won't start now!
HelpLine: It's your responsibility if you misuse the product. What do you
expect us to do about it?
Customer: I want you to send me one of the latest version that doesn't crash
any more!
HelpLine: General Motors HelpLine, how can I help you?
Customer: Hi, I just bought my first car, and I chose your car because it has
automatic transmission, cruise control, power steering, power brakes, and power
door locks.
HelpLine: Thanks for buying our car. How can I help you?
Customer: How do I work it?
HelpLine: Do you know how to drive?
Customer: Do I know how to what?
HelpLine: Do you know how to drive?
Customer: I'm not a technical person. I just want to go places in my car!
The Three Laws of Secure Computing
1) Don't buy a
computer.
2) If you do buy a computer, don't plug it in.
3) If you do plug it in, sell it and return to step 1.
A guide to man-machine interface
USER-FRIENDLY
C: DUR
Command not found. Try retyping
USER-HELPFUL
C: DUR
I don't understand DUR. Do you mean DIR ?
USER-UNFRIENDLY
C: DUR
C: DUR
C: DUR
C: DUR
USER-HOSTILE
C: DUR
Ha! A mistake! I'm sure you meant to say FORMAT, so that's what I'll do.
USER-INDIFFERENT
C: DUR
DUR?
USER-PATRONIZING
C: DUR
Now, that's not quite right is it? Let's try again; this time, use the manual
that the nice salesperson gave you when you bought me.
USER-OBSEQUIOUS
C: DUR
I'm so very, very sorry but I don't understand that. I'm sure it was my fault,
but if you would please try again I'll do my best.
USER-SARCASTIC
C: DUR
Well, Look who's made a mistake then. Very unusual, I don't think.
USER-INSULTING
C: DUR
F*ck off
C: DIR
F*ck off
USER-SMUG
C: DUR
No
C: DOR
Nope
C: HELP
No
C: PLEASE
Not unless you give me a 300Mb hard disk to live on.
C: B*ST*RD
Abuse will get you nowhere
USER-ANALYTICAL
C: DUR
What makes you say that?
C: A TYPING MISTAKE
How long have you been making these mistakes?
C: BANANAS
Do you like bananas?
C: I LOVE THEM
Why do you bring up the subject of love?
...etc
USER-McDONALD
May I help you please?
C: DUR
I'm sorry but that command is not available at this time. Have a nice day.
C: DIR
Will that be an MS-DOS directory?
C: YES
To read here, or for printout to take away?
C: HERE
Thank you. Have a nice day.
USER-MEGALOMANIAC
C: DUR
Don't bother me with trivial requests. I'm busy.
Real users find the one combination of bizarre input values
that shuts down the system for days.
Real users never
know what they want, but they always know when your program doesn't deliver it.
Real users never
use the Help key.
Real users never
stop asking new options.
Real users never know what to do with new options.
If computer errors were written as haikus
Three things are certain:
Death, taxes and lost data.
Guess which has occurred.
The file you need
might be very useful.
But now it is gone
Windows NT crashed.
I am the Blue Screen of Death.
No one hears your screams.
Yesterday it worked.
Today it is not working.
Windows is like that.
Chaos reigns within.
Reflect, repent, reboot.
Order shall return.
Wind catches lily,
scattering petals to the ground.
Segmentation fault.
With searching comes loss
and the presence of absence:
File not found.
The Web site you seek
cannot be located but
endless others exist.
You step in the stream,
but the water has moved on.
This page is not here.
Stay the patient course.
Of little worth is your ire.
The network is down.
No keyboard present.
Press F1 to continue.
Zen engineering.
This site has moved.
We'd tell you where, but then
we'd have to delete you.
First snow, then silence.
This thousand dollar screen dies
so beautifully.
Printer not ready.
Could be a fatal error.
Have a pen handy?
Computers are Like
Men...
- In
order to get their attention, you have to turn them on.
- They
are supposed to help you solve problems, but half the time they are the
problem.
- They
have a lot of data but are still clueless.
- As
soon as you commit to one, you realize that, if you had waited a little
longer you could have had a better model.
- They
hear what you say, but not what you mean.
Computers are Like Women...
- No
one but the Creator understands their internal logic.
- The
native language they use to communicate with other computers is
incomprehensible to everyone else.
