A week before Memorial Day, kids bring pictures of veteran family members to school for show and tell.
First up was Billy. “My daddy served in Afghanistan. He was a paratrooper.”
“A paratrooper?” Asked the teacher
“Yes, please look closer — you can see his jump badge.”
The second was Jane. “My granny served in Vietnam. She was a doctor.”
“A doctor?” Asked the teacher
“Yeah, see? That’s a stethoscope hanging around her neck.”
Third was little Johnny, “This is my great grandpa. He was an electrician.”
“An electrician?” Asked the teacher, who was perplexed.
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“Yeah, here. You can see the two lightning bolts on his helmet“
A paperboy said to a customer one day
A paperboy said to a customer one day, “Mr. Smith, I wish I had twenty customers like you.”
“Gosh, that’s nice to hear,” said Smith, “but I’m kind of surprising considering I never tip all that well and always pay late.
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The paperboy said, “I know, but I’d still like twenty customers like you. The problem is I have one hundred and forty!”
