Monday, August 28, 2023

Wine-ing JOW #1196

 As a young man I drank beer; sometimes a lot of beer.  Those days are gone.  Although I will occasionally imbibe a brew, I have predominately shifted to wine, usually with a meal.  I, like many people was dismayed, but not surprised to hear a government agency recommended we only have two drinks of alcohol a week.  And this man is paid with our taxpayer dollars.

A politician was one asked about his opinion of alcohol.  His response: 

‘If you are referring to Satan’ potion, that dissolves chastity, promotes violence, deprives us of good sense, and ruins families, than I am against it. 

If, on the other hand you are talking about the nectar that eases stress at the end of the day, invigorates good company, and brings cheer into our tedious lives, than I am for it.’

That pretty much sums it up for me.  Here are a few wine-themed jokes.

 

In wine there is wisdom, in beer there is Freedom, in water there is bacteria.

 

Drink some wine. It is not a good idea to keep things bottled up.

 

I’m a wine enthusiast. The more wine I drink, the more enthusiastic I get.

 

He said his non-alcoholic wine was delicious; I said there was no proof.

 

My favorite wine pairing is me and a glass of wine.

 

I drink wine when socializing with others because no great story has ever started over a salad.

 

Don’t call it box wine.  It is carboardeaux

 

Wine is life’s way of apologizing for Mondays.

 

When I choose wine, I make pour decisions.

 

I have joy in my heart and a glass of wine in my hand. Coincidence?  I think not.

 

I am glad I have reached the age where can drink wine with my kids instead of because of them.

 

Wine riddles

Why do women take baths to relax? 

Because it’s too hard to drink wine in the shower.

 

What do you get if you purchase a quad pack of traditional mature Japanese wine?
Four old times sake.

 

What’s Leonardo DiCaprio’s least favorite kind of wine?

Aged.

 

What do sailors drink when they gather at a tavern to commiserate?

Port whine

 

What’s the difference between drinking in the US and the UK?

If you had 3 glasses of wine in the US, some might call you an alcoholic.
If you had 3 glasses of wine in Britain, you're the designated driver.

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It doesn’t matter if the glass is half empty or half full.

There’s clearly room for more wine.

 

Some people like beer goggles.

I prefer wine glasses.

 

A friend of mine asked me how much I spend on a bottle of wine.

I said, "Ooh, about half an hour."

 

The first thing on my bucket list? To fill that bucket with wine.

 

At Christmas time, there’s nothing I love more than sitting in front of a warm fire, mulled wine in hand, and singing Christmas songs until I slowly fall asleep. Maybe that’s why I’m no longer a fireman.

 

 I sometimes write “drink wine” in my to-do list.  It makes me feel I have accomplished something for the day.

 

Two old winos were talking about the days when they pass...

1st wino says, "If I go first...will you pour some wine over my grave every day?"
2nd wino says, "Sure, you bet! But do you mind if I pass it through my kidneys first??"

 

On the last day of kindergarten, all the children brought presents for their teacher.

The florist's son handed the teacher a gift.
She shook it, held it up and said, "I bet I know what it is - it's some flowers!"
"That's right!" shouted the little boy.
Then the candy store owner's daughter handed the teacher a gift.
She held it up, shook it and said. "I bet I know what it is - it's a box of candy!"
"That's right!" shouted the little girl.
The next gift was from the liquor store owner's son, Little Johnny.
The teacher held it up and saw that it was leaking.
She touched a drop with her finger and tasted it.
"Is it wine?" she asked. "No," Little Johnny answered.
The teacher touched another drop to her tongue.
"Is it champagne?" she asked.
"No," he answered.
Finally, the teacher said, "I give up. What is it?"

“A puppy!”

- Our grandpa lived to be 98 years old.  He used to smoke at least three very expensive cigars a day, drink only the best scotch, cognac and wine, ate only seafood we had to bring from certifiably high quality places and entertained two or three girlfriends at a time
- Wow! What did finally die of?
- We had to kill him. He was too expensive for us.

 

Here is a Chinese joke about wine…. Sort of.

Huang Chan was a very rich man who was tough on his farmhand, Wong. Huang Chan gave Wong a bottle and said, 'Buy me a bottle of wine.'

