Genealogy Humor

When I was 3; Mama killed a flea. I began to cry. She asked me why. "It didn't know you was people", I replied.

You know we Namibians are Lucky people we have more holidays than work days. The ones where we won the skirmishes are holidays because we won and the ones where loose are holidays because we loose.

What more can you ask for. I think more battles fought or lost it is all the same.

Mother's Day is rapidly approaching so thought you might enjoy these. There were soooo many, that they have been divided into 2 parts. Hope you chuckle as you read thru them. Have a great day.

Mom's Definitions (Part 1)

1. AIRPLANE: What Mom impersonates to get a 1-yr.-old to eat strained beets. 


2. ALIEN: What Mom would suspect had invaded her house if she spotted a child-sized creature cleaning up after itself. 


3. APPLE: Nutritious lunchtime dessert which children will trade for cupcakes. 


4. BABY: 1. Dad, when he gets a cold. 2. Mom's youngest child, even if he's 42. 


5. BATHROOM: a room used by the entire family, believed by all (except Mom) to be self-cleaning. 


6. BECAUSE: Mom's reason for having kids do things which can't be explained logically. 


7. BED & BREAKFAST: Two things the kids will never make for themselves. 


8. CARPET: Expensive floor covering used to catch spills and clean mud off shoes. 


9. CAR POOL: Complicated system of transportation where Mom always winds up going the furthest with the biggest bunch of kids who have had the most sugar.
10. CHINA: Legendary nation reportedly populated by children who love leftover vegetables. 


11. COOK: 1. Act of preparing food for consumption. 2. Mom's other name. 


12. COUCH POTATO: What Mom finds under the sofa cushions after the kids eat dinner. 


13. DATE: Infrequent outings with Dad where Mom can enjoy worrying about the kids in a different setting. 


14. DRINKING GLASS: Any carton or bottle left open in the fridge. 


15. DUST: Insidious interloping particles of evil that turn a home into a battle zone.
16. DUST RAGS: See "DAD'S UNDERWEAR." 


17. EAR: A place where kids store dirt. 


18. EAT: What kids do between meals, but not at them. 


19. EMPTY NEST: See "WISHFUL THINKING." 


20. ENERGY: Element of vitality kids always have an oversupply of until asked to do something. 

21. "EXCUSE ME": One of Mom's favorite phrases, reportedly used in past times by children. 


22. EYE: The highly susceptible optic nerve, which, according to Mom, can be "put out" by anything from a suction-arrow to a carelessly handled butter knife. 


23. FABLE: A story told by a teenager arriving home after curfew. 


24. FOOD: The response Mom usually gives in answer to the question "What's for dinner tonight?" See "SARCASM" 


25. FROZEN: 1. A type of food. 2. How hell will be when Mom lets her daughter date an older guy with a motorcycle. 


26. GARBAGE: A collection of refuse items, the taking out of which Mom assigns to a different family member each week, then winds up doing herself. 


27. GENIUSES: Amazingly, all of Mom's kids. 


28. GUM: Adhesive for the hair and carpet. 


29. HAMPER: A wicker container with a lid, usually surrounded by, but not containing, dirty clothing. 


30. HANDI-WIPES: Pants, shirt-sleeves, drapes, etc. 


31. HANDS: Body appendages which must be scrubbed raw with volcanic soap and sterilized in boiling water immediately prior to consumption of the evening meal. 


32. HINDSIGHT: What Mom experiences from changing too many diapers. 


33. HOMEMADE BREAD: An object of fiction like the Fountain of Youth and the Golden Fleece. 


34. ICE: Cubes of frozen water which would be found in small plastic tray if kids or husbands ever filled the darn things instead of putting them back in the freezer empty. 


35. INSIDE: That place that will suddenly look attractive to kids once Mom has spent a minimum of half an hour getting them ready to go outside. 


36. "I SAID SO": Reason enough, according to Mom. 


