Chuckle 1106

Chuckle 1106
(Charles M of Bradenton FL gets today's chuckle thanks!)




~Used Car Lot~
(Plus: Today in History and Word for the Day)

It was a small town and the patrolman was making his evening rounds. As he was checking a used car lot, he came upon two little old ladies sitting in a used car. He stopped and asked them why they were sitting there in the car. Were they trying to steal it? "Heavens no, we bought it." "Then why don't you drive it away." "We can't drive." "Then why did you buy it?" "We were told that if we bought a used car here we'd get screwed ... so we're just waiting. ***
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Word of the Day for Tuesday July 18, 2006

scuttlebutt \SKUHT-l-buht\, noun:1. A drinking fountain on a ship.2. A cask on a ship that contains the day's supply of drinking water.3. Gossip; rumor.

What were they talking about? Sports? Neighborhood scuttlebutt? Off-color jokes? I didn't know; I knew only how exciting it was to see Dad in action.-- Eric Liu, The Accidental Asian
It was written in the optimistic belief that open debate beats backroom scuttlebutt.-- Jon Entine, Taboo

In snooping around, my mother overheard the pageant scuttlebutt, which was that Snow White was the big winner.-- Delta Burke with Alexis Lipsitz, Delta Style
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