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A visitor to a certain college paused to admire the new Hemingway
Hall that had been built on campus.
"It's a pleasure to see a building named for Ernest Hemingway," he
said.
"Actually," said his guide, "it's named for Joshua Hemingway. No
relation."
The visitor was astonished. "Was Joshua Hemingway a writer, also?"
"Yes, indeed," said his guide. "He wrote a check."
A hungry lion was roaming through the jungle looking for something
to eat. He came across two men. One was sitting under a tree reading
a book; the other was typing away on his typewriter. The lion
quickly pounced on the man reading the book and devoured him. Even
the king of the jungle knows that readers digest and writers cramp.
Best Newspaper Headlines of 1998
1. Include Your Children When Baking Cookies
2. Something Went Wrong in Jet crash, Experts Say
3. Police Begin Campaign to Run Down Jaywalkers
4. Drunks Get Nine Months in Violin Case
5. Iraqi Head Seeks Arms
6. Is There a Ring of Debris Around Uranus?
7. Would-be Women Priests Appeal to Pope
8. Panda Mating Fails; Veterinarian Takes Over
9. British Left Waffles on Falkland Islands
10. Teacher Strikes Idle Kids
11. Clinton Wins Budget; More Lies Ahead
12. Plane Too Close to Ground, Crash Probe Told
13. Miners Refuse to Work After Death
14. Juvenile Court to Try Shooting Defendant
15. Stolen Painting Found By Tree
16. Two Sisters Reunited After 18 Years in Checkout Line
17. War Dims Hope for Peace
18. If Strike Isn't Settled Quickly, It May Last a While
19. Couple Slain; Police Suspect Homicide
20. Man Struck By Lightning Faces Battery Charge
21. New Study of Obesity Looks for Large Test Group
22. Astronaut Takes Blame for Gas in Space
23. Kids Make Nutritious Snacks
24. Local High School Dropouts Cut in Half
25. Typhoon Rips through Cemetery; Hundreds Dead
A screenwriter comes home to a burned down house. His sobbing and
slightly-singed wife is standing outside. “What happened, honey?”
the man asks.
“Oh, John, it was terrible,” she weeps. “I was cooking, the phone
rang. It was your agent. Because I was on the phone, I didn’t notice
the stove was on fire. It went up in second. Everything is gone. I
nearly didn’t make it out of the house. Poor Fluffy is...”
“Wait, wait. Back up a minute,” The man says. “My agent called?”
I went to a bookstore and asked the saleswoman, "Where's the
self-help section?" She answered, "If I tell you, it will defeat the
purpose."
Q. What's the difference between publishers and terrorists?
A. You can negotiate with terrorists.
I find television very educational. Every time someone switches
it on I go into another room and read a good book.
