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The twinge of pain shot through my hip and down my left leg. "Hmm," I thought, "Where did that come from?" It went away fairly quickly, so I forgot about it. A while later it happened again. Again, I ... read more..

The scene: Alexander Graham Bell's laboratory.An exciting new discovery is about to take place. In the next room sits Bell's assistant, a man named Watson, hard at work on Bell's new invention to tra... read more..

At a recent computer software engineering course in the US, the participants were given an awkward question to answer:"If you had just boarded an airliner and discovered that your team of programmers ... read more..

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One rainy evening, my husband, John, and I emerged from a restaurant only to find that he had locked the keys in the car. He insisted he could open the door with a wire coat hanger, so we went back t... read more..

Mary announced that she was going to start a diet to lose some pounds she had put on recently."Great," Sue exclaimed. "I'm ready to start a diet too. We can be dieting buddies and help each other ou... read more..

Andrew Stawicki is always extremely and generously nice to me when we meet because I saved his life when he was shipwrecked in 1998.  Really.  Ok, technically it was Bob Bullen, a man who used to go t... read more..

Cards offering used textbooks for sale are posted on the college notice board at the beginning of each semester. One read: "Introduction to Psychology, $8, never used." The card was signed, "Must sel... read more..

Why didn't somebody tell me?With the average cost for a Nursing Home per day reaching $188.00, there is a better way when we get old & feeble.I have already checked on reservations at the Holiday Inn ... read more..

Things heard by tech support:Customer: "I have Microword Soft."Customer: "Microwave Windows?"Customer: "Will this upgrade include Microwave 97?"Customer: (Referring to Microsoft Defrag.) "I ran Microw... read more..

A fellow computer programmer for a consulting group had designed some software for one of our largest accounts. He asked my help in putting it into operation.At first, he handled most of the work. E... read more..

Top Ten Things You NEVER Want to Hear the Orkin Man Say10) "EEEEEKKK!!!!!!"9) "Exterminator down! Exterminator down! Send backup!!! Extermin..."8) "The GOOD news is... you have termites."7) "Do you ha... read more..

I was inspecting communications facilities in Alaska. Since I had little experience in flying in small planes, I was nervous when we approached a landing strip in a snow-covered area. The pilot desc... read more..

Recently, I found myself standing at my bedroom window, looking out at the results of a rare (for Victoria) freezing rainstorm.  As I surveyed my backyard, I spied, with my little eye, a robin fl... read more..

An unemployed man is desperate to support his family. His wife watches TV all day and his three teenage kids have dropped out of high school to hang around with the local toughs. He applies for a ja... read more..

A hospital posted a notice in the nurses' mess saying:"Remember, the first five minutes of a human being's life are the most dangerous."Underneath, a nurse had written:"The last five are pretty risky,... read more..

A friend and I were standing in line at a fast-food restaurant, waiting to place our order.There was a big sign posted. "No bills larger than $20 will be accepted."The woman in front of us, pointing ... read more..