Funny Business: Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
A young man applied for a job at a new factory being built in a nearby town. He entered the main office, where the receptionist directed him down the hall to an office where he was to be interviewed by the Personnel Officer.
After several minutes of describing and explaining all about the new factory, the Personnel Officer told the young man, “We need individuals who are totally responsible.”
The young man grinned and responded: “Well, I sure qualify. Everywhere I’ve worked, when something went wrong, I was always responsible!”
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A building contractor was being paid by the week for a job that was likely to stretch over several months. He approached the owner of the property and held up the check he’d been given. “This is two hundred dollars less than we agreed on,” he said.
“I know,” the owner said, “But last week I overpaid you two hundred dollars, and you never complained.”
The contractor said, “Well, I don’t mind an occasional mistake. But when it gets to be a habit, I feel I have to call it to your attention.”
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An elderly couple were attending church when about halfway through the service she leaned over and said to him, “I just had a silent passing of gas. What should I do?”
Her husband leaned over to her and replied, “When we get home, put a new battery in your hearing aid.”
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An American and his wife were driving in Canada and got lost.
Finally they came into a city. They saw a gentleman on the sidewalk, so they pulled up to the curb, and the lady rolled down her window and asked: “Excuse me, sir. Where are we?”
The gentleman on the street replied, “Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.”
The lady rolled up the window, turned to her husband and said, “We really are lost. They don’t even speak English here!”
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A woman went to traffic violation court for speeding, lost the argument, and paid the fine.
So, the police clerk issued her a receipt for her payment of fine. The lady, annoyed at her defeat in the court, asked him curtly, “What am I supposed to do with this?”
“Keep it,” the clerk advised politely. “When you get three of them, you get a bicycle, ma’am!”