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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsJoke: The new upward mobility in America
My boss pulled up in his brand new BMW today and I couldn't help but admire it.
"Nice car," I said as he got out.
"Well," he said, noticing my admiring looks, "Work hard, put the hours in, and I'll have an even better one next year.
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Joke: The new upward mobility in America (Original Post)
Ichingcarpenter
Jul 2012
OP
Bad news, you've got cancer. Good news, I'm banging the receptionist.
12AngryBorneoWildmen
Jul 2012
#3
Good news, there's baseball in heaven; bad news, you're playing shortstop on Saturday
pinboy3niner
Jul 2012
#6
SoDesuKa
(3,173 posts)1. I Like It
it reminds me of a doctor joke with the set-up, "I have good news and bad news . . . " The punch line is that there's nothing but bad news for the patient. When he asks what the good news is, the doctor brightens and reports some good event in his (the doctor's) personal life.
12AngryBorneoWildmen
(536 posts)3. Bad news, you've got cancer. Good news, I'm banging the receptionist.
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)6. Good news, there's baseball in heaven; bad news, you're playing shortstop on Saturday
marybourg
(12,620 posts)2. Reminds me of the jokes that used
to be told in the old Soviet Union.
Turbineguy
(37,319 posts)7. A guy walks into a butchershop
"Do you have any fish today?"
"We don't have meat here, they don't have fish across the street!"
polichick
(37,152 posts)4. That's pretty accurate - and the boss couldn't care less.
raccoon
(31,110 posts)5. Ain't that the truth? nt
UnrepentantLiberal
(11,700 posts)8. Trickle down in action.
Ichingcarpenter
(36,988 posts)11. This isn't a lame joke but
a Bain joke.
SoCalDem
(103,856 posts)9. Years ago a dermatologist friend of mine told me this one
Two doctors talking:
When asked why he became a dermatologist instead of a heart surgeon or some other "exciting" specialty..
the answer:
you never really cure your patients, and they rarely ever die.
Nye Bevan
(25,406 posts)10. "Pimple-popper MD" (nt)