Reaching the end of a job interview, the Human Resources Person asked
> a young Engineer fresh out of MIT, "And what starting salary were you
> looking for?"
>
> The Engineer said, "In the neighborhood of $125,000 a year, depending
> on the benefits package."
>
> The interviewer said, "Well, what would you say to a package of
> 5-weeks vacation, 14 paid holidays, full medical and dental, company
> matching retirement fund to 50% of salary, and a company car leased
> every 2 years - say, a red Corvette?"
>
> The Engineer sat up straight and said, "Wow! Are you kidding?"
>
> And the interviewer replied, "Yeah, but you started it."
>
> ~~~~
>
> Little Mary was attending a wedding for the first time. As she sat
> in the
> church, she watched the bride slowly approach the alter. Mary
whispered
> to
> her mother, "Why is the bride dressed in white?"
>
> "Because white is the color of happiness, and today is the happiest
> day of her life," her mother tried to explain, keeping it simple.
>
> The child thought about this for a moment, then said....
>
> "So why is the groom wearing black?"
>
> ~~~~
>
> A journalist had done a story on gender roles in Kuwait
> several years before the Gulf War, and she noted then
> that women customarily walked about 10 feet behind
> their husbands.
>
> She returned to Kuwait recently and observed that the
> men now walked several yards behind their wives. She
> approached one of the women for an explanation.
>
> "This is marvelous," said the journalist. "What enabled
> women here to achieve this reversal of roles?"
>
> Replied the Kuwaiti woman: "Land mines"
>
> ~~~~
>
> One night after the big fight Mike was a bit depressed (as you would
> be) so
> his minders decided to get him a prostitute to cheer him up. After the
> act
> they were laying in bed having a smoke. The prostitute says "well Mike,
> how's it all going?"
>
> "How's it all going?" he says "my life's a disaster. I was born to
> an
> under-privileged family, had a hard up-bringing, was thrown in jail
> for
> rape, now I'm on parole and have hit a cop, my wife left me for beating
> her
> up, I have to pay maintenance for my kids, I've lost two world title
> fights, I've disgraced myself and my sport, they want to ban me for
> life
> and they won't pay me my money. Nothing could make my life any worse."
>
> "Oh, that's so sad" the prostitute says "I'll say one thing to cheer
> you
> up. You're a much better lover than Magic Johnson."
>
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