JOKES!!!

[ChuckElias]

ref18, that's a long-winded version of an oooooooold Steven Wright joke, only it's Jewish cowboys, and the guy's name is Bucky Goldberg.

Anyway,

It's the first day of school and the first grade teacher wants the kids to get to know each other a little, but also to get some educational value out of the activity. So she decides to ask the kids to tell their parents' job, spell the job, and what the parent would do if he or she came to class.

Mary raises her hand first.

"Yes, Mary, what does your mom or dad do for work?"

"My daddy is a baker. He makes breads, and cakes, and cookies!", Mary answers.

"Very nice, dear. Can you spell 'baker'?"

Mary thinks hard for a moment and slowly spells out b-a-k-e-r.

"Very good, Mary. And what would your daddy do if he came to class?"

Mary gets very excited. "He would bring lots of cookies and cakes and we could have a big party!!"

The teacher is very pleased. "That's wonderful, Mary. Who's next?"

Johnny raises his hand. "My daddy is an electrician. He fixes wires and lights and TV's in people's houses."

"That's very good, Johnny. Can you spell 'electrician' for us?"

Johnny thinks for a moment and starts to spell, "E-l-e. . .k-r. . ."

The teacher interrupts him. "That's all right, dear. Take a moment to think about it and we'll come back to you. You can spell it for us later. Who'd like to go next? Jimmy, go ahead."

Jimmy says, "My dad's a bookie. He takes bets from people on football games and horse races."

The teacher is taken aback, but decides that as long we don't hear any more about bookies, it's probably alright to spell it, so she asks Jimmy to spell 'bookie'".

Jimmy spells out, "B-o-o-k-i-e. And if my dad came to class, he'd lay you 50-to-1 odds that Johnny won't be able to spell 'electrician'."