A good read - hope anyone getting to read this remembers most if not all of it. Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T
-----Original Message----- From: lito hidalgo <[email protected]> Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2012 10:16:50 To: <Invalid address> Reply-To: lito hidalgo <[email protected]> Subject: Fw: [lasalle69er] The Playing Field is Getting More Uneven > > > > >The older we get... >> >>ONE >>Recently, when I went to McDonald's I saw on the menu that you could have an >>order of 6, 9 or 12 Chicken McNuggets . >>I asked for a half dozen nuggets. >>'We don't have half dozen nuggets,' said the teenager at the counter. >>'You don't?' I replied. >>'We only have six, nine, or twelve,' was the reply. >>'So I can't order a half dozen nuggets, but I can order six?' >>'That's right.' >>So I shook my head and ordered six McNuggets >>(Unbelievable but sadly true...) >> >>TWO >>I was checking out at the local Walmart with just a few items and the lady >>behind me put her things on the belt close to mine. I picked up one of those >>'dividers' that they keep by the cash register and placed it between our >>things so they wouldn't get mixed. >>After the girl had scanned all of my items, she picked up the 'divider', >>looking it all over for the bar code so she could scan it. >>Not finding the bar code, she said to me, 'Do you know how much this is?' >>I said to her 'I've changed my mind; I don't think I'll buy that today.' >>She said 'OK,' and I paid her for the things and left. >>She had no clue to what had just happened. >> >>THREE >>A woman at work was seen putting a credit card into her floppy drive and >>pulling it out very quickly. >>When I inquired as to what she was doing, she said she was shopping on the >>Internet and they kept asking for a credit card number, so she was using the >>ATM 'thingy.' >>(keep shuddering!!) >> >>FOUR >>I recently saw a distraught young lady weeping beside her car. 'Do you need >>some help?' I asked. >>She replied, 'I knew I should have replaced the battery to this remote door >>unlocker. Now I can't get into my car. Do you think they (pointing to a >>distant convenience store) would have a battery to fit this?' >>'Hmmm, I don't know. Do you have an alarm, too?' I asked. >>'No, just this remote thingy,' she answered, handing it and the car keys to >>me. As I took the key and manually unlocked the door, I replied, 'Why don't >>you drive over there and check about the batteries. It's a long walk....' >>PLEASE just lie down before you hurt yourself !!! >> >>FIVE >>Several years ago, we had an Intern who was none too swift. One day she was >>typing and turned to a secretary and said, 'I'm almost out of typing paper. >>What do I do?' >>'Just use paper from the photocopier', the secretary told her. With that, the >>intern took her last remaining blank piece of paper, put it on the >>photocopier and proceeded to make five blank copies. >>Brunette, by the way!! >> >>SIX >>A mother calls 911 very worried asking the dispatcher if she needs to take >>her kid to the emergency room, the kid had eaten ants. The dispatcher tells >>her to give the kid some Benadryl and he should be fine. Then the mother >>says, 'I just gave him some ant killer......' >>Dispatcher : 'Rush him in to emergency!' >>Life is tough. It's even tougher if you're stupid!!!! >>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >>Someone had to remind me, so I'm reminding you too. Don't laugh.....it is all >>true... >>Perks of reaching 50 or being over 60 and heading towards 70! >>01. Kidnappers are not very interested in you. >>02. In a hostage situation you are likely to be released first. >>03. No one expects you to run--anywhere. >>04. People call at 6 PM and ask, "did I wake you?" >>05. People no longer view you as a hypochondriac. >>06. There is nothing left to learn the hard way. >>07. Things you buy now won't wear out. >>08. You can eat supper at 4 PM. >>09. You can live without sex but not your glasses. >>10. You get into heated arguments about pension plans. >>11. You no longer think of speed limits as a challenge. >>12. You quit trying to hold your stomach in no matter who walks into the >>room. >>13. You sing along with elevator music. >>14. Your eyes won't get much worse. >>15. Your investment in health insurance is finally beginning to pay off. >>16. Your joints are more accurate meteorologists than the national weather >>service. >>17. Your secrets are safe with your friends because they can't remember them >>either. >>18. Your supply of brain cells is finally down to manageable size. >>19. You can't remember who sent you this list. >>20. And you notice these are all in Big Print for your convenience.. >>Forward this to every one you can remember right now! >>And don't forget.. >>Never, under any circumstances, take a sleeping pill and a laxative on the >>same night. __._,_.___ Reply via web post Reply to sender Reply to group Start a New Topic Messages in this topic (1) Recent Activity: Visit Your Group Switch to: Text-Only, Daily Digest • Unsubscribe • Terms of Use • Send us Feedback . __,_._,___ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Center for Good Governance" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/center-for-good-governance?hl=en.
