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City, County, State, Nation - they all have their issues

Not a pretty story - about 200 dead crows near Boston and Harvard University.

There was concern this may have been Avian Flu.
A Bird Pathologist examined the remains of all the crows and confirmed the problem was definitely NOT Avian Flu, to everyone's relief. However, he determined that 98% of the crows had been killed by impact with trucks, and only 2% were killed by car impacts.

The State engaged a Behavioral Ornithologist to determine the reason(s) for the disproportionate percentages of truck versus car kill. The Ornithological Behaviorist determined the cause in short order.

When crows eat road kill, they always post a "look-out crow" in a nearby tree, to warn of impending danger.

The conclusion was that the look-out crow could say "Cah", but he could not say "Truck."

Alabama Hell Yes, We Have Electricity. Alaska 11,623 Eskimos Can't Be Wrong!
Arizona But It's A Dry Heat. Arkansas Literacy Isn't Everything.
California By 30, Our Women Have More Plastic Than Your Honda. Colorado If You Don't Ski, Don't Bother.
Connecticut Like Massachusetts, only smaller. Delaware We Really Do Like The Chemicals In Our Water.
Florida Ask Us About Our Grandkids And Our Voting Skills. Georgia We Put The Fun In Fundamentalist Extremism.
Hawaii Haka Tiki Mou Sha'ami Leeki Toru (Death To Mainland Scum, Leave Your Money) Idaho More Than Just Potatoes... Well, Okay, We're Not, But The Potatoes Sure Are Real Good
Illinois Please, Don't Pronounce the "S" Indiana 2 Billion Years Tidal Wave Free
Iowa We Do Amazing Things With Corn Kansas First Of The Rectangle States
Kentucky Five Million People; Fifteen Last Names Louisiana We're Not ALL Drunk Cajun Wackos, But That's Our Tourism Campaign.
Maine We're Really Cold, But We Have Cheap Lobster Maryland If You Can Dream It, We Can Tax It
Massachusetts Our Taxes Are Lower Than Sweden's And Our Senators Are More Corrupt! Michigan First Line Of Defense - From The Canadians
Minnesota 10,000 Lakes...And 10,000,000,000,000 Mosquitoes Mississippi Come And Feel Better About Your Own State
Missouri Your Federal Flood Relief Tax Dollars At Work Montana Land Of The Big Sky, The Unabomber, Right-wing Crazies, and Honest Elections!
Nebraska Ask About Our State Motto Contest Nevada Hookers and Poker!
New Hampshire Go Away And Leave Us Alone New Jersey You Want A ##$%##! Motto? I Got Yer ##$%##! Motto Right here!
New Mexico Lizards Make Excellent Pets New York You Have The Right To Remain Silent, You Have The Right To An Attorney... And No Right To Self Defense!
North Carolina Tobacco Is A Vegetable North Dakota We Really Are One Of The 50 States!
Ohio At Least We're Not Michigan Oklahoma Like The Play, But No Singing
Oregon Spotted Owl...It's What's For Dinner Pennsylvania Cook With Coal
Rhode Island We're Not REALLY An Island South Carolina Remember The Civil War? Well, We Didn't Actually Surrender Yet
South Dakota Closer Than North Dakota Tennessee Home of the Al Gore Invention Museum.
Texas Se Hable Ingles Utah Our Jesus Is Better Than Your Jesus
Vermont Too liberal for the Kennedy's Virginia Who Says Government Stiffs And Slackjaw Yokels Don't Mix?
Washington Our Governor can out-fraud your Governor! West Virginia One Big Happy Family...Really!
Wisconsin Come Cut Cheese! Wyoming Where Men Are Men... And The Sheep Are Scared
The District of Columbia The Work-Free Drug Place

THE HISTORY OF THE CONDOM

In 1272, the Arabic Muslims invented the condom, using a goat's lower intestine.

In 1873, the British refined the idea by taking the intestine out of the goat first.

I was at the bar the other night and overheard three very hefty women talking at the bar.

Their accent appeared to be Scottish, so I approached and asked, "Hello, are you three lassies from Scotland?"

One of them angrily screeched, "It's Wales, Wales you bloody idiot!"

So I apologized and replied, "I am so sorry. Are you three whales from Scotland?"

Jack was sitting on the plane when a guy took the seat beside him. The guy was an emotional wreck, pale, hands shaking, moaning in fear.

"What's the matter?" Jack asked.

"I've been transferred to Detroit , there's crazy people there. They've got lots of shootings, gangs, race riots, drugs, poor public schools, and the highest crime rate."

Jack replied, "I've lived in Detroit all my life. It's not as bad as the media says. Find a nice home, go to work, mind your own business, enroll your kids in a nice private school. It's as safe a place as anywhere in the world."

The guy relaxed and stopped shaking and said, "Oh, thank you. I've been worried to death. But if you live there and say it's OK, I'll take your word for it. What do you do for a living?"

"Me?" said Jack. "I'm a tail gunner on a Budweiser truck.

The French Leader got a coded message from Bush Administration.

It read: S370HSSV-0773H

The French were stumped and sent for the French Information Agency.

The FIA was stumped too, so it went to the Russians.

The Russians couldn't solve it either, so they asked the Germans.

The Germans, having received this same message during W.W.II from the Americans, suggested turning it upside down ...

A Polish immigrant went to the DMV to apply for a driver's license. First, of course, he had to take an eye sight test. The optician Showed him a card with the letters: 'C Z W I X N O S T A C Z.'

"Can you read this?" the optician asked.

"Read it?" the Polish guy replied, "I know the guy."

