| Week 24, 2007 - The Laughable News |
In The News:You're Busted:A man who took his mistress to the beach made the mistake of waving to a film crew on a helicopter covering Italy’s bicycle race and was discovered by his wife. According to media reports, the man was with his younger mistress on a beach in northern Italy when the helicopter passed overhead with a crew covering the Giro d’Italia cycling classic. The man waved, the camera zoomed in, and the couple ended up on live television. The brother of the man’s wife thought it was his sister he was seeing on television and called her on her mobile phone, sure that it was she on the beach with her husband.
Instead, she was at home by herself and when her husband returned with a sun tan, he had some explaining to do. Very Cool:Singapore’s aquarium has tagged some of its fishes using microchips to help visitors identify the different species on display. Visitors to the Underwater World aquarium can see the name, species and other information displayed on a touch screen whenever any of the 20 tagged fishes swim past a sensor, said Peter Chew, sales and marketing manager at Underwater World. “Gone are the days when visitors are happy looking at animals and matching them with the information on the sign boards,” Chew said. Hooked On Facts:
More than 100 pizza box-related patents have been issued since 1976!
To find out if a watermelon is ripe, knock it, and if it sounds hollow then it is ripe. The lungfish can live out of water for three years in a state of suspended animation. When Scott Paper Company first started manufacturing toilet paper they did not put their name on the product because of embarrassment. It snows more in the Grand Canyon than it does in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The energy of a discharge of an electric eel could start 50 cars.
There are 10 towns named Hollywood in the United States! Just Joking:What Are The Odds?A defendant was asked if he wanted a bench trial or a jury trial. “Jury trial,” the defendant replied. “Do you understand the difference?” asked the judge. “Sure,” replied the defendant, “That’s where twelve ignorant people decide my fate instead of one.” The Big Red "F":When Little Johnny got his exam paper back, he saw a big red F staring back at him. Billy looked at his glum friend and asked, “Why did you get such a low mark on that test?” “Because of absence,” Johnny answered. “You mean you were absent on the day of the test?” Billy inquired. Little Johnny replied, “I wasn’t, but the kid who sits next to me was. Ticket Please:Three lawyers and three engineers are travelling by train to a conference. At the station, each of the three lawyers buys a ticket while the three engineers buy only one ticket. “How can the three of you travel on one ticket?” asks a lawyer. “Watch and you’ll see,” answers an engineer. Aboard the train the lawyers take their respective seats while all three engineers cram into the restroom and squeeze the door closed behind them. When the conductor comes around collecting tickets, he knocks on the restroom door and says, “Ticket, please.” The door opens a crack and a single arm emerges with a ticket in hand. The conductor takes it and moves on. The lawyers are impressed with this clever idea. On the way home from the conference, they decide to copy the engineers’ technique. At the station, they buy a single ticket for their return trip. To their astonishment, the engineers don’t buy a ticket at all! “How on earth are you going to pull this off?” asks a lawyer. “Watch and you’ll see,” answers an engineer. They board the train. The three lawyers cram into one restroom and the three engineers cram into the other restroom. Shortly after the train departs, one of the engineers leaves his restroom and knocks on the other restroom door. “Ticket, please!”
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