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"When I call American Airlines and I get the Pakistani lady, I hang up and I call again. I know she doesn't care about me and my white-people problems. Why would you? I'm in my underwear, 'Hi, I have a layover in Dallas and it's really long.' 'Oh, really, I haven't had a clean glass of water in ten years. Two of my kids died this morning and I still came to work. I can hear you're fat over the phone.'" (c) Louis C.K.
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A man walked into a bank in New York City and asked for the loan Officer. He told the loan officer that he was going to Paris two weeks and needed to borrow $5,000; and that he was not a depositor of the bank.
The bank officer told him that the bank would need some form of security for the loan, so he handed over the keys to a new Ferrari. The car was parked on the street in front of the bank. He produced the title and everything checked out. The loan officer agreed to hold the car as collateral for the loan and apologized for having to charge 12% interest.
Later, the bank's president and its officers all enjoyed a good laugh at the man for using a $250,000 Ferrari as collateral for a $5,000 loan. An employee of the bank then drove the Ferrari into the bank's private underground garage and parked it.
Two weeks later, the man returned, repaid the $5,000 and the interest of $23.07. The loan officer said, "Sir, we are very happy to have had your business, and this transaction has worked out very nicely, but we are a little puzzled. While you were away, we checked you out on Dunn & Bradstreet and found that you are a Distinguished Alumni from Ole Miss University, a highly sophisticated investor and Multi-Millionaire with real estate and financial interests all over the world. Your investments include a large number of wind turbines around Sweetwater, Texas.
What puzzles us is, why would you bother to borrow $5,000?"
The man replied, "Where else in New York City can I park my car for two weeks for only $23.07 and expect it to be there when I return?"
The bank officer told him that the bank would need some form of security for the loan, so he handed over the keys to a new Ferrari. The car was parked on the street in front of the bank. He produced the title and everything checked out. The loan officer agreed to hold the car as collateral for the loan and apologized for having to charge 12% interest.
Later, the bank's president and its officers all enjoyed a good laugh at the man for using a $250,000 Ferrari as collateral for a $5,000 loan. An employee of the bank then drove the Ferrari into the bank's private underground garage and parked it.
Two weeks later, the man returned, repaid the $5,000 and the interest of $23.07. The loan officer said, "Sir, we are very happy to have had your business, and this transaction has worked out very nicely, but we are a little puzzled. While you were away, we checked you out on Dunn & Bradstreet and found that you are a Distinguished Alumni from Ole Miss University, a highly sophisticated investor and Multi-Millionaire with real estate and financial interests all over the world. Your investments include a large number of wind turbines around Sweetwater, Texas.
What puzzles us is, why would you bother to borrow $5,000?"
The man replied, "Where else in New York City can I park my car for two weeks for only $23.07 and expect it to be there when I return?"
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A man from China came to the United States with his family for a vacation.
He goes to the bank to exchange 1000 Yuan for Dollars.
The bank teller gives him 145 dollars.
Three days later the man comes back with another 1000 Yuan and the bank teller only gives him 142 dollars.
The man asks "Why?"
The teller tells him, "Fluctuations".
The man yells back, "Fluctuamericans!"
He goes to the bank to exchange 1000 Yuan for Dollars.
The bank teller gives him 145 dollars.
Three days later the man comes back with another 1000 Yuan and the bank teller only gives him 142 dollars.
The man asks "Why?"
The teller tells him, "Fluctuations".
The man yells back, "Fluctuamericans!"
Truth exists for the wise, Beauty for a feeling heart: They belong to each other. - Beethoven
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Doc says I have good news and bad news.
"Give me the good news first, Doc."
"We're naming the disease after you."
"Give me the good news first, Doc."
"We're naming the disease after you."
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BE DECISIVE
Right or wrong,
Make a decision.
The Road to Life is paved with
FLAT SQUIRRELS
Who couldn't make up their minds.
Right or wrong,
Make a decision.