A midget in Texas went to the doctor because his testicles hurt and ached almost all the time. The doctor told him to drop his pants. The doctor stood him up onto the examining table, and started to examine him. The doc put one finger under his left testicle and told the midget to turn his head and cough, the usual method to check for a hernia.

"Hmmmm" mumbled the doc and, as he put his finger under the right testicle, he asked the midget to cough again.

"Hmmmmm, I see the problem" said the doctor again, and reached for his surgical scissors. Snip-snip-snip-snip on the right side, then snip-snip-snip-snip on the left side. The midget was so scared he was afraid to look, but noted with amazement that the snipping did not hurt. The doctor then told the midget to hop down off the table and pull his pants up and walk around the examining room to see if his testicles still ached.

The midget was absolutely delighted as he walked around and discovered his testicles were no longer aching.

The doctor said, "How does that feel now?"

The midget replied, "Perfect Doc, and I didn't even feel it. What did you do?"

The doctor replied, "I cut two inches off the top of your cowboy boots."

Sitting together on a train, traveling through the Swiss Alps, are a French guy an American guy, an old Greek lady and a young blonde Swiss girl.

The train goes into a dark tunnel and a few seconds later there is the sound of a loud slap.

When the train emerges from the tunnel, the Frenchman has a bright red hand print on his cheek. No one speaks.

The old lady thinks,"The Frenchman must have groped the blonde in the dark, and she slapped his cheek."

The blonde thinks, "That Frenchman must have tried to grope me in the dark, but missed and fondled the old lady and she slapped his cheek."

The Frenchman thinks, "The American must have groped the blonde in the dark. She tried to slap him but missed and got me instead."

The American thinks, "I can't wait for another tunnel, so I can smack that Frenchman again!"

Paddy had been drinking at his local Dublin pub all day and most of the night.

Mick, the bartender, says "You'll not be drinking any more tonight, Paddy".

Paddy replies "OK Mick, I'll be on my way then". Paddy spins around on his stool and steps off.

He falls flat on his face. "Shoite" he says and pulls himself up by the stool and dusts himself off.

He takes a step towards the door and falls flat on his face."Shoite, shoite!"

He looks to the doorway and thinks to himself that if he can just get to the door and some fresh air he'll be fine. He belly crawls to the door and shimmies up to the door frame. He sticks his head outside and takes a deep breath of fresh air, feels much better and takes a step out onto the pavement. He falls flat on his face. "Bi'Jesus... I'm fockin' focked," he says.

He can see his house just a few doors down, and crawls to the door and shimmies up the door frame, opens the door and shimmies inside. He takes a look up the stairs and says "No fockin' way". But he crawls up the stairs to his bedroom door and says "I can make it to the bed".

He takes a step into the room and falls flat on his face. He says "Fock this, I gotta stop drinking," and falls into bed.

The next morning, his wife, Jess, comes into the room carrying a cup of coffee and says, "Get up Paddy. Did you have a bit to drink last night?"

Paddy says, "I did Jess. I was fockin' pissed. But how'd you know?"

"Mick called. You left your wheelchair at the pub."

A big Texas cowboy stopped at a local restaurant following a day of drinking and roaming around in Mexico. While sipping his tequila, he noticed a sizzling, scrumptious looking platter being served at the next table.

Not only did it look good, the smell was wonderful. He asked the waiter, "What is that you just served?"

The waiter replied, "Ah Senor, you have excellent taste! Those are bull's testicles from the bull fight this morning. A delicacy!"

The cowboy, thought momentarily daunted, said, "What the heck. I'm on vacation down here! Bring me an order!"

The waiter replied, "I am so sorry Senor. There is only one serving per day because there is only one bull fight each morning. If you come early tomorrow and place your order, we will be sure to save you this delicacy!"

The next morning, the cowboy returned, placed his order, and then that evening he was served the one and only special delicacy of the day.

After a few bites and inspecting the contents of his platter, he called the waiter and said, "These are delicious, but they are MUCH, MUCH, smaller than the ones I saw you serve yesterday."

The waiter shrugged his shoulders and replied, "Si Senor! Sometimes the bull wins."

A man goes into a store and asks the clerk for some "Polish Sausage." The clerk looked at him and asked, "Are you Polish?"

The guy, clearly offended, says, "Well, yes I am. But let me ask you something. If I asked you for Italian Sausage, would you ask me if I was Italian? Or, if I asked for German Bratwurst, would you ask me if I was German? Or if I asked you for a Kosher Hot Dog, would you ask me if I was Jewish? Or, if I asked you for a Taco, would you ask me if I was Mexican? Would ya, huh? Would Ya?"

The clerk says, "Well, no."

"And if I asked you for some Irish Whiskey, would you ask me if I was Irish? What about Canadian Bacon, would you ask me if I was Canadian?"

"Well, no, I probably wouldn't."

With self-indignation, the guy says, "Well, all right then, why did you ask me if I'm Polish just because I asked for Polish Sausage?"

The clerk replies, "Because you're at Home Depot."

A Texas game warden came upon a coyote caught in a trap. He returned to his office and called the Oklahoma game warden and told him one of his coyotes was caught in a trap.

"How do you know it's one of our coyotes?" asked the Oklahoma game warden.

"Well," replied the Texas game warden, "He's already chewed off three of his legs and he's still trapped!"

Amy, a blonde New York city girl, marries a Texas rancher. One morning, on his way out to check on the cows the rancher says to Amy, "The artificial insemination man is coming over to impregnate one of our cows today. I drove a nail into the two-by-four just above the cow's stall in the barn. You show him where the cow is when he gets here, okay?"

So the rancher leaves for the fields. After a while, the artificial insemination man arrives and knocks on the front door. Amy takes him down to the barn. They walk along long row of cows and when she sees the nail, she tells him, "This is the one..... right here."

