_______________________________________________________________ MY WIFE IS SO FAT IF SHE WAS A STRIPPER SHE'D HAVE TO WEAR A G-ROPE. _______________________________________________________________ "IS THIS A SECOND-HAND SHOP?" "YES." "PLEASE CAN YOU FIT ONE ON MY ALARM CLOCK?" _______________________________________________________________ ATTRACTED BY THE PROSPECT OF MEETING 30 NEW PEOPLE, A LONDON SOLICITOR BOOKED A PLACE ON A HOUSEPARTY HOILDAY FOR YOUNG SINGLES IN AUSTRIA. WHEN HE ARRIVED, HE WAS THE ONLY PERSON WHO HAD CHOSEN THE HOLIDAY. _______________________________________________________________ WHO SAID THAT 'STANLEY MATHEWS LACKS THE BIG MATCH TEMPERAMENT. HE WILL NEVER HOLD DOWN A REGULAR FIRST TEAM PLACE IN TOP CLASS SOCCER.' UNSIGNED FOOTBALL WRITER WHEN MATTHEWS, THE FUTURE CAPTAIN OF ENGLAND, MADE HIS DEBUT AT THE AGE OF 17. _______________________________________________________________ 'RAIL TRAVEL AT HIGH SPEED IS NOT POSSIBLE, BECAUSE PASSENGERS,UNABLE TO BREATHE, WOULD DIE OF ASPHYXIA' Dr DIONYSYS LARDNER (1793-1859). ________________________________________________________________ THE WORST EVER ELECTION WAS HELD IN JUNE 1974 WHEN THE VOTERS OF A TOWN IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA RE-ELECTED AS MAYOR THE MAN WHOSE DEATH HAD CAUSED THE ELECTION IN THE FIRST PLACE. _______________________________________________________________ APOLOGIZING TO THE 8,731 ELECTORS WHO HAD VOTED TO HAVE THE LATE MAYOR REINSTATED FOR A FURTHER YEAR, THE TOWN CLERK APPARENTLY DESCRIBED THE OCCURRENCE AS 'A BAD MISTAKE.' WHEN IT WAS ANNOUNCED THAT THE MAYOR HAD BEEN RE-ELECTED BY A SIZEABLE MAJORITY,THERE WAS, NOT SURPRISINGLY, A CONSIDERABLE PUBLIC OUTCRY. PART OF WHICH CAME FROM HIS SISTER IN LAW. ON HEARING THE RESULT, SHE SAID 'I KNOW GEORGE WAS VERY POPULAR WITH THE TOWNSFOLK, BUT I WAS STILL SURPRISED TO HEAR HIS ELECTION VICTORY ANNOUNCED ON MY WAY BACK FROM THE CREMATORIUM'. _______________________________________________________________ BEING WRONG IS A NATURAL GIFT,YOU CANNOT LEARN IT. SOME OF US CAN BE WRONG ALL THE TIME. _______________________________________________________________ 'HEAVEN AND EARTH WERE CREATED ALL TOGETHER IN THE SAME INSTANT, ON OCTOBER 23rd,4004 B.C.AT NINE O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING'_Dr JOHN LIGHTFOOT, VICE_CHANCELLOR OF CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY JUST BEFORE THE PUBLICATION OF DARWIN'S Oringin of the Species. _______________________________________________________________ 'FAR TO NOISY,MY DEAR MOZART,FAR TOO MANY NOTES.' THE EMPEROR FERDINAND AFTER THE FIRST PERFORMANCE OF The Marriage of Figaro. _______________________________________________________________ 'YOU WILL NEVER AMOUNT TO VERY MUCH'_A MUNICH SCHOOLMASTER TO ALBERT EINSTEIN, AGED 10. _______________________________________________________________ 'THEY COULDN'T HIT AN ELEPHANT AT THIS DIST...' THE LAST WORDS OF GENERAL JOHN SEDGWICK SPOKEN WHILE LOOKING OVER THE PARAPET AT ENEMY LINES DURING THE BATTLE OF SPOTSYLVANIA IN 1864. _______________________________________________________________ WHAT DO YOU CALL A MAN DANCING ON A CAR: A MORRIS DANCER. _______________________________________________________________