Raoul's TGIF Joke of the Week

May 12 , 2006

Greetings workers of the world! As you know, I just re-send the best joke(s) I get from the emails I gather for that one week. If this is your first time to receive this, welcome to a new and (hopefully) entertaining addiction!

Rod of Glendale, CA did it again. I loved the imagery of the joke and I didn't expect the punchline. There was a flurry of videos. Thanks to Frances of Glendale, Manny of Virginia, Pam of San Diego and Dave of New York for these clips. They weren't hilarious but they did have some shining moments. Debbie of Monrovia, CA sent a heart-warming explanation about Moms. Be sure to pass this email off to your Mom because this weekend is Mother's Day! TGIF people!

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Monastery Life
sent by Rod of Glendale, CA

A young monk arrives at the monastery. He is assigned to helping the other monks in copying the old canons and laws of the church by hand.

He notices, however, that all of the monks are copying from copies, not from the original manuscript. So, the new monk goes to the head abbot to question this, pointing out that if someone made even a small error in the first copy, it would never be picked up! In fact, that error would be continued in all of the subsequent copies.

The head monk, says, "We have been copying from the copies for centuries, but you make a good point, my son."

He goes down into the dark caves underneath the monastery
where the original manuscripts are held as archives in a locked
vault that hasn't been opened for hundreds of years. Hours go
by and nobody sees the old abbot.

So, the young monk gets worried and goes down to look for him. He sees him banging his head against the wall and wailing,
"We missed the "R" ! , we missed the "R" !"

His forehead is all bloody and bruised and he is crying
uncontrollably. The young monk asks the old abbot, "What's wrong, father?"

With A choking voice, the old abbot replies, "The word was CELEBRATE."

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Videos of the week

New Mouse
sent by Frances of Glendale

Our favorite guinea pig is at it again. See what he does with a new mouse. (click on picture)

The Letter
sent by Many of Virginia

Women just love receiving love letters because their imagination brings them to strange unrealistic places. (click on picture)

Boo!
sent by Pam of San Diego

How would you react if you were in their shoes? (click on picture)

Shopping in Brooklyn
sent by Dave of New York

The times they are a-changing. Here is a scene from a Brooklyn mall. (click on picture)

Raoul-isms

About Spam

Some people just don't get it. Spammers and their sponsors have this skewed marketing mentality that decent people like you and I will buy from them. They send out mail that is not only useless and irritating but also potentially destructive. What they are doing is criminal. And who would buy from criminals? Who would want to support them? Who would trust them? I've set up my mail filters but still there are a few that manage to bypass the system. I bet many of them are juveniles who launch their demons from their little rooms and garages. Most do it just for the thrill of getting away with this misdemeanor. Whenever I get these sex-related ads for cialis, viagra or enlargements I can imagine pimply faced teenage criminals hacking away under the pretense of doing their Literature assignment.

What do you call a spammer who uses viagra? "Hardened" criminals! ;-)

Please don't buy from them. Do your civic duty and report these guys. Keep our emails safe, fun and rewarding.

TGIF people!

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TGIF Happy Mom Day!

Somebody said ...
sent by Debbie of Monrovia

Somebody said it takes about six weeks to get back to normal after you've had a baby.
Somebody doesn't know that once you're a mother, "Normal," is history.

Somebody said you learn how to be a mother by instinct.
Somebody never took a three-year-old shopping.

Somebody said being a mother is boring.
Somebody never rode in a car driven by a teenager with a driver's permit.

Somebody said if you're a "good" mother, your child will "turn out good."
Somebody thinks a child comes with directions and a guarantee.

Somebody said "good" mothers never raise their voices.
Somebody never came out the back door just in time to see her child hit a golf ball through the neighbor's kitchen window.

Somebody said you don't need an education to be a mother.
Somebody never helped a fourth grader with her math.

Somebody said you can't love the fifth child as much as you love the first.
Somebody doesn't have five children.

Somebody said a mother can find all the answers to her child-rearing questions in the books.
Somebody never had a child stuff beans up his nose or in his ears.

Somebody said the hardest part of being a mother is labor and delivery.
Somebody never watched her "baby" get on the bus for the first day of kindergarten. or on a plane headed for military "boot camp."

Somebody said a mother can do her job with her eyes closed and one hand tied behind her back.
Somebody never organized four giggling Brownies to sell cookies.

Somebody said a mother can stop worrying after her child gets married . Somebody doesn't know that marriage adds a new son or daughter-in-law to a mother's heartstrings.

Somebody said a mother's job is done when her last child leaves home.
Somebody never had grandchildren.

Somebody said your mother knows you love her, so you don't need to tell her
Somebody isn't a mother.

Pass this along to all the "mothers" in your life. TGIF People! ... especially you Moms out there!

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