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Carla
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Financial crisis joke

Post by Carla » Thu October 23rd, 2008, 8:44 am

Heard on the radio:

Q: What's the difference between a City of London banker and a pigeon?
A: The pigeon can still afford to put a deposit on a Porsche
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Post by pat » Thu October 23rd, 2008, 10:11 am

ROFL! That was good!
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Post by EC2 » Thu October 23rd, 2008, 11:13 am

[quote=""Carla""]Heard on the radio:

Q: What's the difference between a City of London banker and a pigeon?
A: The pigeon can still afford to put a deposit on a Porsche[/quote]

Good one Carla! :D
The one's like that I heard at school long ago were slightly more risque

Q. What's the difference between a bad archer and a constipated owl?
A. A bad archer shoots but can't hit, and a constipated owl hoots but can't sh....

Q. What's the difference between a goldfish and a mountain goat?
A. A goldfish mucks about in the fountains and a mountain goat f***s about in the mountains!

And now, having totally lowered the tone of things I will slope off and do some work....
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Souvent entre piez de chevals
Kar ja li coard n’I chasront

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Are always to be found between the hooves of horses
For never will cowards fall down there.'

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Post by pat » Thu October 23rd, 2008, 12:06 pm

[quote=""EC2""]Good one Carla! :D
The one's like that I heard at school long ago were slightly more risque

Q. What's the difference between a bad archer and a constipated owl?
A. A bad archer shoots but can't hit, and a constipated owl hoots but can't sh....

Q. What's the difference between a goldfish and a mountain goat?
A. A goldfish mucks about in the fountains and a mountain goat f***s about in the mountains!

And now, having totally lowered the tone of things I will slope off and do some work....[/quote]


I found them really funny......hubby didnt.....how have we managed 22 years together?!
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Post by Carine » Thu October 23rd, 2008, 1:16 pm

LOL ! Very good EC and Carla !!

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Post by donroc » Thu October 23rd, 2008, 2:50 pm

And Benny Hill"s difference between a hormone and a vitamin.

If you can make a ***** moan, you do not need a vitamin.
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Post by Vanessa » Thu October 23rd, 2008, 2:58 pm

LOL to all of them.
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Post by donroc » Thu October 23rd, 2008, 3:34 pm

And one I heard way back in elementary school.

What is the difference between a soldier and a baby?

A soldier loads his gun and a baby loads his diaper.

And my favorite: What is the difference between a coctail lounge and an elephant's f**t?

One is a bar room, and the other is a barroooooom!
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