Terribly impressed by what he seemed to think just might be another dizzy blonde, the man asks, "How did you know this is the cow to be bred?"

"That's simple. By the nail over its stall," Amy explains.

Then the man asks, "What's the nail for?"

"I guess it's to hang your pants on," she tells him as she walks away.

A woman reporter is driving a jeep in the desert. She sees a Captain in the French Foreign Legion pulling and tugging on a camel, but the camel won't budge.

The woman stops and says, "Captain! Do you need some help with the camel?"

The legionarie tells her the camel won't budge but she's welcome to try.

The reporter gets out of the jeep, takes two bricks from the back and POW... smashes the camel's testicles with the bricks. The camel makes a terrible noise and runs off into the desert.

The captain drops his pants and says, "Great! Do me next, I've got to catch that son of a bitch!"

Take 1

A new lieutenent in the French Foreign Legion arrives at an isolated base in Algeria. As a corporal shows him is quarters, he asks the corporal, "The base is rather isolated, what do the men do for female companionship?"

The corporal replies, "On Fridays, they let us use the camels."

The lieutenent can't beleive it. On Friday, he stands around the camel pen to see what happens. Suddenly, he hears the camp bugler blow a charge on his horn.

The ensuing chaos was amazing... men from all over the camp decended on the camel pens like huns attacking a village. Out of the swarm of men, the lieutenent sees the same corporal he met on his first day. He grabs the man by the arm. The corporal shouts, "Let me go! Let me go!"

"Good God man," said the lieutenent. "There are 200 men here and 500 camels. What's your hurry?"

The corporal replied, "I don't want to get stuck with an ugly one!"

Take 2

A new lieutenent in the French Foreign Legion arrives at an isolated base in Algeria. As a corporal shows him quarters, he asks the corporal, "The base is rather isolated, what do the men do for female companionship?"

The corporal replies, "On Fridays, they let us use the camels."

The lieutentent is disgusted, but says nothing. After a few weeks, however, the new officer is very lonely. He decides that if everyone else is doing it, why shouldn't he.

The next friday, the young lieutentent slinks over to the camel pens and, after looking around, drops his pants and starts humping a female camel. The camel is not amused and makes a huge uproar.

The same corporal comes in to investigate. "Lieutenent! What are you doing."

"Come on man," replied the embarrased officer, "You yourself told me we could use the camels on Fridays."

"Yes sir," replied the corporal. "But most of us just ride them into town."

Jacques Chirac, The French Prime Minister, was sitting in his office wondering what kind of mischief he could perpetrate against the United States when his telephone rang.

"Hallo, Mr. Chirac!", a heavily accented voice said. "This is Paddy down at the Harp Pub in County Sligo, Ireland. I am ringing to inform you that we are officially declaring war on you!"

"Well, Paddy," Chirac replied, "This is indeed important news! How big is your army?"

"Right now," said Paddy, after a moment's calculation, "there is myself, me cousin Sean, me next door neighbor Seamus, and the entire dart team from the pub. That makes eight!"

Chirac paused. "I must tell you, Paddy, that I have one hundred thousand men in my army waiting to move on my command."

"Begorra!" said Paddy. "I'll have to ring you back!" Sure enough, the next day, Paddy called again. "Mr. Chirac, the war is still on. We have managed to get us some infantry equipment!"

"And what equipment would that be, Paddy?" Chirac asked. "Well, we have two combines, a bulldozer, and Murphy's farm tractor."

Chirac sighed, amused. "I must tell you, Paddy, that I have 6,000 tanks and 5,000 armored personnel carriers. Also, I've increased my army to one hundred fifty-thousand since we last spoke."

"Saints preserve us!" said Paddy. "I'll have to get back to you."

Sure enough, Paddy rang again the next day. "Mr. Chirac, the war is still on!" We have managed to get ourselves airborne! We've modified Jackie McLaughlin's ultra-light with a couple of shotguns in the cockpit, and four boys from the Shamrock Pub have joined us as well!"

Chirac was silent for a minute and then cleared his throat. "I must tell you, Paddy, that I have 100 bombers and 200 fighter planes. My military complex is surrounded by laser-guided, surface-to-air missile sites. And since we last spoke, I've increased my army to two hundred thousand!"

"Jesus, Mary, and Joseph!", said Paddy, "I'll have to ring you back."

Sure enough, Paddy called again the next day. "Top o' the mornin', Mr. Chirac! I am sorry to tell you that we have had to call off the war."

"I'm sorry to hear that," said Chirac. "Why the sudden change of heart?"

"Well," said Paddy, "we've all had a long chat over a bunch of pints, and decided there's no foo-kin way we can feed two hundred thousand prisoners."

We hold these truths to be self evident: that a whole lot of people are confused by the Bill of Rights and are so dim they require a Bill of NON-Rights."

ARTICLE I: You do not have the right to a new car, big screen TV, or any other form of wealth. More power to you if you can legally acquire them, but no one is guaranteeing anything.

ARTICLE II: You do not have the right to never be offended. This country is based on freedom, and that means freedom for everyone -- not just you! You may leave the room, turn the channel, express a different opinion, etc. But the world is full of idiots, and probably always will be.

ARTICLE III: You do not have the right to be free from harm. If you stick a screwdriver in your eye, learn to be more careful, do not expect the tool manufacturer to make you and all your relatives independently wealthy.

ARTICLE IV: You do not have the right to free food and housing. Americans are the most charitable people to be found, and will gladly help anyone in need, but we are quickly growing weary of subsidizing generation after generation of professional couch potatoes who achieve nothing more than the creation of another generation of professional couch potatoes.

