Officer: "Why should you be released early?"
Man: "I’m..."
Officer: "Go on..."
Man: "I think..."
Officer: "Yes?"
Man: "Can I please finish my sentence?"
Officer: "Sure, if that's what you really want. Parole denied."
At the monthly meeting of the local group of struggling artists, two of them were discussing their respective prospects.
First artist: "I'm not doing too well. I painted a picture for a local lady but she didn't like it. She said it made her look just like a monkey."
Second artist: "I hope you were diplomatic about it?"
First artist: "Yes, I told her she should have thought about that before she had her picture painted."
A man says to a friend, “My wife is on a three-week diet.”
“Oh, yeah? How much has she lost so far?” asks his pal.
He replies, “Two weeks.”
Romeo: "Somebody loves me."
Juliet: "Who loves you?"
Romeo: "Do you know that beautiful girl who moved into the corner house last week? I sang a serenade under her window last night, and she threw me a beautiful red, red rose."
Juliet: "In a moment of mad love?"
Romeo: "No, in a three pound pot."