cold and  chaude   A patron in Montreal cafe turned on a tap in the washroom and got scalded. 'This is an outrage,' he complained. 'The faucet marked C gave me boi...

Pretend Doctor For several years, my job was to answer all viewer phone calls and mail concerning the daytime television soap operas our company produced. One day a woman called wa...

Back Up Two Miles   A farmer and his son, traveling by horse and buggy up a narrow lane, met a motorist going the other way. There was no room to pass for two miles in either...

Express mail  After my wife landed a coveted job offer from DHL, we went out of town to celebrate. While on our trip, she was contacted by the company‘s human resources dep...

Super power line During the recent blackout in New York city, my sister’s phone at the ferry company kept ringing as people inquired about service. One caller asked if the ferry w...

I‘m not a newsboy Freelance newspaper writers don‘t get nearly as much attention as writers with regular bylines. So I was delighted when I finally got some notice. It was at t...

my wife told me to stand here   Everybody on earth dies and goes to heaven. God comes and says 'I want the men to make two lines. One line for the men that dominated their...

The Fish Net        'Can you tell me what fish net is made, Ann?'        'A lot of little holes tied together with strin...

 That‘s Creative     Being the office supervisor, I had to have a word with a new employee who never arrived at work on time. I explained that her tardiness was una...

Just want to take a day off A big challenge of running a small business is dealing with employees‘ requests for time off. One morning an employee said, 'I need to leave early tomo...