Wong, the poor farmhand enquired, 'How can I buy you wine with no money at all?'
Huang Chan replied disdainfully, 'Anyone can buy wine with money. It takes real skill to buy wine without money.'

Time elapsed and Wong eventually returned farmhand returned with an empty bottle. He handed the bottle to Huang Chan and murmured, 'Enjoy the wine, please.'

Staring at the empty bottle with some dismay, Huang asked, 'There is no wine, how can I enjoy this?'

Wong replied to Huang Chan, with a straight face, 'Anyone can enjoy wine if there is some.  It takes real skill to enjoy wine when there is none.'

 

An old man walks into a town square with a big sign around his neck that reads, "Old Man's Wisdom for a nickel!"

A skeptical passerby tosses a nickel into the old man's hat and says, "Alright, wise guy, what's your message?"

The old man looks up, grinning ear to ear, and says, "Never spend a nickel on something you can learn for free!"

 

And a final wine blessing:

May your life be like a good wine: tasty, sharp, and clear. 

And like a good wine may it improve with every year.

 

 

Monday, August 21, 2023

Barbicized JOW #1195

Thanks in part to a brilliant marketing campaign, the Barbie movie is a huge hit.  That got me onto the topic of jokes about the famous doll.  My jokes this week start off with some about the Fabulous Ms Barbie.

 

Q. What do you call a line of Barbie dolls?
A. A Barbeque!

 

What ever happened to Bar-A? We only ever hear about Barbie.

 

What do you call Barbie’s husband after his nap? A woke Ken.

 

How does Barbie look so good despite being 64 years old? Plastic Surgery.

 

Barbie dolls promote unrealistic expectations of women's bodies. Women's heads are much harder to put back on in real life.

 

Why aren’t Barbie dolls made of plastic anymore?  Because the Kardashian’s took it all.

 

Knock, knock.
(Who’s there?)
Barbie.
(Barbie who?)
BBQ chicken.

 

What did the Barbie factory do when it ran out of belly buttons?
They called the navel reserve, naturally.

 

Why have Barbie and Ken never had a baby? Because Ken comes in a different box.

 

A girl says to her mom, "I want a Barbie and a GI Joe". Mom says, "Doesn't Barbie come with Ken?"
And the girl replies, "No, Barbie comes with GI Joe. She just fakes it with Ken."

 

What’s the difference between Barbie and Oppenheimer? Barbie product first manufactured in Japan and released in America. Oppenheimer’s product was manufactured in America and released in Japan.

 

There have been numerous alternate versions of Barbie

 

There is Army Barbie?
She specializes in plastic explosives.

 

You can get a Barbie RV and a Barbie chemistry kit which is essentially a Barbie Breaking Bad starter kit.

 

“Remember Proust Barbie? That did not sell well.” (Actual quote from the Barbie movie.)

 

What do you call a Conan the Barbie doll?
A Barbr-aryan.

 

Divorce Barbie come with? She comes with all of Ken's stuff.

 

Cougar Barbie. She smokes, can drink you under the table, and probably knows your dad.

 

Barbie’s trailer trash cousin, Methonie.  Wrinkled and missing teeth.

 

And the overweight cousin: Carbie

 

Then there’s the Muslim Barbie... It's a blow-up doll.

 

Enough with Barbie.  Here are some body image jokes

 

Can you imagine how great I would look if I ate right and quit drinking?  That’s not going to happen but can you imagine?

 

I wish everything was as easy as getting fat.  You don’t get a body like mine overnight.  It takes years of neglect and bacon.  I don’t always eat bacon, but…. Who am I kidding, I always eat bacon.  Bacon is the duct tape of food. 

 

Life happens.  Bacon helps, after all, bacon is mostly salty and fat.  Much like myself

 

Somebody threw a jar of mayonnaise at me.  I was like ‘what the Hellman?’

 

I no longer eat powdered donuts; I don’t want to look like I just came from the White House.

 

Trans swimmer Lia Thomas has announced that having conquered women’s swimming he intends to dominate in the Paraplegic games and after that, the Special Olympics.

 

 

 

The Sayings of the Jewish Buddha

 

* If there is no self, whose arthritis is this?