- Even
your smallest mistakes are stored in long-term memory for later retrieval.
- As
soon as you make a commitment to one, you find yourself spending half your
paycheck on accessories for it.
- You
do the same thing for years, and suddenly it's wrong.
The 8 Types of Supporters
The Eager Beaver: "Sure, I can write an emulation program by this
afternoon ... one of those new boxes? I'd sure like to get my fingers into one.
I think I know where there's one just down the hall ... "
The Know-it-All: "Well, I could tell you how to do that ... but I think I
could recommend a better approach ... "
The New Kid: "Do you have a dog? ... My name? I'll have to get back to you
on that."
The Psycho: "READ MY LIPS, YOU BOZO! Are you STUPID or something?! YOU
CAN'T DO THAT!"
The Counselor: "Oh my. Oh dear. Uh huh ... yes ... and then what happened?
... yes, I have plenty of time ... oh, no, no problem, that's my job ... "
The Intimidator: "Why did you do THAT?! Haven't you had any TRAINING?!
Don't you know Section 5.1.2.1.1 of the IEEE spec?!"
The Veteran: "Oh! That's there for backward compatibility. They added it
in rev 2.00.03 but they didn't document it."
The Crispy Critter: "I don't know. I don't care. Your problem, that says
it all, I have my own to take care of. Why are you using this
product, anyway?"
To err is human ...
To err is human; to blame your computer for your mistakes is even more human.
To err is human; to
forgive, beyond the scope of the Operating System.
To err is human; to really foul things up requires a computer.
Computers are unreliable, but humans are even more unreliable.
Real Stories from a Virtual World
Computers
manufacturer is considering changing the command "Press Any Key" to
"Press Return Key" because of the flood of calls asking where the
"Any" key is.
Technical support had a caller complaining that her mouse was hard to control
with the dust cover on. The cover turned out to be the plastic bag the mouse
was packaged in.
A technician received a call from a man complaining that the system wouldn't
read word processing files from his old diskettes. After trouble-shooting for
magnets and heat failed to diagnose the problem, it was found that the customer
labeled the diskettes then rolled them into his typewriter to type the labels.
A customer was
asked to send a copy of her defective diskettes to the technician. A few days
later a letter arrived from the customer along with Xeroxed copies of her
diskettes.
A technician advised his customer to put his troubled floppy back in the drive
and close the door. The customer put the disk in, asked the tech to hold on,
and was heard putting the phone down, getting up and closing the door to his
room.
A customer called
to say he couldn't get his computer to fax anything. After 40 minutes of
trouble-shooting, the technician discovered the man was trying to fax a piece
of paper by holding it in front of the screen and pressing the "send"
key.
A customer needed
help setting up a new program, so the technician suggested he go to the local
Egghead. "Yeah, I got me a couple of friends," the man said. When
told Egghead was a software store, the man said, "Oh, I thought you meant
for me to find a couple of geeks."
A customer called
to complain that his keyboard no longer worked. He had cleaned it by filling up
his tub with soap and water and soaking the keyboard for a day, then he removed
all the keys and washed them individually.
A technician
received a call from a customer who was enraged because his computer had told
him he was "bad and invalid". The tech explained that the computer's
"bad" and "invalid" responses shouldn't be taken
personally.
An exasperated
caller to Tech Support couldn't get her new computer to turn on. After ensuring
the computer was plugged in, the technician asked her what happened when she
pushed the power button. Her response "I pushed and pushed on this foot
pedal and nothing happens." The "foot pedal" turned out to be
the computer's mouse.
Another customer called Tech Support to say her brand-new computer
wouldn't work. She said she unpacked the unit, plugged it in, and sat there for
20 minutes waiting for something to happen. When asked what happened when she
pressed the power switch, she asked "What power switch?"
Computer Problem
Questionnaire
1.
Describe your problem.
2. Now, describe the problem accurately.
3. Speculate wildly about the cause of the
problem.
4. Is your computer plugged in?
5.
Is it turned on?
6. Have you tried to fix it yourself?
7. Have you made it worse?
8. Have you read the manual?
9. Are you sure you've read the manual?
10.
Are you
absolutely certain you've read the manual?
11.
Do you
think you understood it?
12.
