keep smiling

While bicycling in England, our family stopped at a youth hostel which had formerly been a home for delinquent girls. Over each door was carved the virtue ascribed to that room. My husband and i our son in Piety. Great was our delight when we discoverd that the bathroom, too, had its attribute. It was Regularity.

An economist spoke on the ways and whereas abouts of our economic system. He spoke for an hour and covered the subject well. Following him, the toastmaster at the banquet added: "Ladies and gentlemen, what our speaker has been telling your income, then your upkeep will be your downfall."

A lawyer became somewhat acrimonious in his cross examination, but the little woman who was in the witness-box remained calm.
Eventually the lawyer said:"You say you had no education, but you answered my quesions smarly enough."
The defendant meekly replied: "You don't have to be a scholar to answer silly quesions."