Thomas A Johnson wrote:
> 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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