Because of an ear infection, my young son, Casey, had to go to the pediatrician. I was impressed with the way the doctor directed his comments and questions to my son. When he asked Casey, “Is there anything you are allergic to?” Casey nodded and whispered in his ear. Smiling, the pediatrician wrote out a prescription and handed it to me.
Without looking at it, I tucked it into my purse. Later, the pharmacist filled the order, remarking on the unusual food-drug interaction my son must have. When he saw my puzzled expression, he showed me the label on the bottle.
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As per the doctor’s instructions, it read: Do not take with broccoli.
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That’s One Way to Order Chicken
Kofi walks in to a restaurant and wants to order chicken. Unfortunately, English is not his first language and he can’t remember how to say chicken in English.
Kofi sees the guy at the table next to him with a plate with 4 boiled eggs on it.
Kofi points to the plate of eggs and says to the waiter, “I want their mother!”
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Toughen Up, Kid
My grandfather worked in a blacksmith shop when he was a boy, and he used to tell me, when I was a little boy myself, how he had toughened himself up so he could stand the rigors of blacksmithing. One story was how he had developed his arm and shoulder muscles. He said he would stand outside behind the house and, with a 5 pound potato sack in each hand, extend his arms straight out to his sides and hold them there as long as he could.
After awhile he tried 10 pound potato sacks, then 50 pound potato sacks and finally he got to where he could lift a 100 pound potato sack in each hand and hold his arms straight out for more than a full minute.
Next, he started putting potatoes in the sacks.
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Pretzel Charity
A little old lady sold pretzels on a street corner for 25 cents each. Every day a young man would leave his office building at lunch time and, as he passed her pretzel stand, he would leave her a quarter, but would never take a pretzel.
This went on for more than five years. The two of them never spoke. One day as the man passed the old ladies pretzel stand and left his quarter as usual, the pretzel woman spoke to him,
“Sir, I appreciate your business. You are a good customer, but I have to tell you that the pretzel price has increased to 35 cents.”
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Italian Cusine
A man walks into a store and orders some rigatoni, some mozzarella, parmesan cheese and a bottle of red wine.
The clerk says “You must be Italian.”
The customer, put off says, ” If I ordered some potatoes, cabbage and a six pack of beer would you say I must be Irish.”
“No.” Said the clerk, “THIS IS A HARDWARE STORE!”
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Eating Pizza
While working at a pizza parlor, I observed a man ordering a small pizza to go. He appeared to be alone and the cook asked him if he would like it cut into 4 pieces or 6.
He thought about it for some time then said, “Just cut it into 4 pieces; I don’t think I’m hungry enough to eat 6 pieces.” [/restrict]