Sunday, July 12, 2009

this week's guffaws

Ready for some laughs? I got a fantastically funny email the other day from Samsmama, who is quickly giving some of my other friends a run for their money on the guffaws-fodder-email-sending. C'mon people, ya'll gotta step up your games! Okay, no pressure, but as always, if you just happen to have an email pop up in your inbox, send it my way and you may just see it again on here!

Okay, pitiful begging done with for now, let's get to the funnies. Remember, as with all email forwards, you have to suspend your disbelief and not waste your time questioning if any of this is real or not, or even notice that the list refers to the current year and the last joke talks about something last summer... who cares, the intent here is purely laughter!

TOP 8 MORONS OF 2009

1. WILL THE REAL DUMMY PLEASE STAND UP?
AT&T fired President John Walter after nine months, saying he lacked intellectual leadership. He received a $26 million severance package. Perhaps it's not Walter who's lacking intelligence.

2. WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM OUR FRIENDS.
Police in Oakland , CA spent two hours attempting to subdue a gunman who had barricaded himself inside his home. After firing ten tear gas canisters, officers discovered that the man was standing beside them in the police line, shouting, 'Please come out and give yourself up.'

3. WHAT WAS PLAN B???
An Illinois man, pretending to have a gun, kidnapped a motorist and forced him to drive to two different automated teller machines, where the kidnapper proceeded to withdraw money from his own bank accounts.

4. THE GETAWAY!
A man walked into a Topeka , Kansas Kwik Stop and asked for all the money in the cash drawer. Apparently, the take was too small, so he tied up the store clerk and worked the counter himself for three hours until police showed up and grabbed him.

5. DID I SAY THAT???
Police in Los Angeles had good luck with a robbery suspect who just couldn't control himself during a lineup. When detectives asked each man in the lineup to repeat the words: 'Give me all your money or I'll shoot,' the man shouted, "That's not what I said!"

6. ARE WE COMMUNICATING???
A man spoke frantically into the phone: "My wife is pregnant and her contractions are only two minutes apart." "Is this her first child?" the doctor asked. "No!" the man shouted, "This is her husband!"

7. NOT THE SHARPEST TOOL IN THE SHED!
In Modesto , CA , Steven Richard King was arrested for trying to hold up a Bank of America branch without a weapon. King used a thumb and a finger to simulate a gun. Unfortunately, he failed to keep his hand in his pocket.

8. THE GRAND FINALE!!!
Last summer, down on Lake Isabella, located in the high desert, an hour east of Bakersfield, CA, some folks, new to boating, were having a problem. No matter how hard they tried, they couldn't get their brand new 22 foot boat going. It was very sluggish in almost every maneuver, no matter how much power they applied. After about an hour of trying to make it go, they putted into a nearby marina, thinking someone there may be able to tell them what was wrong. A thorough topside check revealed everything in perfect working condition The engine ran fine, the out-drive went up and down, and the propeller was the correct size and pitch. So, one of the marina guys jumped in the water to check underneath. He came up choking on water, as he was laughing so hard.

Under the boat, still strapped securely in place, was the trailer!


There you have it, a milder-type of a Darwin Awards list-- at least no one was dead at the end of any of these little ditties!

With lots of laughs,

3 comments:

  1. Huh. Interesting people... who apparently are not always using their heads. Seriously, a boat trailer? Wow. Wow.

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  2. "No!" the man shouted, "This is her husband!"

    Although I should have seen it coming, this one got me.

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  3. Oh, the last one made me laugh out loud. Didn't see that one coming. :D

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