ARTICLE V: You do not have the right to free health care. That would be nice, but from the looks of public housing, we're just not interested in public health care.

ARTICLE VI: You do not have the right to physically harm other people. If you kidnap, rape, intentionally maim, or kill someone, don't be surprised if the rest of us want to see you fry in the electric chair.

ARTICLE VII: You do not have the right to the possessions of others. If you rob, cheat, or coerce away the goods or services of other citizens, don't be surprised if the rest of us get together and lock you away in a place where you still won't have the right to a big screen color TV or a life of leisure.

ARTICLE VIII: You do not have the right to a job. All of us sure want you to have a job, and will gladly help you along in hard times, but we expect you to take advantage of the opportunities of education and vocational training laid before you to make yourself useful.

ARTICLE IX: You do not have the right to happiness. Being an American means that you have the right to PURSUE happiness, which by the way, is a lot easier if you are unencumbered by an over abundance of idiotic laws created by those of you who were confused by the Bill of Rights.

ARTICLE X: This is an English speaking country. We don't care where you are from, English is our language. Learn it or go back to wherever you came from!

ARTICLE XI: You do not have the right to change our country's history or heritage. This country was founded on the belief in one true God. And yet, you are given the freedom to believe in any religion, any faith, or no faith at all; with no fear of persecution. The phrase IN GOD WE TRUST is part of our heritage and history, and if you are uncomfortable with it, TOUGH!!!!

Cajun man wants a job, but the foreman won't hire him until he passes a little math test. "Here's your first question," the foreman said. "Without using numbers, represent the number 9."

"Without numbers?" the Cajun says, "Dat is easy." And proceeds to draw three trees.

"What's this?" the boss asks. "Ave you got no brain? Tree and tree and tree make nine," says the Cajun.

"Fair enough," says the boss "Here's your second question. Use the same rules, but this time the number is 99."

The Cajun stares into space for awhile, then picks up the picture that he has just drawn and makes a smudge on each tree. "Ere you go."

The boss scratches his head and says, "How on earth do you get that to represent 99?"

"Each of da trees ! is dirty now. So, it's dirty tree, and dirty tree, and dirty tree. Dat is 99."

The boss is getting worried that he's going to actually have to hire this Cajun, so he says, "all right, last question. Same rules again, but represent the number 100."

The Cajun stares into space some more, then he picks up the picture again and makes a little mark at the base of each tree and says, "Ere you go. One hundred."

The boss looks at the attempt. "You must be nuts if you think that represents a hundred!"

The Cajun leans forward and points to the marks at the base of each tree and says, "A little dog came along and crap by each tree. So now you got dirty tree and a turd, dirty tree and a turd, and dirty tree and a turd, which makes one hundred.....So, when I start?!"

For those of you who watch what you eat, here's the final word on nutrition and health. It's a relief to know the truth after all those conflicting medical studies.
1. The Japanese eat very little fat and suffer fewer heart attacks than Americans.
2. The Mexicans eat a lot of fat and suffer fewer heart attacks than Americans.
3. The Chinese drink very little red wine and suffer fewer heart attacks than Americans.
4. The Italians drink excessive amounts of red wine and suffer fewer heart attacks than Americans.
5. The Germans drink a lot of beers and eat lots of sausages and fats and suffer fewer heart attacks than Americans.
CONCLUSION:
Eat and drink what you like. Speaking English is apparently what kills you.

An Irish daughter had not been to the house for over 5 years.

Upon her return, her father cussed her; " Where have you been all this time you ingrate. Why didn't you write us, not even a line to let us know how you were doing? Why didn't you call? You little tramp! Don't you know what you put your Mum through?"

The girl now in tears replied, "Sniff, sniff... Dad... I became a prostitute..."

"WHAT? Out of here, you shameless harlot. Sinner! You're a disgrace to this family - I don't ever want to see you again!"

"OK, Dad - as you wish. I just came back to give Mom this luxury fur coat, title deeds to a ten bed-roomed mansion, plus a savings account certificate for £5 million. For my little brother, this gold Rolex, and for you Daddy the spanking new Mercedes Limited Edition convertible that's parked outside plus a lifetime membership to the Country Club...(takes a breath)...and an invitation for you all to spend New Years Eve on board my new yacht in the Riviera, and...."

"Now what was it you said you had become?"

Girl, crying again, "Sniff, sniff... A prostitute Dad! ... Sniff, sniff"

"Oh! Be Jesus! - You scared me half to death girl, I thought you said a Protestant. Come here and give your old man a hug!"

A couple decide to go for a meal on their anniversary and after some deliberation decide on their local Chinese restaurant.

They peruse the menu and finally agree to share the chef's special, "Chicken Surprise."

The waiter brings over the meal, served in a lidded cast iron pot. Just as the wife is about to start in on the meal, the lid of the pot rises a tiny amount and she briefly sees two beady little eyes looking around before the lid slams back down.

"Good grief, did you see that?" she asks her husband. He hasn't, so she asks him to look in the pot.

He reaches for it and again the lid rises, and he sees two beady little eyes looking around again before it firmly slams back down.

Rather perturbed he calls the waiter over, explains what is happening and demands an explanation.

"Well sir," says the waiter, "what did you order?"

"We both chose the same," he replies, "the Chicken Surprise."

"Oh I do apologize, this is my fault," says the waiter...

"I've brought you the Peking Duck."

While riding the range one day, a ventriloquist cowboy met an Indian riding along with a dog and a sheep and decided to have some fun with him.

Cowboy: "Hey, nice dog you got there. Mind if I speak to him?"

Indian: "Dog no talk."

Cowboy: "Hey dog, how's it going?"

