tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3007440061357481945Mon, 11 May 2026 12:54:06 +0000funeconomicsGoing GreenhistoryReferenceenergynewsethicsbusinessFoodAlternative EnergyHealth and Illnesscareerseducationpeak oilInternational BusinessartHolidaysbook loversnursingparentingpoliticsscienceChildren's LiteratureInternetAlcohol/drug use/abuseComputersMLA Formatdatabases/search enginese-learninglibrarymoviesmuseumsphotographysocial networkingAPA FormatAmericanaConstructionHeroes of Technologyastronomydisease controlmathmythologynaturereligionstatisticsAudiovisual(AV)PsychologyTeachingWomen's IssuesWritingautomotivecitationelectrical power distributionelectricityimageslanguagemusicsafety/securityAutoCadBiographyBoysHarper's MagazineLGBTLibrariesMechanicsMobile DevicesStuds TerkelVincent Van Goghanatomyanimationarchivecablecalculatorcalendarscoughingdesigndigitaldosageelectriciansetiquettefolklorefood safetyhumorinstructional technologiesinterviewsinventionsiphone applicationsnewspaperspaintingpetspreservationscholarly journalssneezingtelevisionveterinary medicineweatherhttp://mparklib.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Rick)Blogger324125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3007440061357481945.post-3541701797812872023Sat, 21 Sep 2013 15:02:00 +00002013-09-21T08:02:18.009-07:00fun Closing the Sale "Salesperson trying to close the sale of a treadmill to a customer in the store: 'Due to the space-age materials used in making this model, this one collects less dust than other exercise equipment.'" http://kcbx.net/~tellswor/clo-sale.htm http://mparklib.blogspot.com/2013/09/joke-of-week.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Erika Lloyd)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3007440061357481945.post-6912225350297092289Mon, 19 Aug 2013 15:09:00 +00002013-08-19T08:09:14.328-07:00fun No Power "A co-worker at my office called Tech Support with an improbable story: She said she dropped her mouse and her PC shutdown.  The tech made the trip to her desk.  No question, her computer is off.  And when he punches the PC's power switch to restart it, nothing happens.  He asked her where she dropped her mouse.  She replied, 'Behind the desk.'  Sure http://mparklib.blogspot.com/2013/08/joke-of-week_19.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Erika Lloyd)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3007440061357481945.post-715852535873891784Mon, 05 Aug 2013 15:11:00 +00002013-08-05T08:11:16.175-07:00fun Allergies "A little girl was wearing one of those Medical Alert bracelets.  Someone asked her what the bracelet was for.  She replied, 'I am allergice to nuts and eggs.'  The person asked, 'Are you allergic to cats?' The girl said, 'I don't know.  I don't eat cats." http://kcbx.net/~tellswor/allergy2.htm http://mparklib.blogspot.com/2013/08/joke-of-week_5.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Erika Lloyd)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3007440061357481945.post-1991093826924298030Wed, 03 Jul 2013 17:14:00 +00002013-07-03T10:14:57.605-07:00fun Food Chain "After discussing the 'food chain' with my fifth grade class, I told them their weekend homework was to write a sentence showing they understood the meaning of the term. On Monday morning, one student handed this in: 'Burger King is my favorite food chain.'" http://kcbx.net/~tellswor/food-cha.htm http://mparklib.blogspot.com/2013/07/joke-of-week.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Erika Lloyd)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3007440061357481945.post-281442983682351383Thu, 13 Jun 2013 21:22:00 +00002013-06-13T14:22:20.160-07:00fun Sunroom "A husband and wife were building a sunroom to accommodate their new hot tub. The project soon turned into a money pit. During one of their numerous trips to the hardware store, the husband inquired about exhaust fans. The store clerk looked them up on the computer and praised one fan in particular because it was exceptionally quiet. The husband asked for the price. After http://mparklib.blogspot.com/2013/06/joke-of-week_13.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Erika Lloyd)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3007440061357481945.post-2217582759298596907Wed, 05 Jun 2013 18:13:00 +00002013-06-05T11:13:09.468-07:00fun Conditioned Response "When my daughter-in-law and I caught only one perch on our fishing trip ... not enough for even a modest lunch ... we decided to feed it to her two cats. She put our catch in their dish and watched as the two pampered pets sniffed at the fish but refused to eat it. Thinking quickly, my daughter-in-law then picked up the dish, walked over to the electric can opener, ran http://mparklib.blogspot.com/2013/06/joke-of-week.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Erika Lloyd)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3007440061357481945.post-3875476761433062567Tue, 21 May 2013 14:38:00 +00002013-05-21T07:38:41.320-07:00fun Shopping List "I was ill and my husband volunteered to go to the supermarket for me. I sent him off with a carefully numbered list of seven items. He returned shortly, very proud of himself, and proceeded to unpack the grocery bags. He had one bag of sugar, two cartons of eggs, three hams, four boxes of detergent, five boxes of crackers, six eggplants, and seven green peppers." http://http://mparklib.blogspot.com/2013/05/joke-of-week_21.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Erika Lloyd)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3007440061357481945.post-4495962969427419259Thu, 16 May 2013 21:00:00 +00002013-05-16T14:00:03.314-07:00fun Oven Mitt "At day care, a four-year-old watched as a teacher pulled something hot from the oven. 