For Crying Out Loud, Jonah!
In one of Gary Larson’s “The Far Side” cartoons, he imagined Jonah finally returning home after his experience in the belly of the whale. Jonah comes staggering in the door, his ragged clothes dripping wet. His wife is standing there and demands, “For crying out loud, Jonah! Three days late, covered with slime, and smelling like fish!…And what story have I got to swallow this time?”
Anniversary
From the classified-ad section of the Kokomo, Indiana, “Tribune”:
“Thank you, Shirley Slusser, for 18 years of wedded bliss. You are the most wonderful, beautiful wife in the world, and I love you now more than ever. If it weren’t for the fact that I promised Dan, Larry and George that I’d play poker with them tonight, I would certainly be with you on this anniversary of the most important day of my life. Lovingly, Jim Slusser.”
Birthday cake
Little Johnny’s mother was having difficulty gulping down the birthday cake he had made for her as a surprise. When she was finished, Little Johnny happily exclaimed,
“I’m so glad you like it, Mommy. There should have been 32 candles on the cake, but they were all gone when I took it out of the oven.”