Dog: "Doin' good." The Indian is shocked...

Cowboy: "Is this Indian your owner?" pointing at the Indian.

Dog: "Yep"

Cowboy: "How does he treat you?"

Dog: "Real good. He lets me run free twice a day, feeds me great food, and takes me to the lake once a week to play." The Indian has a look of total disbelief.

Cowboy: "Mind if I talk to your horse?"

Indian: "Horse no talk."

Cowboy: "Hey horse, how are you?"

Horse: "Good."

Cowboy: "Is this your owner?" Indicating the Indian again.

Horse: "Yep"

Cowboy: "How's he treat you?"

Horse: "Pretty good, thanks for asking. He rides me regularly, brushes me down often, and keeps me under a tree to protect me from the rain"

The Indian stares in utter amazement.

Cowboy: "Mind if I talk to your sheep?"

Indian: "Sheep is liar."

In 1993, the American Government funded a study to see why the Head of a Penis was bigger than the rest of it.

After one year and $180,000.00, they concluded that the reason the head was larger than the shaft was to give the man more pleasure during sex.

After the US published the study, France decided to do their own. After $250,000.00, and 3 years of research, they concluded that the reason was to give the woman more pleasure during sex.

Poland, unsatisfied with these findings, conducted their own study. After 2 weeks and a cost of around $75.46, they concluded that it was to keep a man's hand from flying off and hitting him in the forehead.

A Native American Indian walks into a cafe with a shotgun in one hand pulling a male buffalo with the other. He says to the waiter, "Me want coffee."

The waiter says, "Sure chief, coming right up." He gets the Indian a tall mug of coffee. The Indian drinks the coffee down in one gulp, turns and blasts the buffalo with the shotgun, causing parts of animal to splatter every where, then just walks out.

The next morning the Indian returns. He has his shotgun in one hand and pulling another male buffalo in the other. He walks up to the counter and says to the waiter, "Me want coffee."

The waiter says, "Whoa, Tonto! We're still cleaning up your mess from yesterday. What was all that about, anyway?"

The Indian smiles and proudly says, "Me training for management position: Come in, drink coffee, shoot the bull, leave mess for others to clean up, disappear for rest of day."

A Pakistani arrives in New York City. All excited, he stops the first person he meets.

"Good day, Mr. American, thank you to accept me in your nice country, and...

"The person interrupts and says: "I am not American, I'm Japanese. "

The Pakistani continues on his way and meets another passer-by: "Thank you Mr. American for to let my family and me stay here..."

Again, he is interrupted before finishing his sentence: "I no be American, I be Turk!"

The Pakistani continues on his way and meets another passer-by: "Mr. American, me thank you for hospitality you give..."

"But my friend, don't you see that I am black? I am African, not American"

He goes a little farther and meets another American and greets him. "Thank you for letting me come to your beautiful country", but he says, "I'm not an American, I'm a Mexican"

"But", answers the Pakistani distressed, "where are the Americans?"

The African looks at his watch and says: "Oh, they all work 'til five."

Matter of perspective

A Texan, a Californian, and an Oregonian were out riding their horses.

The Texan pulled out an expensive bottle of whiskey, took a long draught, then another, and then suddenly threw it into the air, pulled out his gun, and shot the bottle in mid-air.

The Californian looked at the Texan and said, "What are you doing? That was a perfectly good bottle of Whiskey!"

The Texan replied, "In Texas, there's plenty of whiskey and bottles are cheap."

A while later, not wanting to be out-done, the Californian pulled out a bottle of champagne, took a few sips, threw the half full champagne bottle into the air, pulled out his gun, and shot it in mid-air.

The Oregonian couldn't believe this and said, "What the heck did you do that for? That was an expensive bottle of champagne!" The Californian replied, "In California, there's plenty of champagne and bottles are cheap.

A moment later, the Oregonian pulled out a bottle of Black Butte Porter. He opened it, took a sip, took another sip, then chugged the rest. He then put the bottle back in his saddlebag, pulled out his gun, turned, and shot the Californian.

The Texan, shocked, said, "Why the hell did you do that?" The Oregonian replied, "Well, in Oregon we have plenty of Californians and bottles are worth a nickel."


An Irish woman visited her doctor to ask his help in reviving her husband's sex drive. "What about trying Viagra?", asks the doctor.

"Not a chance," she said. "He won't even take an aspirin."

"Not a problem, replied the doctor. Drop it into his coffee. He won't even taste it. Give it a try and call me in a week to let me know how things went."

A week later she rang up the doctor, who directly inquired as to progress. The poor dear exclaimed, "Oh, faith, and begorrah! 'Twas horrid. Just terrible, Doctor."

"Really? What happened?", asked the doctor.

"Well, I did as you advised and slipped it in his coffee, didn't I? The effect was almost immediate. He jumped hisself straight up, with a twinkle in his eye, and with his pants a-bulging fiercely! With one swoop of his arm, he sent the cups and tablecloth flying, ripped me clothes to tatters and took me then and there, making wild, mad, passionate love to me on the tabletop! It was a nightmare, I tell you!"

"Why so terrible? asked the doctor. "Do you mean, you didn't enjoy it?"

"Of course I did doctor! Indeed, 'twas the best sex I've had in 25 years. But I'll never be able to show me face in Starbucks again."

Who is Important in the Company

Five cannibals get appointed as engineers in a aerospace defense company.

During the welcoming ceremony the boss says, "You're all part of our team now. You can earn good money here, and you can go to the cafeteria for something to eat. So please don't trouble any of the other employees."

The cannibals promised. Four weeks later the boss returns and says,"You're all working very hard, and I'm very satisfied with all of you. However, one of our janitors has disappeared. Do any of you know what happened to him?" The cannibals all shake their heads no.