'What's that on your hand?' he asked. 'An oven mitt,' she said. 'It keeps me from getting burned. Doesn't your mother use them?' 'No, my mom's just really careful when she opens the pizza box.'" http://kcbx.net/~tellswor/ovenmitt.htmhttp://mparklib.blogspot.com/2013/05/joke-of-week_16.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Erika Lloyd)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3007440061357481945.post-8305643208140251419Tue, 07 May 2013 14:31:00 +00002013-05-07T07:31:45.694-07:00fun Grading the Fall "John was a construction foreman. One day he tumbled from a scaffold, managing to break his fall by grabbing on to parts of the scaffold on the way down. He received only minor scratches. Embarrassed by the fall, he climbed back up to continue working. Then he noticed his co-workers holding up hastily-made signs reading, 9.6, 9.8, and 9.4." http://kcbx.net/~tellswor/http://mparklib.blogspot.com/2013/05/joke-of-week.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Erika Lloyd)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3007440061357481945.post-2096868350310304228Tue, 30 Apr 2013 16:46:00 +00002013-04-30T09:46:02.132-07:00fun Defensive Driving Course "One of my co-workers got a speeding ticket and was attending a defensive-driving course to have points erased from her license. The instructor, a police officer, emphasized that being on time was crucial and that the classroom doors would be locked when each session began. Just after one class started, someone knocked on the locked door. The officer opened it and http://mparklib.blogspot.com/2013/04/joke-of-week_30.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Erika Lloyd)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3007440061357481945.post-1454108662370222369Tue, 16 Apr 2013 13:31:00 +00002013-04-16T06:31:48.168-07:00fun Missing Purse "One Saturday night some friends came to our house to play cards. As they were driving away at the end of the evening, I discovered that one of the women had left her purse in a corner next to the dining-room hutch. I was about to call her house, intending to leave a message on the answering machine, when my son reminded me that they had a cell phone. As I dialed the number, I http://mparklib.blogspot.com/2013/04/joke-of-week.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Erika Lloyd)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3007440061357481945.post-6689583216234725670Wed, 13 Mar 2013 21:28:00 +00002013-03-13T14:28:52.387-07:00funSubway Drop "The Manhattan Commuter train was packed. Suddenly there was a jingle on the floor. Most necks were craned. One elderly gentleman, however, bent down and picked something up. He then asked, 'Did anyone drop a half dollar?' 'I did,' answered three men at once. 'Well,' said the elderly gent with a smile, 'here's a dime of it.'" http://kcbx.net/~tellswor/sub-drop.htmhttp://mparklib.blogspot.com/2013/03/joke-of-week.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Erika Lloyd)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3007440061357481945.post-7135393607899516722Wed, 30 Jan 2013 22:20:00 +00002013-01-30T14:20:01.815-08:00fun Windsor Castle "Windsor Castle, outside of London, is directly in the flight path of Heathrow International Airport. While a group of tourists was standing outside the castle admiring the elegant structure, a plane flew overhead at relatively low altitude, making a tremendous noise. One particularly annoyed tourist whined, 'Why did they build the castle so close to the airport?'" http://http://mparklib.blogspot.com/2013/01/joke-of-week_30.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Erika Lloyd)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3007440061357481945.post-341811016148741539Sat, 19 Jan 2013 16:52:00 +00002013-01-19T08:52:56.730-08:00fun Frozen "A wife texts her husband on a cold morning: 'Windows frozen.' Her husband texts back: 'Pour some lukewarm water over it.' The wife texts back 5 minutes later: 'Computer completely messed up now.'" http://kcbx.net/~tellswor/frozen.htm  http://mparklib.blogspot.com/2013/01/joke-of-week.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Erika Lloyd)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3007440061357481945.post-1129965556347292949Mon, 10 Dec 2012 16:35:00 +00002012-12-10T08:35:00.020-08:00fun Geriatric Cat "The vet prescribed daily tablets for our geriatric cat and after several battles my husband devised a way to give her the medication. It involved wrapping the cat in a towel, trapping her between his knees, forcing her mouth open and the positioning the pill on the back of her tongue. He was proud of his resourcefulness until one hectic session when he lost control of both cat http://mparklib.blogspot.com/2012/12/joke-of-week_10.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Erika Lloyd)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3007440061357481945.post-8909426990603679843Tue, 04 Dec 2012 15:15:00 +00002012-12-04T07:15:54.079-08:00fun At the Movies "On a recent evening my family sat in a darkened theater waiting to see the latest hit movie. As the screen lit up with a flashy ad for the theater's concession stand, we noticed the sound was missing. The unexpected silence continued for several moments. Then out of the darkness, an irritated voice in the crowd demanded, 'Okay, who's got the remote?'" http://kcbx.net/~http://mparklib.blogspot.com/2012/12/joke-of-week.