At an age of 85, an old man applied for his first passport. He was told he would need a birth certificate, but he explained that his birth had never been officially registered. When he explained ...read more!

For some reason, the cash counter clerk couldn’t get the computer to recognize my preferred customer card. Peering over her shoulder at the screen, I said, “There’s part of the ...read more!

One day walking through town, I saw a road worker printing a sign that read “Raised Manhole Ahead.” I pointed out that there were more like ten raised manholes. The sign, he assured me, ...read more!

A pastor I know has a standard liturgy for funerals. To personalize each service, he uses the Find and Replace command on his computer to replace the name of the deceased from the previous funeral ...read more!

Once we  decided to introduce my  mother to the magic of the Internet. Our first move was to access the popular Ask Jeeves site, and we told her it could answer any question she had. My mother ...read more!

I am five feet three inches tall and pleasingly plump. After I had a minor accident, my mother accompanied me to the emergency room. The triage nurse asked for my height and weight, and I blurted ...read more!

On the way back from a Party, my grandson asked my son the question. “Dad, I know that babies come from mommies’ tummies, but how do they get there in the first place?” he asked ...read more!

A friend and I were hitchhiking, but no one would stop. “Perhaps,  it’s our long hair,” I joked. With that, my friend scrawled on a piece of cardboard: “Going to the ...read more!

We rushed our five-year-old son, James, to the emergency room who was suffering with a terrible cough, high fever, and vomiting. The doctor did an exam, then asked James, ” So, what bothered ...read more!

“What is that sound?” a woman visiting our nature center asked. “It’s the frogs trilling for a mate,” Jade, the naturalist, explained. “We have a pair in the ...read more!