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Pastimes : Laughter is the Best Medicine - Tell us a joke
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To: Calvin Scott who wrote (11642)9/23/1999 2:38:00 PM
From: John Carragher  Read Replies (1) of 62551
 
>> An efficiency expert concluded his lecture with a note of caution.
"You
> >> need to be careful about trying these techniques at home."
> >>
> >> "Why?" asked somebody from the audience.
> >>
> >> "I watched my wife's routine at breakfast for years," the expert
> >> explained. "She made lots of trips between the refrigerator, stove,
> table
> >> and cabinets, often carrying a single item at a time. One day I told
> her,
> >> 'Hon, why don't you try carrying several things at once?'"
> >>
> >> "Did it save time?" the guy in the audience asked.
> >>
> >> "Actually, yes," replied the expert. "It used to take her 20 minutes
to
> >> make breakfast. Now I do it in seven."
> >>
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