The Peanut Gallery Somewhere back in the era of grainy black-and-white TV, there was a Saturday kid's show called ""Riddle Griddle."" It was hosted by Jimmy Valentine, who is now in the Minnesota Broadcasting Hall of Fame. The show had bleachers where the kids sat, like the ""Peanut Galleries"" of Mickey Mouse and Howdy Doody. The kids brought a riddle to the show and Valentine, who loved riddles, would try to solve them. If he failed, the kid got some sort of little prize. So, one Saturday, thi

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An engineer dies and arrives at the pearly gates... St. Paul sees him and says - 'Engineer? You're not welcome here - beat it!'. The engineer arrives in hell, and is immediately dissatisfied with his living conditions. After making several improvements, hell has flushing toilets, running water, escalators and even air conditioning. One day, God calls up Satan down in hell, and asks, with a sneer, 'Hey, how are things going down there?' Satan responds, 'Oh things are great. We've got an engineer

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Three friends die and go to heaven. The first guy gets handcuffed to one of the ugliest girls there. ''Why?'' he asks. St. Paul replies, ''When you were nine you killed a bird with a stone.'' The same happens to the second guy. He asks why. St. Paul replies, ''When you were nine you killed a bird with a stone.'' The third guy laughs at his friends and says, ''Thank God I didn't do anything like that.'' He gets handcuffed to the prettiest girl in heaven. The other two guys ask, ''Why?'' ''Because

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