37. JACKPOT: When all the kids stay at friends' homes for the night. 


38. JEANS: Which, according to kids, are appropriate for just about any occasion, including church and funerals. 


39. "JEEEEEEEEZ!": Slang for "Gee Mom, isn't there anything else you can do to embarrass me in front of my friends?" 


40. JOY RIDE: Going somewhere without the kids. 


41. JUNK: Dad's stuff. 


42. KETCHUP: The sea of tomato-based goop kids use to drown the dish that Mom spent hours cooking and years perfecting to get the seasoning just right. 


43. KISS: Mom medicine. 



You forgot...
Mom's Definitions of Dad
1. Mr Bank: Someone who could easily be replaced by anybody else if he ain't bringing in the cash.
2. Selective deafness: Someone mom can yell at around the clock and still questioning why he never listens.
3. Malformed: The one responsible for every deficiency in her kids.
4. Hoodoo: The one she regret that she selected, her life would have been sooo much better with the other one instead.
5. Feckless: No matter what he does, it is never enough.
6. Reckless: 99 good things are always outweighed by 1 bad thing
and has thus never occurred or will be accounted for again,
but that one bad thing will never be forgotten.
7. Untimely: The one who are always to early or never get finished in time.
8. Dreamcrusher: The main reason that ruined her big dreams.
9. Enigma: The ex man who is always better in all ways towards his new wife than he ever was when he was with her.

Ulf, that is just toooooo funny!!!

Here is Part 2 of Mom's Definitions. Hope you enjoy them. Can you think of any others that should be added??? Ulf, I shared you list above with my email family/friends. It was just too good not to pass on. (Poor Dad, he just can't win...)

Mom's Definitions (Part 2)

1. LAKE: Large body of water into which a kid will jump should his friends do so. 


2. LEMONADE STAND: Complicated business venture where Mom buys powdered mix, sugar, lemons, and paper cups, and sets up a table, chairs, pitchers and ice for kids who sit there for three to six minutes and net a profit of 15 cents. 


3. LIE: An "exaggeration" Mom uses to transform her child's papier-mâché volcano science project into a Nobel Prize-winning experiment and a full-ride scholarship to Harvard. 


4. LOSERS: See "Kids' Friends"
5. MAKEUP: Lipstick, eyeliner, blush, etc. which ironically make Mom look better while making her young daughter look "like a tramp." 


6. MAYBE: No. 


7. MILK: A healthful beverage which kids will gladly drink once it's turned into junk food by the addition of sugar and cocoa. 


8. "MOMMMMMMM!": The cry of a child on another floor who wants something. 


9. MUSH: 1. What a kid loves to do with a plateful of food. 2. Main element of Mom's favorite movies. 


10. NAILS: A hard covering on the end of the finger, which Mom can never have a full set of due to pitching for batting practice, opening stubborn modeling clay lids and removing heat ducts to retrieve army men and/or doll clothing. 


11. OCEAN: What the bathroom floor looks like after bath night for kids, assorted pets, two or three full-sized towels and several dozen toy boats, cars and animals. 


12. OPEN: The position of children's mouths when they eat in front of company. 


13. OVERSTUFFED RECLINER: Mom's nickname for Dad. 


14. PANIC: What a mother goes thru when the darn wind-up swing stops. 


15. PENITENTIARY: Where children who don't eat their vegetables or clean their rooms eventually end up, according to Mom. 


16. PETS: Small, furry creatures which follow kids home so Mom will have someone else to clean up after. 


17. PIANO: A large, expensive musical instrument which, after thousands of dollars worth of lessons and constant harping by Mom, kids will refuse to play in front of company. 


18. PURSE: A handbag in which Mom carries the checkbook and keys she can never find because they're buried under tissues, gum wrappers, a plastic container full of cereal, toys from a fast-food restaurant, a teddy bear, a football, wallpaper samples, a grocery list and several outdated coupons. 