If 'Yes' then
why can't you fix the problem yourself?
13.
What
were you doing with your computer at the time the problem occurred?
14.
If 'nothing' then
explain why you were logged in.
15.
Are you
sure you aren't imagining the problem?
16.
Do you
have any independent witnesses of the problem?
17.
Can't
you do something else, instead of bothering me?
Top Explanations by Programmers
Strange...
I've never heard about that.
It did work yesterday.
How is this possible?
The machine seems to have a malfunction.
Has the operating system been updated?
The user has made an error again.
There is something wrong in your data.
I have not touched that module!
You must have the wrong executable.
Oh, it's just a feature.
Of course, I just have to do these small fixes.
It will be done in no time at all.
It's just some unlucky coincidense.
I can't test everything!
THIS can't do THAT.
Didn't I fix it already?
It's already there, but it has not been tested.
Somebody must have changed my code.
There must be a virus in the application software.
This time it will surely run.
I just found the last bug.
Bug? That's not a bug, that's a feature.
According to my calculations the problem doesn't exist.
Computer Messages: what they say and what they mean by
it
Press Any Key.
Press any key you like but I'm not moving.
Press A Key.
Nothing happens unless you press the 'A' key.
Fatal Error. Please
contact technical support quoting error no. 1A4-2546512430E...
... where you will be kept on hold for 10 minutes, only to be told that
it's a hardware problem.
Installing program
to C:...
... And I'll also be writing a few files into c:windows and
c:windowssystem where you'll NEVER find them.
Not enough memory.
I don't CARE if you've got 64 MB of RAM, I want to use the bit below
640K.
Cannot read from
drive D:...
...however, if you put the CD in right side up...
Please Wait...
...indefinitely.
Directory does not
exist...
....any more. Woops.
The application
caused an error. Choose Ignore or Close.
....Makes no difference to me, you're still not getting your work back.
The best way to accelerate a Win9x machine is at 9.81m/s2.
Things You Don't Want to Hear Your System
Administrator Saying:
NO!
Not that button!
Do you smell something?
I have never seen it do that before...
Ooops. Save your work, everyone. FAST!
What do you mean you needed that directory?
Where did you say those backup tapes were kept?
The drive ate the tape but that's OK, I brought my screwdriver.
I cleaned up the root partition and now there's lots of free space.
You Might Be a Computers' Support
Technician if...
- when
asked about a bus schedule, you wonder if it is 16 or 32 bits.
- you
dream in 256 palettes of 256 colors.
- you
are reading a book and look for the scroll bar to get to the next page.
- after
fooling around all day with routers etc, you pick up the phone and start
dialing an IP number.
- you
get in the elevator and double-click the button for the floor you want.
- you
look for a icon to double-click to open your bedroom window.
- you
look for the undo command after making a mistake.
- you
disdain people who use low baud rates.
- you
know how to take the cover off of your computer, and what size screwdriver
to use.
- you
can understand sentences with four or more acronyms in them.
- you
would rather get more dots per inch than miles per gallon.
- you
rotate your screen savers more frequently than your automobile tires.
- you
see a bumper sticker that says "Users are Losers" and you have
no idea it is referring to drugs.
- you
know without a doubt that diskettes come in five-and-a-quarter and
three-and-a-half inch sizes.
- you
have ended friendships because of irreconcilably different opinions about
which is better -- the track ball or the track pad.
you are zen-like in your acceptance
of users, realizing that there is no limit to the depths of cluelessness, and
yet you help them anyway.
Lawyers Jokes
A doctor and a
lawyer were attending a cocktail party when the doctor was approached by a man
who asked advice on how to handle his ulcer. The doctor mumbled some medical
advice, then turned to the lawyer and asked, "How do you handle the
situation when you are asked for advice during a social function?"
"Just send an
account for such advice" replied the lawyer.
On the next morning the doctor arrived at his surgery and issued the
ulcer-stricken man a $50 account. That afternoon he received a
$100 account from the lawyer.
A dog ran into a butcher shop and grabbed a roast off the
counter. Fortunately, the butcher recognized the dog as belonging to a neighbor
of his. The neighbor happened to be a lawyer.
