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"Kendall D. Corbett" <[log in to unmask]>
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Kyle,

Sorry, Just looked black through the thread and saw your version of the
"Patty Black" joke.  Didn't mean to imply that I didn't like yours!


On 10/23/07, Kendall D. Corbett <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> OK, I heard this one just this afternoon...
>
> A woman has just moved to the deep south, and wanted desperately to fit in
> with her new church.  The church was having a bake sale so she wanted to
> bake the perfect cake.  All she had on hand was an angel food cake mix, so
> she baked it, and it was gorgeous, until her daughter came home from school
> and slammed the door as she was taking it out of the oven.  Of course, the
> cake fell.  She had about an hour before she had to have it at the church,
> so she asked her daughter to bring her something (anything!) to fill the
> hole.  Her daughter brough her a roll of toilet paper, which fit the hole
> well, so she covered it with frosting, and the cake again looked beautiful.
> She sent her daughter to the church with the cake and $50 to buy the cake
> back, thinking that no one would pay that much for a cake.  Her daughter
> came home terrified, because she'd been outbid for the cake by the
> wealthiest woman in the church, who was known to give lavish parties.
>
> The woman had received an invitation to a party the woman was hosting the
> very next night, and she was terrified to go because of the reaction the
> woman would have to her "toilet paper" cake.  She decided to go and to
> apologize for the cake.  When she got to the party, the cake was displayed
> prominently on the sideboard, and every time she approached the hostess to
> tell her about the cake, someone was exclaiming over how wonderful it
> looked,  By the time she finally got to the hostess to confess and
> apologize, she'd heard the woman graciously accept praise for the cake
> several times, proclaiming that she'd "baked it just that afternoon."
>
> She decided that she didn't really need those kinds of friends, and
> decdided to keep her mouth shut.
>
> I know, the ending is weak, but that's the way I heard it.  Kyle, if you
> or Ken or Kat, as Southerners can come up with a punch line with more
> "punch," let me know.
>
>
> On 10/23/07, Cleveland, Kyle E. <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >
> > Ok, this one's on the edge, but cute nevertheless:
> >
> > It's the first night of their honeymoon and the bride and groom are
> > sitting on the edge of the bed nervously deciding who's going to disrobe
> > first (ok, I know this is pretty staid for these times, but work with
> > me).  Hubby loses the coin toss and as he takes off his shoes and socks
> > his bride notices that his toes are all gnarled and bent.
> >
> > Asks the bride, "John, what on earth happened to your toes?"
> > John replies, "Well, sweetie, when I was just a wee lad I contracted
> > toe-lio."
> > "Don't you mean polio?" she queries in disbelief. "No, no, it was
> > toe-lio."
> >
> > Uncertainly, she motions for him to continue, so John drops his pants
> > but leaves his boxers in place.  Wifey is shocked to see that his knees
> > are covered with large, round scars.  With much trepidation, she asks,
> > "Good lord, John, whatever happened to your knees?"
> >
> > Replies John, "Well, honey, I eventually recovered from toe-lio, but it
> > left my immune system so weak that I came down with a horrible case of
> > kneezles."
> >
> > "Don't you mean measles?" she asks, suspiciously.
> >
> > "No, it really was kneezles--pretty bad case, too." answers John.
> >
> > Well, at this point her guard is really up, so when he drops his
> > drawers, she blurts, "Don't tell me--smallcox, right?"
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Cerebral Palsy List [mailto: [log in to unmask]] On Behalf
> > Of Kendall D. Corbett
> > Sent: Monday, October 22, 2007 4:19 PM
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: Re: a little humor
> >
> > OK, today's Shaggy Dog story:
> >
> > A frog goes into a bank and hops over to the loan officer's desk. He
> > jumps
> > up onto the chair and says to the officer, "Hi, what is your name?" The
> > officer says, "My name is Patty Black. What can I do for you?" The frog
> > replies, "I want a loan." "OK," says Ms.Black, "let's fill out a loan
> > application. What is your name?"  "Kermit," the frog says, "Kermit
> > Jagger."
> > "Oh, any relation to Mick Jagger?" Black asks. "Yeah, he's my Dad!"
> > answers
> > the frog. "Wow," says Patty Black. "Do you have any collateral?"  "Yes,
> > I
> > do," and the frog reaches into his pocket and pulls out a big, bright
> > pink,
> > ceramic elephant. He places it on the desk in front of Patty Black.
> > She scratches hers head and says, "Excuse me for a moment." She then
> > walks
> > into the bank manager's office with the loan application and the
> > elephant in
> > hand. She says, "Uh, sir, there is this frog out there who wants a
> > loan." She hands the manager the application. "He brought this,
> > this...uh,
> > well, I don't quite know what it is, for collateral!" She puts the shiny
> > pink elephant on the manager's desk. "What should I do?" The bank
> > manager
> > stands up and shouts, "It's a knick-knack, Patty Black, give the frog a
> > loan!! His old man's a Rolling Stone!!!!!!"
> >
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>
>
> --
>
>
> Kendall
>
> An unreasonable man (but my wife says that's redundant!)
>
> The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one
> persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all progress
> depends on the unreasonable man.
>
> -George Bernard Shaw 1856-1950
>



-- 


Kendall

An unreasonable man (but my wife says that's redundant!)

The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one
persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all progress
depends on the unreasonable man.

-George Bernard Shaw 1856-1950

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