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BlueMaxMoe
08-13-2009, 08:40 AM
On his 74th birthday, a man got a gift certificate from his wife. The certificate paid for a visit to a medicine man living on a nearby reservation who was rumored to have a wonderful cure for erectile dysfunction.

After being persuaded, he drove to the reservation, handed his ticket to the medicine man and wondered what he was in for. The old man slowly, methodically produced a potion, handed it to him, and with a grip on his shoulder, warned, "This is powerful medicine and it
must be respected. You take only a teaspoonful and then say '1-2-3'. 'When you do that, you will become more manly than you have ever been in your life and you can perform as long as you want."

The man was encouraged. As he walks away, he turned and asked, "How do I stop the medicine from working?"

"Your partner must say '1-2-3-4,' he responded. "But when she does, the medicine will not work again until the next full moon."

He was very eager to see if it worked so he went home, showered, shaved, took a spoonful of the medicine, and then invited his wife to join him in the bedroom.

When she came in, he took off his clothes and said, "1-2-3!". Immediately, he was the manliest of men.

His wife was excited and began throwing off her clothes. And then she asked, "What was the 1-2-3 for?"

And that, boys and girls, is why we should never end our sentences with a preposition because we could end up with a dangling participle.

texrider
08-13-2009, 02:16 PM
See, Alice? 8)

76VTX
08-13-2009, 02:33 PM
Funny stuff.

RoadDawg
08-13-2009, 05:10 PM
At a convention in a well traveled north eastern city, a large group of women were gathering for dinner at tables for twelve. Seating was assign in such a manner as to join women from diverse parts of the country. A well heeled southern belle was a bit late arriving and joined the table. As she took her seat with the others she surveyed the table and stated "Hello Ladies, Where are y'all from?" One of the women who hailed from the host city of NY,NY... in a rather uppity voice stated... "WELL, where WE are from we NEVER end a sentence with a preposition." The southern lady look directly at her and stated... I am SO sorry... Where are y'all from... Biotch?

8)

cybrhick
08-13-2009, 11:00 PM
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