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For almost two years every time my wife Marsha spoke, I jumped from my chair while mumbling, “I’m coming, I’m coming,” and rushed up to wherever sh...
- Added: Aug 27, 2009
- Length: 01:38
Several of my neighbors have whipped out some serious fire power and blasted holes in people.
- Added: Aug 22, 2009
- Length: 02:01
Involve yourself in an authentic human drama and put it in a book.
- Added: Aug 20, 2009
- Length: 02:07
- Added: Aug 17, 2009
- Length: 01:58
Have you noticed that everyone wants to help you "Come in and save" --- at least that’s what they tell you.
- Added: Aug 12, 2009
- Length: :55
Most of the men who run ads for hit man services are really undercover policemen. The woman we’re talking about here must have been incredibly stup...
- Added: Aug 06, 2009
- Length: 01:24
No matter how well you plan out your project, you are going to have to drive into town twice to get what you need.
- Added: Aug 05, 2009
- Length: 01:54
A genius can immediately see unique and positive alternatives to many situations.
- Added: Jul 28, 2009
- Length: :56
Eggs are now laser-etched with an expiration date and a code. The process could even be refined to the point where you could tell which hen at the ...
- Added: Jul 27, 2009
- Length: :44
The people who design web pages were born after some of us were already collecting social security, so too many web sites are not user friendly for...
- Added: Jul 21, 2009
- Length: 02:16
One does not argue with a person afflicted with a Type A personality
- Added: Jul 14, 2009
- Length: 01:33
Married men will always have to rely on an expert to fix things in the home.
- Added: Jul 09, 2009
- Length: 01:39
We live in an age where technology is king. Most of us are overwhelmed by the various types of technology we are forced to work with, or attempt to...
- Added: Jul 08, 2009
- Length: 01:27
A young man seeking enlightenment once travelled far away to a distant land and climbed a tall mountain where a wise old man was known to dispense ...
- Added: Jul 07, 2009
- Length: :46
You have heard many sparkling wits say that growing old beats the alternative.
- Added: Jun 09, 2009
- Length: 01:17
Having an affair wasn’t bad. Getting caught was bad.
- Added: Jun 04, 2009
- Length: 01:09
- Added: May 29, 2009
- Length: 05:19
- Purchases: 1
Can a man of 29 fall in love with a girl of 14?
- Added: May 22, 2009
- Length: 01:52
- Added: May 21, 2009
- Length: 02:21
- Added: May 13, 2009
- Length: :37
- Purchases: 1
There are people who are distressed at the thought of gay marriage.
- Added: May 12, 2009
- Length: 02:41
Farmers and gardeners alike are beset by gophers. There may be more than one way to skin a cat but for gophers, Greg is the guy.
- Added: May 02, 2009
- Length: 10:06
Corporate America has produced a pill that combats obesity
- Added: Mar 26, 2009
- Length: 02:32
25 million or so people in Africa have died from aids and almost that many have the disease.
- Added: Mar 19, 2009
- Length: 01:11
Put him out on the speaking circuit for the next year and use his fee to make a token payment to the people he cheated
- Added: Mar 18, 2009
- Length: 02:14
