Politician (to his lawyer): I'll admit it was a miracle you were able to clear my name. However, I don't understand why you charged me three times the hours of actual work?
Lawyer: It has to do with the law.
Politician: Do you mean to tell me the law told you to triple bill me?
Lawyer: No, but for some odd reason the law doesn't allow me to write the word "bribe" on a billing statement.
A literature teacher is explaining the power of poems and stories. "Have you ever read something that made you cry?"
A student replied, "Yeah, my last report card."
In a hat shop a saleslady gushed: "That's the hat for you! It makes you look ten years younger."
"Then I don't want it," retorted the customer. "I certainly can't afford to put on ten years every time I take off my hat!"
The inventor of the umbrella was originally going to call it brella...
But he hesitated.