19. QUIET: A state of household serenity, which occurs before the birth of the first child and occurs again after the last child has left for college. 


20. RAINCOAT: Article of clothing Mom bought to keep a child dry and warm, rendered ineffective because it's in the bottom of a locker stuffed in a book bag or because the child refuses to wear "the geeky thing." 


21. REFRIGERATOR: Combination art gallery and air conditioner for the kitchen. 


22. ROOM MOTHER: A position of great honor and responsibility bestowed on a mom who inadvertently misses a PTA meeting. 


23. SCHOOL PLAY: Sadistic ritual in which adults derive pleasure from watching offspring stumble through coarse reenactment of famous historic events. 


24. SCREAMING: Home P.A. system. 


25. SNOWSUITS: Warm, padded outer garments that, when completely zipped and snapped performs two important functions: Protecting children from the cold and reminding them that they have to go to the bathroom. 


26. SUNDAY BEST: Attractive, expensive children's clothing made of a fabric, which attracts melted chocolate and grape juice. 


27. TEACHER CONFERENCE: A meeting between Mom and that person who has yet to understand her child's "special needs." 


28. TERRIBLE TWO'S: Having both kids at home all summer. 


29. TRAMP: A woman with two kids and no stretch marks. 


30. TROUBLE: Area of nonspecific space a child can always be sure to be in. 


31. VITAMINS: Tiny facsimiles of cave people Mom forces you to swallow each morning as part of her sinister plot to have you grow up to be "Just like Daddy." 


32. WALLS: Complete set of drawing paper for kids that comes with every room. 


33. WASHING MACHINE: Household appliance used to clean blue jeans, permanent ink markers, loose change, homework, tissues and wads of gum. 


34. "WHEN YOUR FATHER GETS HOME": Standard measurement of time between crime and punishment. 


35. XOXOXOXO: Mom salutation guaranteed to make the already embarrassing note in a kid's lunch box even more mortifying. 


36. ZUCCHINI: Vegetable which can be baked, boiled, fried or steamed before kids refuse to eat it.

Airline Menu

Scandinavian Airlines dinner:
Smoked salmon on hard doughnut-shaped rolls.

El Al dinner:
Lox on bagels.

Who Made You

A little girl was sitting on her grandfather's lap as he read her a bedtime story. From time to time, she would take her eyes off the book and reach up to touch his wrinkled cheek. She was alternately stroking her own cheek, then his again...
Finally she spoke up... "Grandpa, did G-d make you?"

"Yes, sweetheart,"he answered, "G-d made me a long time ago."

"Oh,"she paused, "Grandpa, did G-d make me too?"

"Yes, indeed, honey,"he said, "G-d made you just a little while ago."

Feeling their respective faces again, she observed...
"G-d's getting better at it, isn't he?"

My dad said that he lathed me on a hip when I asked him how and
why I existed, much later I realized that he spoke in a riddle...

Patricias "Mom's Definitions from A-Z" should be put in the dictionary
as an aid to curbing population growth!

These videos are dumb...but funny...and that's why so many people Love their dogs...we have loved all of them over the years even the STUPID ones...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bGEEFovolw

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=AIDy9FexLTM

Norm, those videos were funny. I watched the one after the "dead dog" one on Cats not wanting a bath. That was even funnier!!! I like & have 1 cat now, but have given cats a bath in the past. Didn't feel much like laughing at the time, but looking back I can now!!!

Ulf, maybe A to Z definitions should be put in a dictionary form & given to all new mom's for future reference. I have a feeling if Moms around the world were polled they could add a lot more definitions than what I found. It might be an interesting book.

A laugh for the day

A man and his wife were awakened at 3:00 am by a loud pounding on the door.

The man gets up and goes to the door where a drunken stranger, standing in the pouring rain, is asking for a push.

"Not a chance," says the husband, "it is 3:00 in the morning!"
He slams the door and returns to bed.

"Who was that?" asked his wife.
"Just some drunk guy asking for a push," he answers.

