**Humorous Anecdotes**

As you go through life, funny things happen, and it's good to reflect on and share those stories with others. Laughter is good medicine. So I would like for us to share some funny anectodes. I have a couple of courtroom stories, but right now, I will only share one, so I can give you all a chance to share yours.

A few years ago I worked in the Associate Circuit Court. Often times I would be called upon to record a misdeameanor trial. On this one particular day, the defense attorney was attempting to prove that his client was wrongly accused  and innocent of a DWI. So the defense attorney, (I'll call him Paul) was questioning his witness, the patrolman who had made the traffic stop. In his line of questions he asked, "Did you administer the sobriety check?" and "What were the results of the sobriety test?" and then he asked "DID MY CLIENT HAVE SPLURRED SEECH"....The judge had to call a recess while the laughter in the courtroom died down. Even the judge couldn't help but laugh.

So, what's your story?

Here's another story but involving exercise

My husband Glen and I were riding our bikes on the Katy Trail, with the plan of doing an 84 mile bike ride, when we noticed that the sky was not looking very good. We thought it might rain but we weren't terribly concerned. Well, Glen was concerned, but I said, Let's continue on. So we continued on our way. We noticed the clouds about 10 miles down the trail. We chose to go on. We went another 10 miles and as we were riding into a tiny little town on the trail, the heavens opened. The only shelter we could find was a general store which was closed and a PORTA POTTY! So here we are squeezing our two big bodies and our two big bikes into this little tiny Porta-Potty. This turned out to be a massive storm. Does anybody remember the flood of '93? This was the beginning of that flood. We stayed in the Porta Potty for two hours. When Glen needed to relieve himself, I made him step out. After two hours, we could see that the general store had finally opened, so we moved outselves and our bikes, through the newly formed lake, and went into the store. We were there another two hours, while the trail was literally washing away. We finally got hold of relatives who brought a motor home and picked us up and took us home. We couldn't pick up our car, however at the trail head, because it was flooded, and closed off. 

come on people, we need your stories...

oh man! A porta potty? How'd it smell?

It really wasn't bad to tell you the truth. It was definitely a tight squeeze. And my husband didn't appreciate me sending him out in the storm to go to the bathroom. :>)

I got into a discussion with a very large, very sick african-american dude, when I worked at the hospital, about blues, motown, and Jazz.  I told him about how i grew up listening to this kind o' music because my dad plays electric bass.  After a few minutes of remembering songs and artists he says, "Does your dad play any black music as well?"

 

 

  

Thank you Dances! Those are great stories, and I'm sure will add laughter to people's day. Thank you! By the way, my favorite was the story about the lunch you fixed for Brad with the "spider" and the goldfish. Love it!

Though not really an annecdote, this song kept floating in my head this AM (I think there's a name for changing lyrics to a popular song, but I can't come up with it)

Sing a song of six pounds,

a pocket full of rye (note...no white flour in this song!)

four 6 oz lean chicken breasts baked in a pie;

Add lots of fresh veggies to make a tasty thing

Now isn't that a healthy dish to set before the King?

Sue, how creative!!!!

Pam, did anyone complain of you smelling afterwards? BTW, My sister lives on the katy trail. Defiance, MO.

D, your lunch story reminds me of one about my first husband.

This man was mean to me, so once in a while I got a little revenge.
My bad!
He was terribly afraid of snakes, I mean wussy girl scared! sorry, anyway.
On April fools day one year (I had planned this the day before)
I borrowed a blow up snake, (the one's you put in gardens to keep bunnies away, they look soooo real and BIG)
I took it home and put it behind the shed where the burn barrel was. The next morning on April 1st, I caught him before he was really awake, we got up early (farmers). I said, "I'm going to go burn the trash before the wind kicks up". So I go out and come running back in and say, "come help me! There is a huge snake out here". I turn and run behind the shed, grab the snake and run towards him. He meets me with a pitch fork. I nearly died that day. hmmmm, maybe that caused the divorce. :)

Sue, that was a great parody. Love it!

Kim, I can just see you in that snake story. You are so ornery!

Keep those stories coming people.

D, did you cover your tracks? LOL

Pam, I am very ornery!!!!
One time for April fools, I pretended to fall down our stairs, he was really mad too. Shows me he cared a little maybe. I think I was testing him.

Pam, Yes, parody...thanks for the word!

My choir director does this with hymns and anthems , using names and events of the choir year, and we sing them, with much laughter, at the end of the season picnic!

I hope I get creatively inspired like that again soon :)

Here's one that my husband just called in to me. True story, just happened minutes ago.

My husband is a Letter Carrier for the United States Postal Service. He was going into one of the restaurants on his route, in full uniform, carrying a stack of mail, and one of the servers who was greeting people said to him, "Will that be Dine-In or Carry-Out?" With fast thinking, he replied, "How about delivery?"