Job application After I applied for jobs at both a library and a shoe store, my husband said he hoped that I’d get the one at the store. “It would be nice to have employee discounts on shoes,” he explained. Then, without thinking, he added, “Of course, if you get
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Pumpkin pie The new bride had spent hours preparing pumpkin pie for their first Thanksgiving dinner together. During desert, she watched her husband slowly savor each forkful. “How was it, Honey?” she asked when he’d finished. “Well,” he began thoughtfully, wiping his lips, “you probably could have beaten the eggshells
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“Hospital Introduction” While working as a Navy nurse in a military hospital’s emergency room, I was required to introduce myself by my rank and full name. I usually refer to myself as Ensign Mike Payne, but one busy day I rushed into a patient’s room and blurted, “Hi, I’m Ensign
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I warned you! The fragrance department of a major New York City store where I shop is always pushing the latest scents. Attractive models move about the floor offering to spray customers with the newest bouquet. One day, outside the store’s restaurant, a model sprayed two women who had just
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Knowing better Three children were debating whether they dared take candy mints to church to eat during the service. “Mother wouldn’t let us,” Terry warned. “Then put them in my pocket,” the smallest volunteered. “She thinks I’m too little to know better.” “Robber Visit” A man was sleeping soundly when
“Get Me Out!” My husband David’s colleague at a package-processing center was trapped in a small rest room by a faulty lock. When he was finally discovered, David and another worker were able to open the door with some difficulty. The lock was still jammed, so they blocked the door
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Formula The whole neighborhood shook from the ear splitting explosion in a nearby Pharmacy. As 911 was called, shopkeepers ran outside to see what happened, people spotted the pharmacist staggering out of his smoldering building. His white uniform was now scorched black. He looked like Frankenstein. He went up to
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Explain this Thanksgiving Day was approaching and the family had received a card with a painting of a Pilgrim family on their way to church. Grandma showed the card to her small grandchildren, observing: “The Pilgrim children liked to go to church with their mothers and fathers.” “Oh yeah?” her
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“Wild Game” I love the outdoors, and because of my passion for hunting and fishing, my family eats a considerable amount of wild game. I guess they eat so much, in fact, that one evening as I set a platter of broiled venison steaks on the dinner table, my ten-year-old
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Is The Mule For Sale? Once upon a time there was a woman married to an annoying man. He would complain about everything. One day he went to the creek with his mule. He complained so much that the mule got annoyed and kicked him to death. At the funeral,
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