The Gerbil<\/b><\/p>\n
A professional carpet-layer stepped back to survey a newly installed carpet. Reaching into his shirt pocket for a cigarette, he realized the pack was missing. At the same time he noticed a lump under the carpet in the middle of the room, about the size of the missing cigarette pack.<\/p>\n
There was no way to retrieve his cigarette pack from under the attached carpet without ripping everything up and starting over. Finally, he decided to beat the object flat, thereby destroying any evidence of his mistake.<\/p>\n
Gathering his tools, the carpet layer walked out to his truck. There on the seat of his truck was the mislaid pack of cigarette. As he lit one up, the homeowner hurried out of the house and asked, \u201cHey, have you seen my son\u2019s gerbil?\u201d<\/p>\n
Braude\u2019s Treasury of Wit and Humor, Prentice-Hall, Englewood Hills, NJ.<\/p>\n
Stolen Billfold<\/b><\/p>\n
John was driving home late one night when he picked up a hitchhiker. As they rode along, he began to be suspicious of his passenger. John checked to see if his wallet was safe in the pocket of his coat that was on the seat between them, but it wasn\u2019t there! So he slammed on the brakes, ordered the hitchhiker out, and said, \u201cHand over the wallet immediately!\u201d <\/p>\n
The frightened hitchhiker handed over a billfold, and John drove off. When he arrived home, he started to tell his wife about the experience, but she interrupted him, saying, \u201cBefore I forget, John, do you know that you left your wallet at home this morning?\u201d <\/p>\n
Our Daily Bread, October 2, 1992<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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