"Why are you late Freddie?" asked his teacher angrily.
"Please ma'am, it was late when I started from home."
"Then why didn't you start early?"
"Please, ma'am, it was too late to start early."
A father was waiting nearby while his young son prayed silently before going to bed. Suddenly the boy burst out laughing.
"Reggie!" scolded his father, "Why are you laughing during prayer?"
"But Dad," the boy answered, "you told me that prayer is talking to God as to a friend, and I just told him a joke."
Retired...
Under new management...
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My dry cleaner very generously provides a stack of free newspapers for his customers.
As I took my copy, I told him, "I hope the business grows enough to offset the cost of the papers."
Oh, don't worry about us," he chuckled. "Nothing dirties clothes more than newsprint."