Chuckle 1071

Chuckle 1071
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~Bubba, Junior and a Blonde~ (2nd time around)

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Bubba and Junior were standing at the base of a flagpole, looking up. A blond lady walked by and asked what they were doing. "We're supposed to find the height of the flagpole," said Bubba, "but we don't have a ladder." The woman took a wrench from her purse, loosened a few bolts, and laid the pole down. Then she took a tape measure from her pocket, took a measurement and announced, "Eighteen feet, six inches," and walked away. Junior shook his head and laughed. "Ain't that just like a dumb blond? We ask for the height, and she gives us the length. Bubba and Junior are currently doing government work supervising the reconstruction of New Orleans Levees. ***

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Word of the Day for Tuesday June 13, 2006

practicable \PRAK-tik-uh-buhl\, adjective:1. Capable of being done, accomplished, or put into practice; feasible; as, "a practicable method; a practicable aim."2. Capable of being used; usable.

The authors give easy-to-follow instructions on coping with a whole ham leg, and so many ways to cook with it that the project even seems practicable.-- Corby Kummer, "Ham & Beans to the Rescue", The Atlantic, February 16, 2000

It was considered best to baptise the child on the same day as its birth, if such haste were practicable, since an infant unbaptised would be consigned to limbo after its death.-- Peter Ackroyd, The Life of Thomas More

Contemporary wireless sets, dependent on sources of energy too large and heavy to be useful militarily outside warships, were not practicable tools of command in the field.-- John Keegan, The First World War
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