* Be here now. Be someplace else later. Is that so complicated?

* Drink tea and nourish life; with the first sip, joy; with the second sip, satisfaction; with the third sip, peace; with the fourth, a Danish.

* Wherever you go, there you are. Your luggage is another story.

* Accept misfortune as a blessing. Do not wish for perfect health, or a life without problems. What would you talk about?

* There is no escaping karma. In a previous life, you never called, you never wrote, you never visited. And whose fault was that?

* Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then, what do you have? Bupkis.

* The Tao does not speak. The Tao does not blame. The Tao does not take sides. The Tao has no expectations. The Tao demands nothing of others. The Tao is not Jewish.

* Breathe in. Breathe out. Breathe in. Breathe out. Forget this and attaining Enlightenment will be the least of your problems.

* Let your mind be as a floating cloud. Let your stillness be as a wooded glen. And sit up straight. You'll never meet the Buddha with such rounded shoulders.

* Deep inside you are ten thousand flowers. Each flower blossoms ten thousand times. Each blossom has ten thousand petals. You might want to see a specialist.

* Be aware of your body. Be aware of your perceptions. Keep in mind that not every physical sensation is a symptom of a terminal illness.

* The Torah says, “Love your neighbor as yourself.”

The Buddha says, “There is no self”.

So ... maybe we're off the hook . . .

 

Why are monks always meditating and relaxed and full of profound thoughts and ideas?
Because they’re single.

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I recently came across a brochure promoting a camp for children with asthma. Aside from all the wonderful activities the kids could enjoy, such as canoeing, swimming, crafts, and more, it promised that its lakefront property offered something the asthmatic kids probably did not expect: "breathtaking views.”

 

And finally something entirely different.

Two snakes bump into each other after a long time.  After initial pleasantries one snake confesses that he is struggling with his failing eyesight.
The other snake suggests an eye doctor who he is sure can help the other snake improve his eye sight. They say goodbye and part ways.
After few weeks they bump into one another again.
Snake 1- You look much better! Did you see the eye doctor and was he able to help you?
Snake 2- Yes! Your advice was a blessing. The doctor helped me correct my eye sight. I can see better, hunt better and my sex life has improved dramatically!
Snake 1- Sex life?
Snake 2- Yes! My sex life! After my improved eyesight I realized that my girlfriend was actually a garden hose.


Monday, August 14, 2023

Dog Star JOW #1194

 

I try to do a dog JOW during the dog days of summer.  I know that the ‘dog days’ are named after the dog star Sirius not canines.  This association goes back a long time.  Even Homer referenced it in the Iliad:

On summer nights, star of stars/

Orion’s Dog they call it brightest/

Of all, but an evil portent, bringing heat/

And fevers to suffering humanity/

Well, I haven’t had any fevers, but it is really hot.  As I have said before, ‘Hell’s minions on Earth get hardship pay when serving in Houston.’  I hope these dog-related jokes bring a smile in these hot, sultry days.

 

What do you call a dog that can’t bark?
A hushpuppy.

 

How do dog catchers get paid?
By the pound.

 

What do dogs do after they finish obedience school?
They get their masters.

 

Why are Corgi jokes so similar?
All of them are really short.

 

Why aren’t Corgi jokes funny?
All of them are really short.

 

When you cross a cocker spaniel, a poodle, and a rooster, what do you get?
A cockerpoodledoo!

 

When you cross a frog with a dog, what do you get?
A croaker spaniel.

 

What would happen if someone crossed a dog with a film studio?
You would find yourself in collie-wood.

 

What do you get when you cross a dog and a calculator?
A friend you can count on.

 

What do you get when you cross a sheepdog with a rose?

A collie-flower!

 

What do you get if you cross a gold dog with a telephone?

A golden receiver.

 

 

In America, dogs are K9...

In China, dogs are E10.

 

What does a dyslexic, agnostic, insomniac do?

Stay up all night wondering if there is a dog?

 

‘I can see for Miles!’

Said Miles' guide dog.

 

Why did the dog cross the road twice? He was trying to fetch a boomerang.

 

Our dog brings us the newspaper every day.  Funny thing is, we’ve never subscribed to any.