"Did you help him?" she asks. "No, I did not, it is 3:00 in the morning and it is pouring rain out there!"

"Well, you have a short memory," says his wife. "Can't you remember about three months ago when we
broke down, and those two guys helped us? I think you should help him, and you should be ashamed of yourself!

The man does as he is told, gets dressed, and goes out into the pounding rain.
He calls out into the dark, "Hello, are you still there?"

"Yes," comes back the answer.

"Do you still need a push?" calls out the husband. "Yes, please!" comes the reply from the dark.

"Where are you?" asks the husband.

"Over here on the swing ," replied the drunk.

Many years ago my son came to me and asked me how giraffes had their babies. I girded up my loins and prepared to answer the question how are babies made and born. I launched into my speech only to watch an increasingly puzzled look on my son's face. Finally he interrupted me to say " But Mom - all I wanted to know was do the giraffes lay down or do the babies drop all that way down"!!!!!!!!

To all of you who are posting jokes - I am sitting here 4 days post op following a total knee replacement and you have just made my day a whole lot brighter. Thank you my friends.

Pat...RE: Cats
We adopted an invisible cat once..named her Casper...She was a feral cat..I'll tell you the story via reg. E-Mail if you are interested.

"Really Baaad Knee Jokes Just for Colleen Andrea Day "

A young ventriloquist is touring the clubs and one night he's doing a show in a small club in a small town in Arkansas.
With his dummy on his knee, he's going through his usual dumb blonde jokes when a blonde woman in the fourth row stands on her chair and starts shouting: ''I've heard enough of your stupid blonde jokes. What makes you think you can stereotype women that way? What does the color of a person's hair have to do with her worth as a human being? It's guys like you who keep women like me from being respected at work and in the community and from reaching our full potential as a person, because you and your kind continue to perpetuate discrimination against, not only blondes, but women in general...and all in the name of humor!''
The ventriloquist is embarrassed and begins to apologize, when the blonde yells, ''You stay out of this, mister! I'm talking to that little jerk on your knee!''

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A man goes into the doctor.He says, "Doc, you gotta check my leg. Something's wrong. Just put your ear up to my thigh, you'll hear it!"The doctor cautiously placed his ear to the man's thigh, only to hear, "Gimme 20 bucks. I really need 20 bucks.""I've never seen or heard anything like this before. How long has this been going on?" The doctor asked."That's nothing Doc. Put your ear to my knee."The doctor put his ear to the man's knee and heard it say, "Man, I really need 10 dollars. Just lend me 10 bucks!!""Sir, I really don't know what to tell you. I've never seen anything like this." The doctor was dumbfounded."Wait Doc, that's not all. There's more, just put your ear up to my ankle," the man urged him.The doctor did as the man said and was blown away to hear his ankle plead, "Please, I just need 5 dollars. Lend me 5 bucks, please, if you will.""I have no idea what to tell you. There's nothing about it in my books," he said, as he frantically searched all his medical reference books."I can make a well educated guess though," he continued. "Based on life and all my previous experience, I can tell you that........ your leg seems to be broke in three places."

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An old couple was preparing for bed while on their honeymoon. When the man took his socks off, his bride noticed he only had two or three toes.
"Oh goodness," she said, "what happened to your feet?" "I had Tolio," he replied.
"You mean Polio?" she asked. "No, Tolio," he said.
Next he removed his pants and she saw that his knees were bent backwards.
"Wow! What happened to your knees?" she asked. "I had Knee Coli,"
he answered.
"E. Coli?" asked the wife. "No," he replied, "Knee Coli."

Finally, he removed his underwear.
"Oh, let me guess," she said, "Smallcox?"

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I overheard a father yelling at his toddler who refused to sit still in the shopping cart “If you fall down and break your leg don’t come running to me.”

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This guy is in the hospital with two broken legs that he got from a car crash.

