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News from Nettie (by my daughter Frances) Mystery Plant Revealed!
A couple of columns ago, I wrote about a "mysterious" vine growing in my flower bed. I can now reveal that it is a "pumpkin plant!"
So far, I have one pumpkin growing and several more ready to bloom. I guess time will tell how many more pumpkins the plant will yield.
Now, while we now know what the plant is, we'll never know how the seed was transported to the flower bed. My guess is a bird dropped it there, or it "rode" along with the begonia my daughter planted.
We are curious to see how many pumpkins will bloom! The pumpkin that has bloomed is small, so we think it is an "ornamental" pumpkin plant.
My gem today- A smile is an inexpensive way to improve your looks.
Today I have a few jokes for you. I hope you enjoy them.
A BAND performing at an outdoor concert kept playing, although the crowd had dwindled down to one man. Finally, the tired musicians told the man that if he left, they could all go home. "It's up to you," he answered. "I'm just waiting to put away these folding chairs."
EVERY NIGHT, a doting father would sing his two young sons to sleep, until one day he overheard the 4-year-old telling the 2-year-old, "If you pretend you're asleep, he'll stop."
AN ACCOUNTANT is someone who solves a problem you didn't know you had in a way you don't understand.
A FELLOW was sitting in the doctor's waiting room, saying to himself every so often, "Lord, I hope I'm sick!"
After about the fifth or sixth utterance, the receptionist couldn't stand it any longer and asked, "Why in the world would you want to be sick?" I
The man replied, "Well, I'd hate to be well and feel like this." -
A FATHER in a hurry, taking his 8-year-old son to school, turned at a red light, where it wasn't allowed.
"Great, I just made an illegal turn," he muttered. "That's OK, Dad," his son said. "The police car right behind us did the same thing."
ONE SUNDAY, Johnny came home with an ice-cream cone.
"Where did you get that?" his mother asked.
"I bought it with the $5 you gave me," he replied.
"That money was for Sunday school."
"I know, but the minister met me at the door and got me in for free."
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The girl's father said to the young man before him, "I understand that you want to become my son-in-law."
"No, sir, not really," the young man answered, but if I marry your daughter, I don't see how it can be avoided."
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The teacher had asked her pupils to list, in their opinions, the 11 greatest Americans. As they were writing, she stopped at one desk. "Have you finished your list, Bobby?" she asked.
"Not quite," answered the boy. "I can't decide on the fullback."
News from Nettie (by my daughter Frances) Mystery Plant Revealed!
A couple of columns ago, I wrote about a "mysterious" vine growing in my flower bed. I can now reveal that it is a "pumpkin plant!"
So far, I have one pumpkin growing and several more ready to bloom. I guess time will tell how many more pumpkins the plant will yield.
Now, while we now know what the plant is, we'll never know how the seed was transported to the flower bed. My guess is a bird dropped it there, or it "rode" along with the begonia my daughter planted.
We are curious to see how many pumpkins will bloom! The pumpkin that has bloomed is small, so we think it is an "ornamental" pumpkin plant.
My gem today- A smile is an inexpensive way to improve your looks.
Today I have a few jokes for you. I hope you enjoy them.
A BAND performing at an outdoor concert kept playing, although the crowd had dwindled down to one man. Finally, the tired musicians told the man that if he left, they could all go home. "It's up to you," he answered. "I'm just waiting to put away these folding chairs."
EVERY NIGHT, a doting father would sing his two young sons to sleep, until one day he overheard the 4-year-old telling the 2-year-old, "If you pretend you're asleep, he'll stop."
AN ACCOUNTANT is someone who solves a problem you didn't know you had in a way you don't understand.
A FELLOW was sitting in the doctor's waiting room, saying to himself every so often, "Lord, I hope I'm sick!"
After about the fifth or sixth utterance, the receptionist couldn't stand it any longer and asked, "Why in the world would you want to be sick?" I
The man replied, "Well, I'd hate to be well and feel like this." -
A FATHER in a hurry, taking his 8-year-old son to school, turned at a red light, where it wasn't allowed.
"Great, I just made an illegal turn," he muttered. "That's OK, Dad," his son said. "The police car right behind us did the same thing."
ONE SUNDAY, Johnny came home with an ice-cream cone.
"Where did you get that?" his mother asked.
"I bought it with the $5 you gave me," he replied.
"That money was for Sunday school."
"I know, but the minister met me at the door and got me in for free."
-------------------
The girl's father said to the young man before him, "I understand that you want to become my son-in-law."
"No, sir, not really," the young man answered, but if I marry your daughter, I don't see how it can be avoided."
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The teacher had asked her pupils to list, in their opinions, the 11 greatest Americans. As they were writing, she stopped at one desk. "Have you finished your list, Bobby?" she asked.
"Not quite," answered the boy. "I can't decide on the fullback."
