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Just joking

An awful breakfast

One morning in a posh hotel breakfast room, a guest called over the head waiter.

“Good morning, sir! I’d like to order two boiled eggs, one of them so undercooked that it’s runny, and the other so overcooked that it’s tough.

I also want some rubbery bacon, burnt toast, and butter that’s so cold it’s impossible to spread.

Finally, I’ll have a pot of extra-weak coffee, served at room temperature.”

The bewildered waiter almost stuttered. “Sir! We cannot serve such an awful breakfast to you here!”

“Why not?” the guest replied. “That’s what I got here yesterday!”

Some watch, this!

A man is waiting at a railway station for his train that leaves at 6 p.m., but he has forgotten his watch.

So, he looks around to ask someone the time. He spots a guy carrying two suitcases and sporting this fabulous hi-tech watch, so he asks him for the time.

The guy replies, “Sure, which country?”

The man asks, “How many countries have you got?” To which the guy replies: “All the countries in the world!”

“Wow! That’s a pretty cool watch you’ve got there,.” says the man.

“That’s nothing,” the guy says. “This watch also has a GPS facility, fax, e-mail and can even receive NTSC television channels and display them on its miniature active colour pixel LCD screen!”

“Boy, that’s incredible. I wish I had a watch like that. You wouldn’t consider selling it by any chance, would you?” says the man.

“Well, actually the novelty has worn off for me, so for $900, if you want it, it’s yours,” says the guy.

The watchless traveller whips out his checkbook and gives out a cheque for the amount, and gets the watch.

“Congratulations! Here’s your new hi-tech watch,” says the guy, and hands over the two suitcases to the unsuspecting man.

“What are these?” he asks. “The batteries for the watch!”

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