Just the Joke Today

My friends, I'm sorry to say that I am so far under the weather I could give you the forecast for Middle Earth (partly sunny, mid-70s, chance of hobbits leaving the Shire).

So just the joke today. I'm going back to bed.

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A man went on a ski trip, fell out of the lift chair, and was knocked unconscious when hit in the head by the following chair lift after he had stood up.

He called his insurance company from the hospital, but they refused to cover his case.

"But why?" the man asked.

"Look," the insurance rep replied, "you got hit in the head by a chair. That makes you an idiot, and we consider that to be a pre-existing condition."

[Joe's Clean Laffs]

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WISDOM for YOUR WEEK: "Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their work. If one falls down, his friend can help him up. But pity the man who falls and has no one to help him up!" (Ecclesiastes 4:9-10)

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Idiots Are Among Us

First of all, let me tell you right up front that I say that with love.

The other day I read in some random "Overheard in the Office" pages about one worker saying to another coworker, "Hey, it's not my fault the guy is an idiot. Though it was probably my fault that I told him so." The tag line was, "But in all fairness, he didn't seem to know."

I confess I laughed until I stopped.

Let me give you an example from my everyday life. One of the things we do at my job is process applications for United States passports. The questions are really pretty basic, and one of them is your height. The State Department doesn't care about your weight, apparently, but they want to know how tall you are.

I overheard this conversation transpire between one of my coworkers and a passport applicant.

"Ma'am, you put down that you're 10 feet, 6 inches tall?"

"I did?"

"I don't think you're 10 feet tall, ma'am."

"No, I'm not."

"See right here? Where you wrote 10?"

"That's my shoe size."

"What....?"

"Well, it says 'feet'!"

In all fairness, I don't think she knew she was an idiot.