The schoolteacher asked her class of young children to name one thing that was needed at their home.
“Jim?”
“A Nintendo Wii!”
“Very good, Jim. How about you, Ann?”
"A Super Barbie doll’s house,” said Ann.
“That sounds nice, Ann. Little Johnny?”
Little Johnny remained silent.
“Surely there must be something you can think of, Little Johnny?”
“No, nothing.”
“Really, Little Johnny? You do surprise me.”
“I know it’s true for a fact,” insisted Little Johnny. “Because last week my dad came home drunk, was sick all over the carpet, and my mom said it was the last thing we needed.”
Last year I entered a Halloween costume contest as Quasimodo.
I didn't win.
I have a "hunch" that I'll be "back" this year.
On their 25th wedding anniversary, a husband took his wife out to dinner. Their teenage daughters said they'd have dessert waiting for them when they returned.
After the couple got home, they saw that the dining room table was beautifully set with china, crystal and candles, and there was a note that read: "Your dessert is in the refrigerator. We are staying with friends, so go ahead and do something we wouldn't do!"
"I suppose," the husband responded, "we could vacuum."
A man was the first to arrive at work one morning. The phone rang and he answered. When the caller asked for some specific information, the man explained that it was before normal business hours but that he would help if he could.
"What's your job there?" the caller asked.
The man replied, "I'm the company president."
There was a pause. Then the caller said, "I'll call back later. I need to talk to someone who knows something about what's going on."