The Road to Life is paved with
FLAT SQUIRRELS
Who couldn't make up their minds.
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How The Economy Really Works!
It is the month of May, in Dublin. It is raining, and the place looks totally deserted. It is tough times, everybody is in debt, and everybody lives on credit.
Then, one day, a rich tourist comes to town.
He enters a hotel, lays a 100 Euro note on the reception counter, and goes to inspect the rooms upstairs in order to choose one.
The hotel proprietor takes the 100 Euro note and runs to pay his debt to the butcher.
The butcher takes the 100 Euro note, and runs to pay his debt to the pig grower.
The pig grower takes the 100 Euro note, and runs to pay his debt to the supplier of his feed and fuel.
The supplier of feed and fuel takes the 100 Euro note and runs to pay his debt to the town's prostitute that in these hard times, gave her "services" on credit.
The hooker runs to the hotel, and pays off her debt with the 100 Euro note to the hotel proprietor to pay for the rooms that she rented when she brought her clients there.
The hotel proprietor then lays the 100 Euro note back on the counter so that the rich tourist will not suspect anything.
At that moment, the tourist comes down after inspecting the rooms, and takes his 100 Euro note, saying that he did not like any of them, and leaves town.
No one earned anything. However, the whole town is now without debt, and looks to the future with a lot of optimism...
And that, ladies and gentlemen, is how most Governments do business today!
It is the month of May, in Dublin. It is raining, and the place looks totally deserted. It is tough times, everybody is in debt, and everybody lives on credit.
Then, one day, a rich tourist comes to town.
He enters a hotel, lays a 100 Euro note on the reception counter, and goes to inspect the rooms upstairs in order to choose one.
The hotel proprietor takes the 100 Euro note and runs to pay his debt to the butcher.
The butcher takes the 100 Euro note, and runs to pay his debt to the pig grower.
The pig grower takes the 100 Euro note, and runs to pay his debt to the supplier of his feed and fuel.
The supplier of feed and fuel takes the 100 Euro note and runs to pay his debt to the town's prostitute that in these hard times, gave her "services" on credit.
The hooker runs to the hotel, and pays off her debt with the 100 Euro note to the hotel proprietor to pay for the rooms that she rented when she brought her clients there.
The hotel proprietor then lays the 100 Euro note back on the counter so that the rich tourist will not suspect anything.
At that moment, the tourist comes down after inspecting the rooms, and takes his 100 Euro note, saying that he did not like any of them, and leaves town.
No one earned anything. However, the whole town is now without debt, and looks to the future with a lot of optimism...
And that, ladies and gentlemen, is how most Governments do business today!
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I'm laughing and crying and very confused...viewtopic.php?f=9&t=61820amitsharma wrote: ↑December 9th, 2018, 9:30 am How The Economy Really Works!
And that, ladies and gentlemen, is how most Governments do business today!
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My grandfather told me that he saw the Titanic, and that from the beginning he warned all the people that the ship would sink, but nobody listened to him.
He was a brave man. He did not give up. He warned them again and again on several occasions... until they kicked him out of the cinema.
He was a brave man. He did not give up. He warned them again and again on several occasions... until they kicked him out of the cinema.
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"Away to the window I flew like a flash,
Tore open the shutters and threw up the sash."
Mental note: In the future, don't eat too much sash.
Tore open the shutters and threw up the sash."
Mental note: In the future, don't eat too much sash.
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As the grazing cow said, “Never take a horse gift in the mouth.”
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I had to think about that one for a minute!SonOfTheExiles wrote: ↑February 26th, 2019, 6:12 pm As the grazing cow said, “Never take a horse gift in the mouth.”
A skeleton walks into a bar and says to the bartender, "Give me a gin and tonic...and a mop."
I like that joke extra because I heard it from Neil Gaiman.
Colleen
I like that joke extra because I heard it from Neil Gaiman.
Colleen
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No matter where you go, there you are. -- Buckaroo Banzai
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