 

The dogs next door get a little noisy, so one day somebody called animal control to complain. When the officers arrived, the neighbor told them, "Hey, dogs bark. It's human nature."

 

Whenever I take my dog to the park, the ducks always try to nibble on him.
I guess it makes sense, since he’s pure bread.

 

 A tough old dog limps into the Critter Bar and says, ‘I’m looking for the varmint who shot my paw.’ 

 

If your dog was barking on the front door and your wife knocking on the back door, who should you let in first?
– The dog, because at least it would shut up once it got in.

 

Our dog suddenly ran to the front door and barked. “Who is that?” my son asked.

– “It was the dog”, I responded.

 

I was reading a great book about an immortal dog the other day.
– It was impossible to put down.

 

A Dachshund walks into a telegraph office, picks up a blank form, and writes: "Woof. Woof. Woof. Woof. Woof. Woof. Woof. Woof. Woof."
The clerk looks over the paper for a minute before telling the dog, "You know, there are only nine words here. You could add another 'Woof' for the same price."
The Dachshund shakes his head at the clerk in disbelief. "But that would make no sense at all."

 

A woman called our airline customer-service desk asking if she could take her dog on board. “Sure,” the rep said, “as long as you provide your own kennel.” He further explained that the kennel needed to be large enough for the dog to stand up, sit down, turn around, and roll over. The customer was flummoxed: “I’ll never be able to teach him all of that by tomorrow!”

 

A king had 10 wild dogs that he kept to kill any minister that misguided him.
A minister once gave an opinion which was wrong and which the king didn’t like at all.
So he ordered that the minister to be thrown to the dogs.
The minister said,
"I served you loyally 10 years and you do this?
The king was unrelenting.
Minister pleaded "Please give me 10 days before you throw me to the dogs, and I will show you a new thing."
The king agreed.
The minister went to the keeper of the dogs and told him he wanted to serve the dogs for the next 10 days.
The guard was baffled but he agreed.
So the minister started feeding the dogs, caring for them, washing them, and providing all sorts of comfort for them.
When the 10 days were up the king ordered that the minister be thrown to the dogs as sentenced.
When he was thrown in, everyone was amazed; the fierce dogs were wagging their tails playing with the condemned minister.
The king was baffled at what he saw. ”What happened to the dogs?” He growled.
The minister then said; “I served the dogs for only 10 days and they didn’t forget my service.
Yet I served you for 10 years and you forgot all at the first mistake!”
The king realized his mistake and replaced the dogs with crocodiles.

 

Finally, here is a fresh take on one of my favorite jokes.

A dog runs up to their master carrying an unusual piece of wood.

Master: Hey boy, what do you got there?
Dog: *Bark*
Master: Bark? Well where did you get such an unusual piece of bark?
Dog: *Roof*
Master: The roof? Well how did you get all the way up there?
Dog: *With the ladder*

 

Wednesday, August 9, 2023

Medical JOW #1193

 Some of you might have noticed there was no JOW last week.  I was on my cool Colorado vacation and so skipped a week.  If you every go more than a couple of weeks without getting your JOW, let me know. People drop of my mailing list all the time for no apparent reason.

My jokes this week have a medical bent.  I hope you enjoy them.

Even before internet medical programs people tried to diagnose themselves using printed material.  Mark Twain warned: "Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint."

I called the incontinence hotline.  They asked me to hold.


What’s the difference between a general practitioner and a specialist?

One treats what you have, the other thinks you have what they treat.

 

How Many Doctors Does it Take to Change a Lightbulb?

·         That depends on whether or not the bulb has health insurance.

·         None. They just prescribe it Vicodin and tell it to call for a refill if necessary.

·         Only one, but the nurse has to tell the doctor which end to screw in first.

·         Three. One to find a bulb specialist, one to find a bulb installation specialist, and one to bill the procedure.

 

A young doctor was trying to decide in a career between proctology and neurology. He decided to flip a coin--heads or tails

 

You Might Be an E.R. Doctor if…

…discussing surgical procedures during dinner seems normal to you.

…you think coffee should be made available in IV form.

…your favorite hallucinogen is exhaustion.

