The aspiring psychiatrists were attending their first class on emotional extremes. "Just to establish some parameters," said the professor to the student from Arkansas, "What is the opposite of joy?"
"Sadness," said the student.
And the opposite of depression?" he asked of the young lady from Oklahoma.
"Elation," said she.
"And you sir," he said to the young man from Texas, "how about the opposite of woe?"
The Texan replied, "Sir, I believe that would be giddy-up."

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A father and his son go into the grocery store when they happen upon the condom aisle. The son asks his father why there are so many different boxes of condoms. The father replies, ''Well, you see that 3-pack? That's for when you're in high school. You have 2 for Friday night and 1 for Saturday night.''
The son then asks his father, ''What's the 6-pack for?''

The father replies, ''Well, that's for when you're in college. You have 2 for Friday night, 2 for Saturday night, and 2 for Sunday morning.' ... Читать дальше »

В июле 2007 года один из дилерских автоцентров Розуэлла, Нью-Мексико, выпустил 50 тысяч билетов моментальной лотереи с главным призом в 1000 долларов. Имелось в виду, что главный приз содержит 1 билет из 50 000. Но при печати лотерейных билетов в типографии Atlanta-based Force Events Direct Marketing Co. была допущена ошибка.

В результате получилось, что якобы 50 000 человек стали счастливыми обладателями приза в 1000 долларов. Прекрасно понимая, что выплатить сумму в 50 миллионов долларов нереально, ... Читать дальше »