Incensed at the
theft, the butcher called up his neighbor and said, "Hey, if your dog
stole a roast from my butcher shop, would you be liable for the cost of the
meat?" The lawyer replied, "Of course, how much was the roast?"
"$7.98."
A
few days later the butcher received a check in the mail for $7.98. Attached to
it was an invoice that read: Legal Consultation
Service: $150 .
A new client had
just come in to see a famous lawyer.
"Can you tell me how much you charge?", said the client.
"Of course", the lawyer replied, "I charge $200 to answer three
questions!"
"Well that's a bit steep, isn't it?"
"Yes it is", said the lawyer, "And what's your third
question?"
"I'm beginning to think that my lawyer is too interested
in making money."
"Why do you say that?"
"Listen to this from his bill: 'For waking up at night and thinking about your case: $25'."
The lawyer's son wanted to follow in his father's footsteps, so
he went to law school. He graduated with honors, and then went home to join his
father's firm. At the end of his first day at work he rushed into his father's
office, and said, "Father, father, in one day I broke the accident case
that you've been working on for ten years!"
His father responded: "You idiot, we could live on the funding of
that case for another ten years!"
A lawyer, who was talking to his son about entering college,
said, "Now got into your head that you want to be a doctor instead of a
lawyer?"
"Well, dad," answered the son, "did you ever hear anybody get up
in a crowd and shout frantically, 'Is there a lawyer in the house?' "
What's the difference between a good lawyer and a bad lawyer?
A bad lawyer can let a case drag out for several years. A good lawyer
can make it last even longer.
A Mexican bandit made a specialty of crossing the Rio Grande
from time to time and robbing banks in Texas. Finally, a reward was offered for
his capture, and an enterprising Texas ranger decided to track him down.
After a lengthy
search, he traced the bandit to his favorite cantina, snuck up behind him, put
his trusty six-shooter to the bandit's head, and said, "You're under
arrest. Tell me where you hid the loot or I'll blow your brains out."
But the bandit
didn't speak English, and the Ranger didn't speak Spanish. Fortunately, a
bilingual lawyer was in the saloon and translated the Ranger's message. The
terrified bandit blurted out, in Spanish, that the loot was buried under the
oak tree in back of the cantina.
"What did he
say?" asked the Ranger.
The lawyer answered, "He said 'Get lost, you turkey. You wouldn't dare
shoot me.'"
A lawyer opened the door of his BMW, when suddenly a car came
along and hit the door, ripping it off completely. When the police arrived at
the scene, the lawyer was complaining bitterly about the damage to his precious
BMW.
"Officer, look
what they've done to my Beeeemer!!!", he whined.
"You lawyers
are so materialistic, you make me sick!!!" retorted the officer,
"You're so worried about your stupid BMW, that you didn't even notice that
your left arm was ripped off!!!"
"Oh my gaaad....", replied the lawyer, finally noticing the
bloody left shoulder where his arm once was, "Where's my
Rolex???!!!!!"
An airliner was having engine trouble, and the pilot instructed
the cabin crew to have the passengers take their seats and get prepared for an
emergency landing.
A few minutes
later, the pilot asked the flight attendants if everyone was buckled in and
ready.
"All set back here, Captain," came the reply, "except one
lawyer who is still going around passing out business cards."
The professor of a contract law class asked one of his better
students, "If you were to give someone an orange, how would you go about
it?"
The student replied, "Here's an orange."
The professor was outraged. "No! No! Think like a lawyer!"
The student then replied, "Okay. I'd tell him `I hereby give and
convey to you all and singular, my estate and interests, rights, claim, title,
claim and advantages of and in, said orange, together with all its rind, juice,
pulp, and seeds, and all rights and advantages with full power to bite, cut,
freeze and otherwise eat, the same, or give the same away with and without the
pulp, juice, rind and seeds, anything herein before or hereinafter or in any
deed, or deeds, instruments of whatever nature or kind whatsoever to the
contrary in anywise notwithstanding...'"
When the man in the street says: "If it ain't broke, don't
fix it," the lawyer writes:
"Insofar as manifestations of functional deficiencies are agreed by any
and all concerned parties to be imperceivable, and are so stipulated, it is
incumbent upon said heretofore mentioned parties to exercise the deferment of
otherwise pertinent maintenance procedures."
In the USA, everything that is not prohibited by law is
permitted.