After the boss has left, the leader of the cannibals says to the others, "Which of you idiots ate the janitor?"

A hand raises hesitantly, to which the leader of the cannibals replies, "You fool! For four weeks we've been eating Team Leaders, Supervisors and Project Managers and no one noticed anything, and YOU had to go and eat the janitor!"


Lunches

An Italian, a Mexican, and a redneck were building a bridge. One day at lunch, the Italian opened his lunch box and said with disgust, "If I have to eat fettucini alfredo ONE more day, I'm going to jump off this bridge."

The Mexican looks in his lunch box and says, "If I have to eat tacos for lunch ONE more day, I'm going to jump off this bridge."

The redneck then looks in his lunch box and says, "If I have to eat a ham sandwich for lunch ONE more day, I'M going to jump off this bridge."

The next day when the three men looked in their lunch boxes, they all had the same lunch as they'd had before and they all jumped off the bridge!!

At the memorial service, the wife of the Italian said sobbing, "If I had only known he was tired of fettucini alfredo, I could have made spaghetti with meatballs."

The wife of the Mexican said, "If I had only known he was tired of tacos, I could have made enchiladas."

The wife of the redneck said, "Don't look at me... that dumbass made his own lunches!!"


An American is having breakfast one morning (coffee, croissants, bread, butter and jam) when a Frenchman, chewing bubble-gum, sits down next to him. The American ignores the Frenchman who, nevertheless, starts a conversation.

Frenchman: "You American folk eat the whole bread??"

American (in a bad mood): "Of course."

Frenchman: (after blowing a huge bubble) "We don't. In France, we only eat what's inside. The crusts we collect in a container, recycle it, transform them into croissants and sell them to the states." The Frenchman has a smirk on his face.

The American listens in silence.

The Frenchman persists: "Do you eat jelly with the bread??"

American: "Of Course."

Frenchman: (cracking his bubble-gum between his teeth and chuckling).

"We don't. In France we eat fresh fruit for breakfast, then we put all the peels, seeds, and leftovers in containers, recycle them, transform them into jam and sell the jam to the states."

After a moment of silence, The American then asks: "Do you have sex in France?"

Frenchman: "Why of course we do", he says with a big smirk.

American: "And what do you do with the condoms once you've used them?"

Frenchman: "We throw them away, of course."

American: "We don't. In America, we put them in a container, recycle them, melt them down into bubble-gum and sell them to France."
A woman bought a new luxury car and returned the next day complaining that she couldn't figure out how the radio worked. The salesman explained that the radio was voice activated.

"Watch this!" he said..."Nelson!" The radio replied, "Ricky or Willie?" "Willie" he continued and "On the Road Again" came from the speakers.

The woman drove away happy and for the next few days, every time she'd say, "Beethoven," she'd get beautiful classical music and if she said, "Beatles," she'd get one of their awesome songs.

One day, a couple ran a red light and nearly creamed her new car but she swerved in time to avoid them. "ASSHOLES!" she yelled.

The French National Anthem began to play, sung by the Dixie Chicks.


An Irishman walks into a bar in Dublin, orders three pints of Guinness and sits in the back of the room, drinking a sip out of each one in turn. When he finishes them, he comes back to the bar and orders three more.

The bartender approaches and tells him, "You know, a pint goes flat after I draw it; it would taste better if you bought one at a time."

The Irishman replies, "Well, you see, I have two brothers. One is in America, the other in Australia, and I'm here in Dublin. When we all left home, we promised that we'd drink this way to remember the days when we drank together. So I drinks one for each o' me brothers and one for me self."

The bartender admits that this is a nice custom, and leaves it there. The Irishman becomes a regular in the bar, and always drinks the same way: He orders three pints and drinks them in turn.

One day, he comes in and orders two pints. All the other regulars take notice and fall silent. When he comes back to the bar for the second round, the bartender says, "I don't want to intrude on your grief, but I wanted to offer my condolences on your great loss."

The Irishman looks quite puzzled for a moment, then a light dawns in his eye and he laughs. "Oh, no, everybody's just fine," He explains, "It's just that me wife had us join that Baptist Church and I had to quit drinking.

"Hasn't affected me brothers a bit though."


France

"France has neither winter nor summer nor morals. Apart from these drawbacks it is a fine country. France has usually been governed by prostitutes."
---Mark Twain

"I would rather have a German division in front of me than a French one behind me."
--- General George S. Patton

"Going to war without France is like going deer hunting without your accordion."
--Norman Schwartzkopf

"We can stand here like the French, or we can do something about it."
---- Marge Simpson

"As far as I'm concerned, war always means failure"
---Jacques Chirac, President of France

"As far as France is concerned, you're right."
---Rush Limbaugh

"The only time France wants us to go to war is when the German Army is sitting in Paris sipping coffee."
--- Regis Philbin

"The French are a smallish, monkey-looking bunch and not dressed any better, on average, than the citizens of Baltimore. True, you can sit outside in Paris and drink little cups of coffee, but why this is more stylish than sitting inside and drinking large glasses of whiskey I don't know."
--- P.J O'Rourke (1989)

"You know, the French remind me a little bit of an aging actress of the 1940s who was still trying to dine out on her looks but doesn't have the face for it."
---John McCain, U.S. Senator from Arizona

"You know why the French don't want to bomb Saddam Hussein? Because he hates America, he loves mistresses and wears a beret. He is French, people."
--Conan O'Brien

"I don't know why people are surprised that France won't help us get Saddam out of Iraq. After all, France wouldn't help us get the Germans out of France!"
---Jay Leno

"The last time the French asked for 'more proof' it came marching into Paris under a German flag."
--David Letterman

Why can't the French tie their shoes?
Because their hands won't go below their shoulders.

