Jokes of the Day

The saga of management reviews of reports

Question: How many feet do mice have?

Original reply: Mice have four feet.

Managment comment: Elaborate.

Revision 1: Mice have five appendages, four of which are feet.

Managment comment: No discussion of fifth apendage.

Revision 2: Mice have five appendages; four of them are feet and one is tail.

Managment comment: What? Feet without legs?

Revision 3: Mice have four legs, four feet, and one tail per mouse.

Managment comment: Confusing. Is that a total of 9 appendages?

Revision 4: Mice have four leg-foot assemblies and one tail per body.

Managment comment: Does not fully discuss the issue.

Revision 5: Each mouse comes equipped with four legs and a tail. Each leg is equipped with a foot at the end opposite to the body; the tail is not equipped with a foot.

Managment comment: Descriptive but not decisive.

Revision 6: Allotment for mice will be:
FOUR LEG_FOOT ASSEMBLIES, ONE TAIL.
Deviation from this policy is not permitted as it would constitute misappointment of scare appendage assets.

Managment comment: Too authoritative, stifles creativities.

Revision 7: Mice have four feet; each foot is attached to a small leg joined integrally with the overall mouse structural sub-system. Also attached to the mouse sub-system is a thin tail, non functional and ornamental in nature.

Managment comment: Too verbose and scientific. Answer the question.

Final Revision: Mice have four feet.

Managment comment: Approved.

Eye of the Beholder

My husband was just coming out of anesthesia after a series of tests in the hospital, and I was sitting at his bedside. His eyes fluttered open, and he murmured, "You're beautiful."

Flattered, I continued my vigil while he drifted back to sleep.

Later he woke up and said, "You're cute."

"What happened to 'beautiful'?" I asked him.

"The drugs are wearing off," he replied

Fall out of...

During a friendly argument, Jim asked his wife why she married him in the first place.

"I was just stupid," she teased. When he said he was happy to hear that, she was surprised and requested an explanation.

"Well, people get divorced all the time because they fall out of love," he said. "But I've never heard of anybody falling out of stupid."