In Germany, everything that is not permitted by law is prohibited.
In Russia, everything is prohibited, even if permitted by law.
In France, everything is permitted, even if prohibited by law.
In Switzerland, everything that is not prohibited by law is obligatory.
A junior partner in a firm was sent to a far-away state to
represent a long-term client accused of robbery. After days of trial, the case
was won, the client acquitted and released. Excited about his success, the
attorney telegraphed the firm: "Justice prevailed."
The senior partner replied in haste: "Appeal
immediately."
A witness to an automobile accident was testifying. The lawyer
asked him, "Did you actually see the accident?"
The witness: "Yes, sir."
The lawyer:
"How far away were you when the accident happened?"
The witness: "Thirty-one feet, six and one quarter inches."
The lawyer (thinking he'd trap the witness): "Well, sir, will you
tell the jury how you knew it was exactly that distance?"
The witness: "Because when the accident happened I took out a tape and
measured it. I knew some annoying lawyer would ask me that question."
A woman and her little girl were visiting the grave of the
little girl's grandmother. On their way through the cemetery back to the car,
the little girl asked, "Mommy, do they ever bury two people in the same
grave?"
"Of course
not, dear." replied the mother, "Why would you think that?"
"The tombstone
back there said 'Here lies a lawyer and an
honest man.'"
An old man was on his death bed. He wanted badly to take some
of his money with him. He called his priest, his doctor and his lawyer to his
bedside. "Here's $30,000 cash to be held by each of you. I trust you to
put this in my coffin when I die so I can take all my money with me."
At the funeral,
each man put an envelope in the coffin. Riding away in a limousine, the priest
suddenly broke into tears and confessed, "I had only put $20,000 into the
envelope because I needed $10,000 for a new baptistery."
"Well, since
we're confiding in each other," said the doctor, "I only put $10,000
in the envelope because we needed a new machine at the hospital which cost
$20,000."
The lawyer was aghast. "I'm ashamed of both of you," he
exclaimed. "I want it known that when I put my envelope in that coffin, it
held my personal check for the full $30,000."
An engineer dies and reports to hell. Pretty soon, the engineer
gets dissatisfied with the level of comfort in hell, and starts designing and
building improvements. After a while, they've got air conditioning and flush
toilets and escalators, and the engineer is a pretty popular guy.
One day God calls
Satan up on the telephone and says with a sneer, "So, how's it going down
there in hell?"
Satan replies,
"Hey things are going great. We've got air conditioning and flush toilets
and escalators, and there's no telling what this engineer is going to come up
with next."
God replies, "What??? You've got an engineer? That's a mistake -- he
should never have gotten down there; send him up here."
Satan says,
"No way. I like having an engineer on the staff, and I'm keeping him."
God says,
"Send him back up here or I'll sue."
Satan laughs uproariously and answers, "Yeah, right. And just where
are you going to get a lawyer?"
A man died and was taken to his place of eternal torment by the
devil. As he passed sulfurous pits and shrieking sinners, he saw a man he
recognized as a lawyer snuggling up to a beautiful woman.
"That's unfair
!" he cried. "I have to roast for all eternity, and that lawyer gets
to spend it with a beautiful woman."
"Shut up!" barked the devil, jabbing him with his pitchfork.
"Who are you to question that woman's punishment?"
A defending attorney was cross examining a coroner. The
attorney asked, "Before you signed the death certificate had you taken the
man's pulse?"
"No," the coroner replied.
The attorney then
asked, "Did you listen for a heart beat?"
The coroner said, "No."
"Did you check
for breathing?", asked the attorney.
Again the coroner replied, "No."
The attorney asked, "So when you signed the death certificate you
had not taken any steps to make sure the man was dead, had you?"
The coroner, now tired of the brow beating said, "Well, let me put it this
way. The man's brain was sitting in a jar on my desk, but for all I know he
could be out there practicing law somewhere."
What's wrong with Lawyer jokes?
Lawyers don't think they're funny, and nobody else thinks they're jokes.
When asked, "What is a contingent fee?" a lawyer
answered, "A contingent fee to a lawyer means, if I don't win your suit, I
get nothing. If I do win it, you get nothing."
