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Pastimes : Laughter is the Best Medicine - Tell us a joke

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To: Tom_ who wrote (10260)6/13/1999 10:56:00 PM
From: Chip Anderson  Read Replies (1) of 62549
 
Not exactly jokes, but some of these are funny none-the-less. My favorite is #6.

Chip
stockcharts.com

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( Answers below )
1. How can you arrange for two people to stand on the same piece of
newspaper and yet be unable to touch each other without stepping off the
newspaper.

2. How many 3-cent stamps are there in a dozen?

3. A rope ladder hangs over the side of a ship. The rungs are one foot
apart and the ladder is 12 feet long. The tide is rising at four inches an
hour. How long will it take before the first four rungs of the ladder are
underwater?

4. Which would you rather have, a trunk full of nickels or a trunk half full
of dimes?

5. Steve has three piles of sand and Mike has four piles of sand. All
together, how many do they have?

6. In which sport are the shoes made entirely of metal?

7. If the Vice-President of the United States should die, who would be
President?

8. How can you throw a golf ball with all your might and -- without hitting
a wall or any other obstruction -- have the ball stop and come right back to
you?

9. According to most state laws, the attempt to commit a certain crime is
punishable, but actually committing the crime is not. What is the crime?

10. Find the English word that can be formed from all these letters:
PNLLEEEESSSSS

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Answers:

1A. Slide the newspaper half way under a closed door and ask the two
people to stand on the bit of newspaper on their side of the door.

2A. There are twelve (not four).

3A. Actually, the ladder will rise with the ship!

4A. Dimes are smaller than nickels, so choose the dimes!

5A. If they put them all together, there will be one pile.

6A. Horse racing.

7A. The President.

8A. Throw the ball straight up.

9A. Suicide

10A. Sleeplessness

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Chip
stockcharts.com
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