As soon as she had finished parochial school, a bright young girl named Lena shook the dust of Ireland off her shoes and made her way to New York where before long, she became a successful performer in show business. Eventually she returned to her home town for a visit and on Saturday night went to confession in the church which she had always attended as a child.
In the confessional Father Sullivan recognized her and began asking her about her work.
She explained that she was an acrobatic dancer, and he wanted to know what that meant. She said she would be happy to show him the kind of thing she did on stage. She stepped out of the confessional and within sight of Father Sullivan, she went into a series of cartwheels, leaping splits, handsprings and backflips. Kneeling near the confessional, waiting their turn, were two middle-aged ladies.
They witnessed Lena’s acrobatics with wide eyes, and one said to the other: “Will you just look at the penance Father Sullivan is givin’ out this night, and me without me bloomers on!”
Dear Employees:
As the CEO of this organization, I have resigned myself to the fact that
Barrack Obama is our President and that our
taxes and government fees will increase in a BIG way.
To compensate for these increases, our prices would have to increase by
about 10%. But since we cannot increase our
prices right now due to the dismal state of the economy, we will have to
layoff sixty of our employees instead.
This has really been bothering me since I believe we are family here and
I didn’t know how to choose who would have
to go.
So, this is what I did.. I walked through our parking lots and found sixty
‘Obama’ bumper stickers on our employees’
cars and have decided these folks will be the ones to let go. I can’t
think of a more fair way to approach this
problem. They voted for change...... I gave it to them.
I will see the rest of you at the annual company picnic.
THE BOSS