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Erika Lloyd)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3007440061357481945.post-4629903514638559526Sat, 17 Nov 2012 16:33:00 +00002012-11-17T08:33:33.705-08:00fun 12 Reasons to be Thankful You Burnt the Turkey "1. Salmonella won’t be a concern. 2. Everyone will think your turkey is Cajun blackened. 3. Uninvited guests will think twice next year. 4. Your cheese broccoli lima bean casserole will gain newfound appreciation. 5. Pets won’t bother to pester you for scraps. 6. No one will overeat. 7. The smoke alarm was due for a test. 8. Carving the http://mparklib.blogspot.com/2012/11/joke-of-week_17.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Erika Lloyd)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3007440061357481945.post-2452340420669985774Tue, 06 Nov 2012 16:24:00 +00002012-11-06T08:24:28.162-08:00fun Voting Tips "A couple of opposing candidates for county office happened to be sitting next to each other in the local diner. One turned to the other and said, 'You know why I'm going to win this election? Because of my 'personal touch.' For example, I always tip waitresses really well and then ask them to vote for me.' 'Oh, is that so?' replied the other. 'I always tip them a nickel and askhttp://mparklib.blogspot.com/2012/11/joke-of-week.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Erika Lloyd)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3007440061357481945.post-4493830804723145029Sat, 20 Oct 2012 13:55:00 +00002012-10-20T06:56:00.821-07:00fun Auto Repairs "An auto mechanic received a repair order that said to check for a clunking noise when going around corners. He took the car out for a test drive and made two right turns, each time hearing a loud clunk. Back at the shop, he returned the car to the service manager with this note: 'Removed bowling ball from trunk.'" http://kcbx.net/~tellswor/auto-rep.htm http://mparklib.blogspot.com/2012/10/auto-repairs.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Erika Lloyd)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3007440061357481945.post-6808534322582982883Fri, 28 Sep 2012 20:37:00 +00002012-09-28T13:37:09.030-07:00funThe Message Mother to four-year-old: 'How did you get that big bruise on your leg?' 'It's not a bruise, Mommy. It's a message.' "How did it happen?" 'Well, I was jumping on the couch even though you told me not to, and I fell off and hit the table. That's when I finally got the message.'" http://kcbx.net/~tellswor/message.htm   http://mparklib.blogspot.com/2012/09/joke-of-week.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Erika Lloyd)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3007440061357481945.post-2138100034495249081Tue, 28 Aug 2012 17:10:00 +00002012-08-28T10:10:26.458-07:00fun New Computer "Last week my wife and I purchased a new computer. We ran into some difficulties while setting it up so we called the customer support phone number we found in the manual. I picked up the phone and called the number. A man answered the phone and I explained the problem to him. He began rattling off computer jargon. This confused us even more. 'Sir,' I said politely, 'Can http://mparklib.blogspot.com/2012/08/joke-of-week_28.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Erika Lloyd)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3007440061357481945.post-8812647403680378704Mon, 06 Aug 2012 14:06:00 +00002012-08-20T13:01:15.055-07:00funBumpers "Most people hate to parallel park. The other day, I saw this woman trying to get out of a tight parking space. She bumped the car in front, then backed up and hit the car behind her. This went on about two minutes. I walked over to see if I could somehow help. My offer was declined. She said, 'Why have bumpers if you're not going to use them once in a while?'" http://kcbx.net/~http://mparklib.blogspot.com/2012/08/joke-of-week.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Erika Lloyd)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3007440061357481945.post-1531209036228875374Thu, 05 Jul 2012 15:39:00 +00002012-07-05T08:39:53.501-07:00fun How to Train a Cat "Our young daughter had adopted a stray cat. To my distress, he began to use the back of our new sofa as a scratching post. "Don't worry," my husband reassured me. 'I'll have him trained in no time.' I watched for several days as my husband patiently 'trained' our new pet. Whenever the cat scratched, my husband deposited him outdoors to teach him a lesson. The cat learned http://mparklib.blogspot.com/2012/07/joke-of-week.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Erika Lloyd)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3007440061357481945.post-4730972948796980499Tue, 26 Jun 2012 14:42:00 +00002012-06-26T07:42:33.269-07:00fun                                                                   The http://mparklib.blogspot.com/2012/06/joke-of-week.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Erika Lloyd)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3007440061357481945.post-2051244042292291936Thu, 10 May 2012 21:14:00 +00002012-05-10T14:15:17.605-07:00funNew Greeting "I hadn't recorded a greeting yet on my new answering machine, so when my mother came to visit, I asked her to record one for me. 'This is Marcia's mother,' my machine announces. 'Marcia is an only child; she never writes, she never calls. So why not give me a buzz? I'd be happy to talk to you. My number is...' Everyone started calling my mother. She loved the attention." http://http://mparklib.blogspot.com/2012/05/joke-of-week.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Erika Lloyd)0