A group of terrorists hijacked a plane full of lawyers. They
called down to ground control with their list of demands and added that if
their demands weren't met, they would release one lawyer every hour.
A small town that cannot support one lawyer can always support
two.
What's the difference between a lawyer and a boxing referee?
A boxing referee doesn't get paid more for a longer fight.
Arguing with a lawyer is like mud wrestling with a pig: after a
while you realize that the pig actually enjoys it.
There are two kinds of lawyers, those who know the law and
those who know the judge.
The day after a verdict had been entered against his client,
the lawyer rushed to the judge's chambers, demanding that the case be reopened,
saying: "I have new evidence that makes a huge difference in my client's
defence."
The judge asked, "What new evidence could you have?"
The lawyer replied, "My client has an extra $10,000, and I just found out
about it!"
Warning Signs that you Might Need a Different Lawyer
He tells you that his last good case was a Budweiser.
When the prosecutors see who your lawyer is, they high-five each other.
He picks the jury by playing "duck-duck-goose."
He tells you that he has never told a lie.
A big sign in his office says: "Don't ask me."
A prison guard is shaving your head.
How lawyers do it...
Lawyers do it with
appeal.
Lawyers do it confidentially.
Lawyers do it on a trial basis.
Lawyers do it until justice prevails.
Lawyers do it as long as you can pay them.
Lawyers do it unless it is prohibited by law.
You Might Be a
Lawyer if...
- you
are charging someone for reading these jokes.
- you
believe that a forty words' sentence is a short one.
- you
have a daughter named Sue and a son named Bill.
- you
can look at a contract and instantly tell whether it's verbal or written.
- your
other car is a BMW.
- when
you look in a mirror, you see a lawyer.
when your wife says "I love you," you cross-examine her.
Linguists Jokes
A gentleman wanders
around the campus of a college looking for the library. He approaches a student
and asked, "Excuse me young man. Would you be good enough and tell me
where the library is at?"
The student, in a
very arrogant and belittling tone, replied, "I sorry, sir, but at this
school, we are taught never to end a sentence with a preposition!"
The gentleman smiled, and in a very apologetic tone replied, "I beg
your pardon. Please allow me to rephrase my question. Would you be good enough
to tell me where the library is at, asshole?"
"I've just had the most awful time," said a boy to
his friends. "First I got angina pectoris, then arteriosclerosis. Just as
I was recovering, I got psoriasis. They gave me hypodermics, and to top it all,
tonsillitis was followed by appendectomy."
"Wow! How did
you pull through?" sympathized his friends.
"I don't know," the boy replied. "Toughest spelling test
I ever had."
The linguist's husband walked in and caught his wife sleeping
with a young co-ed. He said, "Why, Susan, I'm surprised." She bolted
upright, pointed her finger and corrected him, "No. I
am surprised. You are astonished."
An English professor complained to the pet shop proprietor,
"The parrot I purchased uses improper language."
"I'm surprised," said the owner. "I've never taught that bird to
swear."
"Oh, it isn't that," explained the professor. "But yesterday I
heard him split an infinitive."
A linguistics professor was lecturing his class the other day.
"In English," he said, "a double negative forms a positive.
However, in some languages, such as Russian, a double negative remains a
negative. But there isn't a single language, not one, in which a double
positive can express a negative."
A voice from the back of the room retorted, "Yeah, right."
A language is a dialect with an army and a navy.
The manager of a large city zoo was drafting a letter to order
a pair of animals. He sat at his computer and typed the following sentence:
"I would like to place an order for two mongooses, to be delivered at your
earliest convenience."
He stared at the
screen, focusing on that odd word mongooses. Then he deleted the word and added
another, so that the sentence now read: "I would like to place an order
for two mongeese, to be delivered at your earliest convenience."
Again he stared at the screen, this time focusing on the new word, which
seemed just as odd as the original one. Finally, he deleted the whole sentence
and started all over. "Everyone knows no full-stocked zoo should be
without a mongoose," he typed. "Please send us two of
them."
Mr Goldberg, from Pinsk, coming to America, shared a table in
the ship's dining room with a Frenchman. Mr Goldberg could speak neither French
nor English; the Frenchman could speak neither Russian nor Yiddish.
The first day out, the Frenchman approached the table, bowed and said, "Bon
appétit!"
