5/18 Yellow canaries, Yim Yonson, & 2nd Grade science lesson

A lady went to a pet shop. "I'd like to buy two yellow canaries," she told the owner. "Sorry, lady, but we don't have any canaries, but we have these," the owner said, as he showed the lady some pale green parakeets. "That's not what I'm looking for," the lady stated, "Yellow canaries." But the pet storeowner refused to give up. He said, "Just think of them as yellow canaries that aren't quite ripe yet."

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The bank manager was in the final stages of hiring a cashier and was down to two final applicants -- one of which would get the job. The first one interviewed was from a small college in upstate New York. A nice young man, but a bit timid. Then he called for the second man, "Jim Johnson!" Up stepped a burley young man who seemed quite sure of himself. "He looks like he can take care of any situation," thought the manager, and decided, there and then, to hire him. He turned to the first applicant and told him he could go and they would let him know. Turning to Johnson, he said, "Now Jim, I like the way you carry yourself -- that's an important asset for the job as cashier. However, you must be precise. I noticed you did not fill out the place on the application where we asked your formal education." Jim looked a little confused so the manager said, "Where did you get your financial education?" "Oh," replied Jim -- "Yale." "That's very good ... excellent. You're hired!" "Now that you're working for us, what do you prefer to be called?" Jim answered, "I don't care ... Yim ... or Mr. Yonson, either one is fine."

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Mr. Smythe had been giving his second-grade students a short lesson on science. He had explained about magnets and showed how they would pick up nails and other bits of iron. And now it was question time ... "Class," said he, "My name begins with the letter `M' and I pickup things.... What am I?" A little boy on the front row said, "You're a mother."

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