Friday Sillies #7

It looks like you made it back, so I guess you didn’t get wiped out too badly from the chaos of Black Friday. Shoot, in my post Is it Monday? I speak of me…us doing the unimaginable in venturing out to do a wee bit of shopping on this infamous shopping day.

Hallelujah, the weekend is here! Christmas IS the most wonderful time of the year. The flip side of the warm, fuzzy feeling is the silly goofy side. To kick this Friday off, lets bring a little cozy holiday laughs to your morning.

Don’t roll your eyes at me! You know that was funny. What’s that? I so do like animals, especially when they are baked, grilled, or sautéed. Come on, you know I’m kidding. This song is hilarious!

Here’s a joke for you…

One Christmas Eve, a frenzied young man ran into a pet shop looking for an unusual Christmas gift for his wife. The shop owner suggested a parrot, named Chet, which could sing famous Christmas carols. This seemed like the perfect gift. “How do I get him to sing?” The young man asked, excitedly. “Simply hold a lighted match directly under his feet.” was the shop owner’s reply.

The shop owner held a lighted match under the parrot’s left foot. Chet began to sing: “Jingle Bells! Jingle Bells! …” The shop owner then held another match under the parrot’s right foot. Then Chet’s tune changed, and the air was filled with: ” Silent Night, Holy Night…”

The young man was so impressed that he paid the shop-keeper and ran home as quickly as he could with Chet under his arm. When the wife saw her gift she was overwhelmed.

“How beautiful!” She exclaimed, “Can he talk?” “No,” the young man replied, “But he can sing. Let me show you.” So the young man whipped out his lighter and placed it under Chet’s left foot, as the shop-keeper had shown him, and Chet crooned: “Jingle Bells! Jingle bells!…” The man then moved the lighter to Chet’s right foot, and out came: “Silent Night, Holy night…”

The wife, her face filled with curiosity, then asked, “What if we hold the lighter between his legs?” The man did not know. “Let’s try it,” he answered, eager to please his wife. So they held the lighter between Chet’s legs. Chet twisted his face, cleared his throat, and the little parrot sang out loudly like it was the performance of his life: “Chet’s nuts roasting on an open fire….” ** Joke Borrowed visit: The Joke Yard **

When I was in elementary school, I managed to get myself into trouble every bit for the usual stuff like running in the hall or talking too much. Kids today have some real worries on their hands.