The Chronicle

HAVE A LAUGH

-

IN THE EYES OF THE BEHOLDER

A BRIT, a Frenchman and a Russian are viewing a painting of Adam and Eve frolicking in the Garden of Eden.

“Look at their reserve, their calm,” muses the Brit. “They must be British.”

“Nonsense,” the Frenchman disagrees. “They’re naked, and so beautiful. Clearly, they are French.”

“No clothes, no shelter,” the Russian points out, “they have only an apple to eat, and they’re being told this is paradise. They are definitely Russian.”

AERIAL AFFAIR

Two television aerials met on a roof.

They fell in love and eventually got married.

The ceremony wasn’t much good, but the reception was brilliant.

EXCUSES

In the HR department in the large corporatio­n where I work, I receive absentee slips for all the employees.

Over the years I’ve heard every excuse, but the other day I found one in my voicemail that I never heard before.

“I won’t be in today,” said my absent coworker. “I’ll call back later with an excuse.”

COMPUTER SPEAK

An office technician got a call from a user.

The user told the tech that her computer was not working.

She described the problem and the tech concluded that the computer needed to be brought in and serviced.

He told her to “Unplug the power cord and bring it up here and I will fix it.”

About fifteen minutes later she shows up at his door with the power cord in her hand.

Newspapers in English

Newspapers from Australia