A champion jockey is about to enter an important race on a new horse.
The horse’s trainer meets him before the race and says, “All you have to remember with this horse is that every time you approach a jump, you have to shout, “ALLLLEEE OOOP!” really loudly in the horse’s ear. Providing you do that, you’ll be fine.”
The jockey thinks the trainer is mad but promises to shout the command.
The race begins and they approach the first hurdle.
The jockey ignores the trainer’s ridiculous advice and the horse crashes straight through the center of the jump.
They carry on and approach the second hurdle.
The jockey, somewhat embarrassed, whispers “Aleeee ooop” in the horse’s ear.
The same thing happens: the horse crashes straight through the center of the jump.
At the third hurdle, the jockey thinks, “It’s no good, I’ll have to do it.” And yells, “ALLLEEE OOOP!” really loudly.
Sure enough, the horse sails over the jump with no problems.
This continues for the rest of the race, but due to the earlier problems the horse only finishes third.
The trainer is fuming and asks the jockey what went wrong.
The jockey replies, “Nothing is wrong with me. It’s this bloody horse. What is he—deaf or something?”
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The trainer replies, “Deaf?? DEAF?? He’s not deaf—he’s blind!!!”
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A young executive was leaving the office of a major corporation late one evening
when he found the CEO himself standing in front of a shredder with a piece of paper in his hand.
Eager to make a good impression, the young exec introduced himself and asked if he could be of any help.
“Why yes,” said the CEO, holding up the piece of paper. “This is a very sensitive and important document, and my secretary has gone for the night. Can you make this thing work?”
“Certainly,” said the young executive, happy for a chance to help the boss.
The young man turned the machine on, inserted the paper, and pressed the start button.
“Excellent, excellent!” said the CEO as his paper disappeared inside the machine. “I’ll need two copies.”
A husband and wife sat down at their table at a coffee shop in New York City.
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The wife saw a pretty young woman sitting at a table and wearing the most gorgeous pair of shoes she’s ever seen.
“I’d love to know where that lady got those shoes,” she said to her husband. “Maybe I should ask her.”
The husband raises a hand. “Allow me, my love.”
The wife beams at him. “What a gentleman! Thanks, sweetie.”
The husband walked over to the young woman and asked, “Where did you get those shoes?”
“I got them in a store just around the corner from here,” replied the woman.
“Nice. How much were they?”
“Oh, around 500 dollars.”
“Thanks for letting me know.”
The husband returned to his table and said to his wife, “She got her shoes in Los Angeles.”