…you have to remind yourself to slow down when you’re eating, even when you’re at a nice restaurant.

…you’re superstitious about someone saying, “Jeez, things have slowed down a lot.”

…you think “great veins” even when you’re walking down the street, looking at strangers.

…a patient has said to you, “I have no idea how it got stuck in there, but please get it out.”

 

A young male nurse came in to ask a woman routine medical questions.

Nurse: Have you ever had a hysterectomy?

Female patient: Yes.

Nurse: When?

Female patient: 2011.

Nurse: Do you think you could be pregnant?

Female patient: Are you sure this is the right career for you?

 

Here are a few English-challenged notes doctors wrote on patient charts:

·         The patient is married but sexually active.

·         When standing with eyes closed, he missed his right finger to his nose and has to search for it on the left side.

·         She does indeed have a fear of frying and mental problems that she attributes to deep-fat fryers.

·         Her father died from a heart attack at age 12.

·         Patient has left her white blood cells at another hospital.

·         Patient has chest pain if she lies on her left side for over a year.

·         On the second day the knee was better and on the third day it disappeared.

·         The patient has been depressed since she began seeing me in 1993.

·         Discharge status: Alive, but without my permission.

·         Patient had waffles for breakfast and anorexia for lunch.

·         While in ER, Eva was examined, x-rated and sent home.

·         Skin: somewhat pale, but present.

·         Patient has two teenage children, but no other abnormalities.

·         The patient was in his usual state of good health until his airplane ran out of fuel and crashed.

·         Mrs. Evans slipped on the ice and apparently her legs went in separate directions in early December.

·         Patient was seen in consultation by Dr. Jones, who felt we should sit on the abdomen and I agree.

·         The patient refused autopsy.

·         The patient has no previous history of suicides.

·         She is numb from her toes down.

·         She stated that she had been constipated for most of her life until she got a divorce.

·         Both breasts are equal and reactive to light and accommodation.

·         Examination of genitalia has revealed that he is circus-sized.

·         Patient was found in bed with her power mower.

·         She has no rigors or shaking chills, but her husband states she was hot in bed last night.

 

 

Redneck Medical Terminology

 

Medical Term

Redneck Definition

Artery

The study of paintings

Bacteria

Back door to cafeteria

Barium

What doctors do when patients die

Benign

What you be, after you be eight

Caesarean Section

A neighborhood in Rome

Cat scan

Searching for Kitty

Cauterize

Made eye contact with her

Colic

A sheep dog

Coma

A little mark in a sentence

Dilate

To live long

Enema

Not a friend

Fester

Quicker than someone else

Fibula

A small lie

Impotent

Distinguished, well known

Labor Pain

Getting hurt at work

Medical Staff

A Doctor's cane

Morbid

A higher offer

Nitrates

Rates of Pay for Working at Night,

Node

I knew it

Outpatient

A person who has fainted

Pelvis

Second cousin to Elvis

Post Operative

A letter carrier

Recovery Room

Place to do upholstery

Rectum

Nearly killed him

Secretion

Hiding something

Seizure

Roman Emperor

Tablet

A small table

Terminal Illness

Getting sick at the airport

Tumor

One plus one more

Urine

Opposite of You're Out

 

 

When a patient was wheeled into our emergency room, the nurse on duty asked. "On a scale of zero to ten, with zero representing no pain and ten representing excruciating pain, what would you say your pain level is now?"
She shook her head. "Oh, I don't know. I'm not good with math."

 

When my insurance company refused to pay for a newborn son's circumcision, the parents got a letter explaining its logic. Under the procedure "Circumcision" was written "Unable to locate member."

 

Doing rounds, a new nurse couldn't help overhearing the surgeon yelling, "Typhoid! Tetanus! Measles!"
"Why does he keep doing that?" she asked a colleague.
"Oh, he likes to call the shots around here.

 

The doctor delivered some bad news to his patient. "Your white blood cells are elevated," he said.
"What does that mean?" the patient asked.
Looking concerned, the doctor explained, "Up."

 

While acquainting myself with a new elderly patient, the nurse asked, "How long have you been bedridden?"

After a look of complete confusion she answered..."Why, not for about twenty years -- when my husband was alive."