Chuckle 1057

Chuckle 1057
(Rich Watkins of Scotts Valley CA gets today's chuckle thanks!)


~What Would You Do? ~
(Plus: Today in History and Word for the Day)

A man, returning home a day early from a business trip, got into a
taxi at the airport. It was after midnight. While en route to his
home, he asked the cabby if he would be a witness. The man suspected his wife was having an affair and he intended to catch her in the act. For $100, the cabby agreed.

Quietly arriving at the house, the husband and cabby tiptoed into the bedroom. The husband switched on the lights, yanked the blanket back and there was his wife in bed with another man.

The husband put a gun to the naked man's head.

The wife shouted,” Don’t do it! This man has been very generous!

I lied when I told you I inherited money. He paid for the Corvette I bought for you. He paid for our new cabin cruiser. He paid for your SF 49'er season tickets. He paid for our house at the lake.

He paid for our country club membership, and he even pays the monthly dues!"

Shaking his head from side-to-side the husband slowly lowered the gun.

He looked over at the cab driver and said, "What would you do?" The cabby said, "I'd cover him up with that blanket before he catches a cold." ***
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• Today in history


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Word of the Day for Tuesday May 30, 2006
equable \EK-wuh-buhl; EE-kwuh-\, adjective:1. Equal and uniform; not varying.2. Not easily disturbed; not variable or changing -- said of the feelings, temper, etc.

An equable climate, evidently due to the large area of sea compared with the land, seems to extend over the greater part of the southern hemisphere; and, as a consequence, the vegetation partakes of a semi-tropical character.-- Charles Darwin, The Voyage Of Beagle

Now, there can be no doubt that Irving . . . possesses great wit and charm, as well as a temperament that is equable, cheerful, and almost relentlessly easygoing.-- Norman Podhoretz, Ex-Friends

He had an equable temperament, a straightforward Ohio friendliness, and though a national hero for his participating in the first American space flight to orbit the earth, in February 1962, he had no airs.-- Elizabeth Drew, The Corruption of American Politics
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