Goldberg, puzzled for a moment, bowed back and replied "Goldberg."
Every day, at every meal, the same routine occurred.
On the fifth day, another passenger took Goldberg aside. "Listen, the
Frenchman isn't telling you his name. He's saying 'Good Appetite,' that's what 'Bon
appétit!' means."
At the next meal, Mr Goldberg, beaming, bowed to the Frenchman and said, "Bon
appétit!".
And the Frenchman, beaming, replied: "Goldberg!"
The village blacksmith finally found an apprentice willing to
work hard for long hours. The blacksmith immediately began his instructions to
the lad, "When I take the shoe out of the fire, I'll lay it on the anvil;
and when I nod my head, you hit it with this hammer."
The apprentice did just as he told. Now he's the village blacksmith.
A nun is undressing for a bath and while she's standing naked,
there's a knock at the door. The nun calls, "Who is it?"
A voice answers, "A blind salesman."
The nun decides to get a thrill by having the blind man in the room while she's
naked so she lets him in. The man walks in, looks straight at the nun and says,
"Uhhhh, well hello there, can I sell you a blind, dearie...?"
Four linguists were
sharing a compartment on a train on their way to an international conference on
sound symbolism. One was English, one Spanish, one French and the fourth
German. They got into a discussion on whose language was the most eloquent and
euphonious.
The English
linguist said: "Why, English is the most eloquent language. Take for instance
the word "butterfly". Butterfly, butterfly... doesn't that word so
beautifully express the way this delicate insect flies. It's like flutter-by,
flutter-by."
"Oh, no!"
said the Spanish linguist, "the word for "butterfly" in Spanish
is "maripose". Now, this word expresses so beautifully the vibrant
colours on the butterfly's wings. What could be a more apt name for such a
brilliant creature? Spanish is the most eloquent language!"
"Papillon!"
says the French linguist, "papillon! This word expresses the fragility of
the butterfly's wings and body. This is the most fitting name for such a
delicate and ethereal insect. French is the most eloquent language!"
At this the German
linguist stands up, and demands: "Und vot is rongk mit
'SCHMETTERLING'?"
A Mexican bandit held up a bank in Tucson. The sheriff and his deputy chased him.
When they captured him, and the sheriff, who couldn't speak Spanish, asked him
where he'd hidden the money. "No se nada," he replied.
The sheriff put a
gun to the bandit's head and said to his bi-lingual deputy: "Tell him that
if he doesn't tell us where the money is right now, I'll blow his brains
out."
Upon receiving the
translation, the bandit became very animated. "Ya me acuerdo! Tienen que
caminar tres cuadradas hasta ese gran arbol. Debajo del arbol, alli esta el
dinero."
The sheriff leaned forward. "Yeah? Well..?"
The deputy replied: "He says he wants to die like a man."
A childless Canadian couple decided to adopt a Mexican baby.
After they got the baby, they decided to enroll in a Spanish class. When asked
why, the wife replied, "so that when the baby starts to talk, we'll be
able to understand him."
If lawyers are disbarred and clergymen defrocked, doesn't it
follow that electricians can be delighted, musicians denoted, cowboys deranged,
models deposed and dry cleaners depressed?
Laundry workers could decrease, eventually becoming depressed and
depleted! Even more, bedmakers will be debunked, baseball players will be
debased, landscapers will be deflowered, bulldozer operators will be degraded,
software engineers will be detested, and even musical composers will eventually
decompose.
Simple Questions, Complicated Answers
Why is abbreviated such a
long word?
Why does monosyllabic have five syllables?
Why is brassiere singular and panties plural?
Why isn't phonetic spelled the way it sounds?
Why is a carrot more orange than an orange?
Why are there interstate highways in Hawaii?
Why do we drive on parkways and park on driveways?
Why are they called apartments, when they're all stuck together?
Why do scientists call it research when looking for something new?
Why do they call it a building? It looks like they're finished. Why isn't
it a built?
Why is it when you transport something by car, it's called a shipment, but when
you transport something by ship, it's called cargo?
If vegetarians eat vegetables, what do humanitarians eat?
If price and worth mean the same thing, why priceless and worthless are
opposites?
Is there another word for synonym?
Is it possible to be totally partial?