What's the shortest French book ever written?
"French War Heros"

A Frenchman walks into a bar in Texas with a duck under his arm. The bartender said "You can't walk in here with that pig!" "Excuse me, " said the Frenchman, "but this is a duck." "EXCUSE ME, " said the bartender "but I was talking to the duck!"

What is the first thing the French Army teaches at basic training?
How to surrender in at least 10 languages.

What is the most useful thing in the French Army?
A rearview mirror, so they can see the war.

Why does Nike like the French Army?
Because, in war time, they are the biggest buyers of running shoes.

Why did the French celebrate their World Cup Championship in 2000 so wildly?
It was their first time they won anything without the help of the U.S

A cannibal went into the butcher shop to buy some brains to make for her family for dinner that night. She looked at the display of brains and saw that American brains were $4.95 per lb, British brains were $4.90 per lb and French brains were $450.00 per lb. She gasped and asked the butcher if the price of the French brains were a misprint. "No ma'm," answered the butcher. "That is the correct price." "Well, why are the French brains so expensive?" exclaimed the cannibal. "Do you know how many French it takes to get a pound of brains!?" replied the butcher.

Why do the French have glass bottom boats in their Navy?
To see all their other ships.

During WW2, the French resistance fighters, in their finest hour, bravely threw sticks of dynamite at the advancing German troops. The Germans then lit them and threw them back.

What do you call a man who only needs body armour on his back?
Jacques Chirac

A man askes his companion, "What's the most common French expression"? His friend scratches his head, shrugs his shoulders and replies, "I give up!"

Why don't they have fireworks at Euro Disney?
Because every time they shoot them off, the French try to surrender.

What's the difference between 1943 and 2003?
A. This time around, the Vichy government is telling the German puppets what to do.

How many Frenchmen does it take to change a light bulb?
One. He holds the bulb and all of Europe revolves around him.

Next time there's a war in Europe, the loser has to keep France.


New 2001 Wyoming Tourism Bulletin

This list of rules will be handed to each person as they enter the state.

  • That slope-shouldered ranch boy did more work before breakfast than you'll do all week at the gym. He doesn't need or want your respect, but he sure as hell deserves it.
  • It's called a "gravel road." No matter how slow you drive, you're going to get dust on your BMW. I have a 3/4 ton four-wheel drive pickup because I need it. Drive your car or get it the hell out of my way.
  • We all started hunting and fishing when we were nine-years old. Yeah, we saw Bambi. We got over it.
  • Any references to "corn fed" when talking about our women will get your prissy little ass kicked... By our women.
  • Go ahead and bring your $600 Orvis Fly Rod. Don't cry to us if you get out fished by a 12 year old with a cheap rod he bought at Wal Mart.
  • Untuck those cheap tourist cowboy boots you bought at Little America in Cheyenne. You are not a cowboy and you look like an idiot.
  • If that cell phone rings when that big buck steps onto the meadow we'll shoot the cell phone. Don't have it next to your ear when the gun goes off.
  • That's right. Whiskey is only two bucks. We can buy a fifth for what you paid in the airport.
  • High School Football is as important here as the Lakers and the Knicks... and a dang sight more fun to watch.
  • No, there's no "Vegetarian Special" on the menu. Order steak. Order it rare. Or, you can order the Chef's Salad and pick off the two pounds of ham and turkey. Yeah, we have sweet tea. It comes in a glass with two packets of sugar and a long spoon.
  • You bring Coke into our state, it better be brown, wet, and served over ice.
  • So you have a sixty-thousand dollar car. We're real impressed. We have quarter-million dollar combines that we drive two weeks a year.
  • Let's get this straight. We have one stoplight in town. We stop when it's red. We may even stop when it's yellow.
  • Our women hunt, fish, and drive trucks -- because they want to. So, you're a feminist -- isn't that cute.
  • You really want sushi and caviar? It's available at the bait shop.
  • They're cattle. That's what they smell like. Get over it. Don't like it? Interstate 80 goes two ways -- Interstate 25 goes the other two. Pick one.
  • The "Opener" refers to the first day of Elk season. It's a religious holiday held the 15th of October. You can get breakfast at the church.
  • So every person in every pickup truck waves. It's called being friendly. Try to grasp the concept.
  • Yeah, we have golf courses. Don't hit in the water hazards. It spooks the fish.
  • Yes, we have loaded and uncased rifles in our pickup trucks. What the hell good is a rifle if it's unloaded and in a case?
  • No, that's not Yogi and Boo Boo and this isn't Jellystone Park. & livestock. Our ancestors eradicated them because of this behavior. The Federal Government and environmentalists, in their infinite wisdom, have now decided that we need more of them.
  • People who live here can't afford to stay in Jackson Hole.


Letter from Californians - and a response

Dear (the rest of) America,

California ranks 48th in the nation in power consumed per person.

California grows more than half the nation's fruit, nuts, and vegetables. From now on, we're keeping them. We need something to eat when the power goes out. We grow 99 percent or more of the nation's almonds, artichokes, dates, figs, kiwi fruit, olives, persimmons, pistachios, prunes, raisins and walnuts. Hope you won't miss them.

California is the nation's number one dairy state. We're keeping our dairy products. We'll need plenty of fresh ones, since our refrigerators can't be relied upon. Got milk?

We Californians are going to keep all our high-tech hardware and software in the state. Silicon Valley is ours, after all. Without enough electricity, which you're apparently keeping for yourselves, we just plain don't have enough to spare.

