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A couple goes on vacation to a fishing resort in Northern Manitoba. The husband likes to fish at the crack of dawn, the wife likes to read. One morning the husband returns after several hours of fishing and decides to take a nap. Although not familiar with the lake, the wife decides to take the boat out. She motors out a short distance, anchors and continues to read her book. Along comes a game warden in his boat. He pulls alongside the woman and says, "Good morning Ma'am. What are you doing?" "Reading a book," she replies thinking isn't it obvious? "You are in a restricted fishing area!" he informs her. "I'm sorry officer, but I am not fishing, I'm reading!" "Yes, but you have all the equipment necessary to fish and for all I know you could start to fish the moment I leave! So, I'll have to take you in and write you up!" "If you do that, I'll have to charge you with sexual assault!" she replies. "But I haven't touched you!" exclaims the game warden. "That is true, but you have all the equipment. For all I know you could start at any minute!" "Have a nice day ma'am!" and he left! The moral of the story is NEVER argue with a woman who reads cause chances are she can also THINK! For all of you who loved the curtain rods, here is another! A 15 year-old boy came home with a Porsche and his parents began to ask all kinds of questions. "Where did you get that car????!!" He calmly told them, "I bought it today." "With what money?" his parents demanded. "We know what a Porsche costs!" "Well," explained the boy, "this one cost me fifteen dollars!" So, the parents began to get very agitated saying, "Now who would sell a car like that for fifteen dollars?" "It was the lady up the street," replied the boy. "I don't know her name because they had just moved in. She saw me ride past on my bike and asked me if I wanted to buy a Porsche for fifteen dollars!" "Oh my gosh!" moaned the mother, "she must be a child abuser or something. Who knows what she will do next? John you go right up there and see what's going on!" So the boy's father walked up the street to the house where the lady lived and found her out in her yard calmly planting petunias! He introduced himself as the father of the boy to whom she had just sold the Porsche for fifteen dollars and asked her why she did it. "Well," the woman said, "this morning I got a phone call from my husband who I thought was on a business trip. I learned from a friend that he had run off to Hawaii with his secretary and really didn't intend to come back. My husband claimed he was stranded and asked me to sell his new Porsche and send him the money. So I did!" Thanks J.J. for the e-mails! Have a great weekend everyone!
