Chattanooga Times Free Press

Laugh Lines

- Laugh Lines is compiled from various sources, including reader submission­s and websites. Origins are included when known.

Autumn splendor

From Ruth Wright: How do the fall leaves get from one place to another?

They take autumn mobiles.

Lexophilia

From Leland Parrott:

Venison for dinner again? Oh deer!

How does Moses make tea? Hebrews it.

England has no kidney bank, but it does have a Liverpool.

I tried to catch some fog, but I mist.

They told me I had type-A blood, but it was a typo.

I changed my iPod’s name to Titanic. It’s syncing now.

Jokes about German sausage are the wurst.

I know a guy who’s addicted to brake fluid. He says he can stop any time.

I stayed up all night to see where the sun went, and then it dawned on me.

This girl said she recognized me from the vegetarian club, but I’d never met herbivore.

When chemists die, they barium.

I’m reading a book about anti-gravity. I just can’t put it down.

I did a theatrical performanc­e about puns. It was a play on words.

Why were the Indians here first? They had reservatio­ns. I didn’t like my beard at first. Then it grew on me.

Did you hear about the cross-eyed teacher who lost her job because she couldn’t control her pupils?

When you get a bladder infection, urine trouble. Broken pencils are pointless. I dropped out of communism class because of terrible Marx. I got a job at a bakery because I kneaded dough. Velcro — what a rip off!

Don’t worry about old age; it doesn’t last.

Tetanus shot

The old man struggles to get up from the couch, then starts putting on his coat

His wife, seeing the unexpected behavior, asks, “Where are you going?”

He replies, “I’m going to the doctor.”

She says, “Why, are you sick?”

He says, “Nope, I’m going to get me some of that Viagra stuff.”

Immediatel­y the wife starts positionin­g herself to get out of her rocker so she can put on her coat.

He says, “Where are you going?”

She answers, “I’m going to the doctor, too.”

He says, “Why, what do you need?”

She says, “If you’re going to start using that rusty old thing, I’m getting a tetanus shot.”

Milk money

An art connoisseu­r passes a little grocery in New York when he notices a pitiful little kitten on the front step lapping up milk in a bowl. The cat is mangy with one ear half chewed off and clumps of fur missing.

What really catches the collector’s eye, though, is the bowl the kitten is drinking from. He recognizes it as a rare antique worth thousands of dollars.

He walks in the store and offers $20 for the cat.

“He’s not for sale,” says the store owner.

“That’s ridiculous!” says the collector. “He is one of the ugliest cats I’ve seen. He must be for sale. I’ll give you $100 for him.”

The store owner considers for a second and then says, “It’s a deal.”

The connoisseu­r hands the store owner the money, which he quickly pockets.

As he scoops up the kitten, the collector says, “For that price I’m sure you won’t mind sending that old bowl with him. He seems so happy drinking from it.”

The store owner says, “No way. That’s my lucky bowl. From that bowl, I’ve sold 26 cats this week.”

Party time

Two politician­s are having lunch together, when suddenly one stands up and shouts, “You’re lying!”

The other says, “I know, but just hear me out.”

A-OK

A mom texts, “Hi! Son, what does IDK, LY & TTYL mean?”

He texts back, “I Don’t Know, Love You, Talk To You Later.”

The mom texts him, “OK, don’t worry about it. I’ll ask your sister, love you too.”

Wrong right answers

Mr. and Mrs. Brown had two sons. One was named

Mind Your Own Business and the other was named Trouble. One day the two boys decided to play hideand-seek.

Trouble hid while Mind Your Own Business counted to 100. Mind Your Own Business began looking for his brother behind garbage cans and bushes. Then he wandered out to the street and began looking in and under cars.

A police officer, noticing the strange behavior, approached him and asked, “What are you

doing?”

“Playing a game,” the boy replied.

“What is your name?” the officer questioned.

“Mind Your Own Business.”

Furious the policeman inquired, “Are you looking for trouble?!”

The boy replied, “Why, yes.”

 ??  ?? Lisa Denton
Lisa Denton

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