We're keeping all our airplanes. California builds a good percentage of the commercial airliners available to fly you people to where you want to go. When yours wear out, you'd better hope Boeing's Washington plant can keep you supplied. There isn't enough electricity here to allow us to export any more planes than we need ourselves.

And while we're at it, we're keeping all our high-tech aerospace stuff, too, like the sophisticated weapons systems that let you sleep at night, not worried you might wake up under the rule of some foreign kook. Oh, yeah, and if you want to make a long-distance call, remember where the satellite components and tracking systems come from. Maybe you could get back in the habit of writing letters.

Want to see a blockbuster movie this weekend? Come to California. We make them here. Since we'll now have to make them with our own electricity, we're keeping them. Even if we shot them somewhere else, the labs, printing facilities, editing facilities, and sound facilities are all here.

Want some nice domestic wine? We produce over 17 million gallons per year. We'll need it all to drown our sorrows when we think about the fact that no matter how many California products we export to make the rest of America's lives better, America can't see its way clear to help us out with a little electricity. You can no longer have any of our wine.

You all complain that we don't build enough power plants. Well, you don't grow enough food, write enough software, make enough movies, build enough airplanes and defense systems, or make enough wine. This is your last warning, America. Lighten (us) up before it's too late.

Love,

Us Californians

And the response from the rest of reality::::

Dear Californians,

You may rank 48th in power consumed per person but you rank 1st in gasoline consumed per person. Since you spend all of your time in the car, maybe that's the reason you use 'so little' electricity.

You may grow 99 percent of the nation's almonds, artichokes, dates, figs, kiwi fruit, olives, persimmons, pistachios, prunes, raisins and walnuts but the rest of the country can hardly afford the prices you demand for them. Won't miss them a bit (especially artichokes, dates, figs, kiwi fruit, persimmons, prunes, raisins and walnuts). After all, what real American eats artichokes? And the only part of America that will miss prunes is Florida. I guess we'll just have to keep our water, too. And, oh by the way, how will you grow all this stuff without our water?

You can keep your expensive milk products, too. I'm sure in the true American entrepreneurial spirit, some other state will figure out how to grow cows (maybe Wisconsin?).

You can keep your technology, too. After all, it's been given away to China (by the Clinton administration) so I guess we'll just have to buy much cheaper hardware from them. And, oh by the way, why does California have more technology companies closing daily than the rest of the nation combined?

You can keep your airplanes, too. Maybe that is the right solution to the crowded airways across America.

You can keep your satellites, too. Again, you may be right. We should get back into the habit of writing letters. After all, aren't we running out of telephone numbers anyway? And since I feel more secure at night when our Navy, Army, Air Force and Marines are forward deployed than when there is some techo-wacko satellite in charge of my security, you can keep your 'sophisticated weapons systems'. I'll sleep better at night with highly trained Sailors and Soldiers at the helm anyway.

Movies? You can absolutely keep the 99 percent trash you produce. And keep your TV shows, too. And by the way, keep all those ultra left wing actors and actresses there, too. We really don't want them screwing up the rest of America when you close your borders down.

You can keep your wine, too. I pay 30 to 60% less for a nice bottle of wine made in Chile, Argentina, Australia or France than I pay now for your vintage wines. Yes, I do like some of your wines, but I'm willing to make a sacrifice here. And, oh by the way, I'll even buy some of the decent Virginia, North Carolina, New York and Texas wines for a pleasant change.

Actually, I don't complain about anything in California. But I might start. I might complain about the high-handed attitude that I have to pay for your follies. I might complain that California car laws have increased the cost of my automobile by more than 25% - and I don't even drive in California. I might complain that some California laws and rules have upset me morally (like the move in San Francisco which would allow the city to pay for sex change operations? - give me a break!).

In summary, I'd like to say that the rest of America feels your pain. And it's in our neck. If you wish to form your own country, fine. You have our permission. Just remember that we'd appreciate it if you could build very high walls along your border with the other states. That way, when you fall off into the ocean, we'll have a ready made start to building new piers.

Love,

The Rest of the Country


You know you're in California if:

  • You make over $300,000 a year and still can't afford a house.
  • It's sprinkling outside, so you leave for work an hour early to avoid all the weather-related accidents.
  • Your child's third grade teacher has purple hair, a nose ring, and is named Breeze or Flower.
  • You take a bus and are shocked at two people carrying on a conversation in English.
  • You've been to a baby shower for an infant who has two mothers and a sperm donor.
  • You have a very strong opinion about where your coffee beans are grown and can taste the difference between Sumatran and Ethiopian.
  • Both you AND your dog have therapists.
  • A really great parking space can move you to tears.
  • The guy in line at Starbucks, wearing the baseball cap, sunglasses, and looks like George Clooney, IS George Clooney.
  • Your car insurance costs as much as your house payment.
  • Your hairdresser is straight, your plumber is gay, and your Mary Kay rep is a guy in drag.
  • It's sprinkling out, and there's a report on every news channel about "THE STORM!*
  • You pass an elementary school playground and the children are all busy with their cells or pagers.
  • Over 85% of the cities, towns, and/or streets start with San, Los, El, La, Santa, De La, De Los or Via.
  • Two overcast days in a row drive you mad.
  • A family of four owns six vehicles.
  • Everyone who lives here knows that hurricanes, tornadoes, floods and snowstorms are way worse than earthquakes, which are, after all, over almost as soon as you realize what's happening.
  • Even if the store is across the street, you drive there.
  • If you drive illegally, they take your driver's license. If you're here illegally, they want to give you one.
  • And finally, a question: Q. How many Californians does it take to screw in a light bulb? A. None. Californians cannot afford to turn on the lights.