OT: For Fred, Gillian, Cheryl and Joan

And I ain't saying who sent it to me lol

One Christmas Eve, a frenzied young man ran into a pet shop looking for an unusual Christmas gift for his wife. The shop owner suggested a parrot, named Chet, which could sing famous Christmas carols. This seemed like the perfect gift. "How do I get him to sing?" The young man asked, excitedly.

"Simply hold a lighted match directly under his feet." was the shop owner's reply.

The shop owner held a lighted match under the parrot's left foot. Chet began to sing: "Jingle Bells! Jingle Bells! ..." The shop owner then held another match under the parrot's right foot. Then Chet's tune changed, and the air was filled with: "Silent Night, Holy Night..."

The young man was so impressed that he paid the shop-keeper and ran home as quickly as he could with Chet under his arm. When the wife saw her gift she was overwhelmed.

"How beautiful!" She exclaimed, "Can he talk?"

"No," the young man replied, "But he can sing. Let me show you." So the young man whipped out his lighter and placed it under Chet's left foot, as the shop-keeper had shown him, and Chet crooned: "Jingle Bells! Jingle bells!..." The man then moved the lighter to Chet's right foot, and out came: "Silent Night, Holy night..."

The wife, her face filled with curiosity, then asked, "What if we hold the lighter between his legs?" The man did not know. "Let's try it," he answered, eager to please his wife.

So they held the lighter between Chet's legs. Chet twisted his face, cleared his throat, and the little parrot sang out loudly like it was the performance of his life: "Chet's nuts roasting on an open fire...."

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lucretia borgia
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Oh, moan! what a way to start the new year! other than trying to get ready for the arrival on the parents and sibling!

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Cheryl Isaak

GRROOOOAANNNNNNNN.... I think that joke is one old "chestnut".

Gillian

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Gill Murray

Grrroooaaaannnn!!!!!! You deserve a :-p~~~~~~~~~~~~ fot that one, Sheena!

Joan

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Joan E.

One day, a husband and wife were talking and the husband said to his wife "Every time we have an argument, you never fight back. How do you control your anger?" "I clean the toilet bowl" she said. "How does that help?" asked her husband. "I use your toothbrush!" she replied

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Bruce

"Joan E." ,in rec.crafts.textiles.needleworkwrote: and entertained us with

You only just surfaced Joan ?? Have a good one ??

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lucretia borgia

Yes and, actually, yes! DB turned 50 on the 2nd and all of my sisters were home for his b-d party, which was held on the 30th. One (who lives in the western part of the state) has since gone home. I've been spending a bunch of time with the rest of them; on NYE I took our parents and one of my sisters around town to look at Christmas lights, then 3 of us painted my parents' bedroom on Tuesday and yesterday we played pinochle for a couple of hours. One of them leaves tomorrow and the other on Monday.

You survived your evening, I surmise!

Joan

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Joan E.

"Joan E." ,in rec.crafts.textiles.needleworkwrote: and entertained us with

That sounds like fun, save for the painting. It's a job well done, my elder granddaughter always give me a small present but a card which has coupons which I can draw on through the year, painting is one of the coupons and awhile ago she did the bathroom ceiling for me. I love it because I feel I can ask and it's okay.

I survived, but it was fun lol

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lucretia borgia

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