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- COMET
-
- In late 1992, astronomers warned that a comet called Swift Tuttle, could
- hit the earth in about 100 years' time, wiping out all life on the planet.
- However, further investigation now shows that the comet will not hit the
- earth, but come quite close (it might appear as a streak of light in the
- sky). What a pity. We now have to endure more years of unemployment,
- crime, civil war, racial and religious hatred, terrorism, starvation,
- etc...
-
- DEADLY ROLE MODEL
-
- People keep idolising Hollywood studs. Cindy Crawford, Cher and Dolph
- Lundgren have each released crummy keep-fit videos on how to 'turn yourself
- into one of them'. Many doctors and physicians are sceptical about the
- advice given in these videos. Some of the exercises are extremely
- dangerous. Loads of suckers out there (thinking lesser of themselves) have
- bought these videos and are now pulling muscles, straining tendons and
- crushing vertebrae (uurrrgghh!) in the hope of turning into a 'Cher' or a
- 'Cindy' or a 'Dolph'. On the other hand they could end up semi-crippled if
- not completely immobile! The studs will still be in Hollywood, and the
- keep-fit suckers will end up in hospital.
-
- THE CULPRIT
-
- In early 1993, the headline of a very popular tabloid quoted 'Nintendo
- killed my son'! It was report about a mother whose epileptic son played a
- Nintendo game (SNES or NES) and later had a fit that was so bad that it
- killed him. So she blamed Nintendo. It seems everyone involved forgot to
- look at one more important aspect of this incident.
-
- The television. Who manufactured the television?
-
- The report was not 'Fred Bloggs televisions killed my son'. And did this
- mother really blame Nintendo, or did the press put words into her mouth?
- If she really did say this, couldn't Nintendo turn the tables on her and
- prosecute her for slander if she could not prove her case? There is no
- well-established link between the TV games and epilepsy, but there is a
- link between TVs and epilepsy. The 50 hertz flicker of a television
- picture is the true culprit, not mere games.
-
- HUMOUR
-
- If half of the people understand half of what you are saying for
- half of the time, speak another language.
-
- Cigarettes are a major cause of death, but are included as an entity in the
- cost of living!
-
- As descendants of the computer generation, what will be the first words of
- our children? Mummy... Daddy... Sonic... Mario... Atari... Amiga...
-
- A cheap lawyer, an expensive lawyer and a tooth fairy are all sitting
- around a table which has nothing on it except a £5 note. Suddenly all the
- lights go out. Then the lights come on again. The £5 note has vanished.
- Who took it? The cheap lawyer, the expensive lawyer or the tooth fairy?
-
- ANSWER : the expensive lawyer - the other two are figments of the
- imagination!
-
- WHO IS DOING THE WORK
-
- Who is doing all the work, here? Well, there are 10 million people in the
- country. However, 3 million are unemployed so that leaves 7 million to do
- the work. 2 million are in hospital so that leaves 5 million. 2 million
- are retired so that leaves 3 million. 2 million are children so that
- leaves 1 million. 500,000 are fulltime housewives and househusbands, so
- that leaves 500,000. 300,000 have gone on holiday, so that leaves 200,000.
- 100,000 people have taken the day off through illness and that leaves
- 100,000 people. That's all the people who work for this company. But
- there are around 10,000 people in each branch of the company, so there are
- only 10,000 people here. It's 12.30 pm and they have all gone to lunch,
- leaving just you and me. But you are too busy chatting to your friend on
- the phone, so that leaves just me.
-
- DOCTOR, DOCTOR
-
- Patient : "Doctor, I got a sexual complaint..."
- Doctor : "Oh, really? Who from?"
-
- CRUDE PHILOSOPHY
-
- Men, during other things, are often thinking about sex. Women, during sex,
- are often thinking about other things!
-