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Military Intelligence
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Resident alien
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Advanced BASIC
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Genuine imitation
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Same difference
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Almost exactly
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Small crowd
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Business ethics
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Twelve-ounce poundcake
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Found missing
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New classic
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Passive aggression
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Sweet sorrow
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"Now, then..."
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Synthetic natural gas
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Pretty ugly
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Clearly misunderstood
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Peace force
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Temporary tax increase
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Computer security
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Plastic glasses
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Terribly pleased
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Political science
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Definite maybe
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Translation and
Advertisement
- The
Dairy Association's huge success with the campaign "Got Milk?"
prompted them to expand advertising to Mexico. It was soon brought to their attention
the Spanish translation read "Are you lactating?"
- Coors
put its slogan, "Turn It Loose," into Spanish, where it was read
as "Suffer From Diarrhea."
- Scandinavian
vacuum manufacturer Electrolux used the following in an American campaign:
"Nothing sucks like an Electrolux."
- Clairol
introduced the "Mist Stick," a curling iron, into Germany only to find out that "mist" is
slang for manure. Not too many people had use for the "Manure
Stick."
- An
American T-shirt maker in Miami printed shirts for the Spanish market
which promoted the Pope's visit. Instead of "I Saw the Pope" (el
Papa), the shirts read "I Saw the Potato" (la papa).
- Pepsi's
"Come Alive With the Pepsi Generation" translated into
"Pepsi Brings Your Ancestors Back From the Grave" in Chinese.
- Frank
Perdue's chicken slogan, "It takes a strong man to make a tender
chicken" was translated into Spanish as "it takes an aroused man
to make a chicken affectionate."
- When
American Airlines wanted to advertise its new leather first class seats in
the Mexican market, it translated its "Fly In Leather" campaign
literally, which meant "Fly Naked" (vuela en cuero) in Spanish.
- Hunt-Wesson
introduced Big John products in French Canada as Gros Jos. Later they found out that in
slang it means "big breasts".
- Bank
Caixa Econômica Federal in Brazil offered in an advertisment "HOT
MONEY" (in english), obviously unaware of the fact that hot money
means "Stolen Money" in normal slang.
- The
Coca-Cola name in China was first read as "Kekoukela",
meaning "Bite the wax tadpole" or "female horse stuffed
with wax", depending on the dialect. Coke then researched 40,000
characters to find a phonetic equivalent "kokou kole",
translating into "happiness in the mouth."
- When
Parker Pen marketed a ball-point pen in Mexico, its ads were supposed to have read,
"It won't leak in your pocket and embarrass you."The company
thought that the word "embarazar" (to impregnate) meant to embarrass,
so the ad read: "It won't leak in your pocket and make you
pregnant"
Classified classics
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A superb and
inexpensive restaurant. Fine food expertly served by waitresses in appetizing
forms.
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No matter what
your topcoat is made of, this miracle spray will make it really repellent.
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For sale: an
antique desk suitable for lady with thick legs and large drawers.
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We do not tear
your clothing with machinery. We do it carefully by hand.
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Now is your
chance to have your ears pierced and get an extra pair to take home, too.
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Toaster: A gift
that every member of the family appreciates. Automatically burns toast.
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Dinner Special --
Turkey $2.35; Chicken or Beef $2.25; Children
$2.00.
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Have several very
old dresses from grandmother in beautiful condition.
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Tired of cleaning
yourself? Let me do it.
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Dog for sale:
eats anything and is fond of children.
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If you think
you've seen everything in Paris, visit the Père Lachasis Cemetery. It boasts such immortals as Moliere,
Chopin and Jean de la Fontain.
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For sale: a
quilted high chair that can be made into a table, pottie chair, rocking
horse, refrigerator, spring coat, size 8 and fur collar.
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Sheer stockings.
Designed for fancy dress, but so serviceable that lots of women wear nothing
else.
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Auto Repair
Service. Free pick-up and delivery. Try us once, you'll never
go anywhere again.
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Used Cars: Why go
elsewhere to be cheated? Come here first!
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And now, the
Superstore - unequaled in size, unmatched in variety, unrivaled
inconvenience.
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Modular Sofas.
Only $299. For rest or fore play.
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Semi-Annual
after-Christmas Sale.
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