The nurse comes into the room that he is in and says that she has good news and bad news. The guy asks for the bad news first. The nurse says, ''We're going to have to remove your legs.''

Then the guy asks for the good news. The nurse says, ''The guy beside you wants to buy your sneakers.''

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I'm going into hospital tomorrow to undergo a risky medical procedure.
I spoke to my surgeon earlier to explain that I was a little nervous, but he reassured me.

"There's only a 1 in 100 chance of anything going seriously wrong," he said.

"Besides, I've done 99 of these operations before and they've all been fine."

Colleen, glad to hear you are on the road to recovery. As a nurse I worked with many who had knee surgery. Don't give up on the rehab! It will get easier as you progress. Here is something that I hope will tickle your funny bone.

The Psychiatrist & The Proctologist

Best friends graduated from medical school at the same time and decided that, in spite of two different specialties, they would open a practice together to share office space and personnel.

Dr. Smith was the psychiatrist and Dr. Jones was the proctologist; they put up a sign reading: "Dr. Smith and Dr. Jones: Hysterias and Posteriors".

The town council was livid and insisted they change it.
So, the docs changed it to read: "Schizoids and Hemorrhoids".

This was also not acceptable, so they again changed the sign. "Catatonics and High Colonics" - No go.

Next, they tried "Manic Depressives and Anal Retentives" - thumbs down again.

Then came "Minds and Behinds" - still no good.

Another attempt resulted in "Lost Souls and Butt Holes" - unacceptable again!

So they tried "Analysis and Anal Cysts" - not a chance.

"Nuts and Butts" - no way.

"Freaks and Cheeks" - still no good.

"Loons and Moons" - forget it.

Almost at their wit's end, the docs finally came up with: "Dr. Smith and Dr. Jones - Specializing in Odds and Ends". Everyone loved it.

So did I love it. Thanks Patricia

Thanks for the humour Norm. Love you guys

A Couple Videos to Make Your Day's....

Carol Burnett Bloopers:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQbNjzH1L7Y

TIM CONWAY-HARVEY KORMAN-SAMMY Davis:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vaV9kulCeY&app=desktop

A man walks into the Election office, says to the receptionist:

"I would like to put my name forward for the forthcoming elections to be an Independent candidate.

The receptionist replied, "Certainly sir Please fill out this form.''

He was filling the form until he came to the question, ''Are you circumcised?''

So he asked the receptionist "Is that question necessary?"

She replied, "If you are circumcised you are not eligible".

He asked what difference it would make if he was circumcised?

She replied.......

....... "To become a politician, you have to be a COMPLETE prick"!!!!!!!

The Mommy Test

I was out walking with my then 3-year-old daughter. She picked up something off the ground and started to put it in her mouth. I asked her not to do that.

"Why?" 



"Because it's been laying outside and is dirty and probably has germs." 


At this point, she looked at me with total admiration and asked, "Wow! How do you know all this stuff?" 



"Uh," I was thinking quickly, everyone knows this stuff, "Um, it's on the mommy test. You have to know it, or they don't let you be a mommy." 



"Oh." We walked along in silence for 2 or 3 minutes, but she was evidently pondering this new information. 

”I get it!" she beamed. "Then if you flunk, you have to be the daddy."

"Some of these are so bad that you actually have to smile!"

* How does Moses make his tea? Hebrews it!

* Venison for dinner again? Oh deer!

* A cartoonist was found dead in his home. Details are sketchy.

* I used to be a banker, but then I lost interest.

* Haunted French pancakes give me the crepes.

* England has no kidney bank, but it does have a Liverpool.

* I tried to catch some fog, but I mist.

* They told me I had type-A blood, but it was a Type-O.

* I changed my iPod's name to Titanic. It's syncing now.

* Jokes about German sausages are the wurst.

* I know a guy who's addicted to brake fluid, but he says he can stop any time.

* I stayed up all night to see where the sun went, and then it dawned on me.

* This girl said she recognized me from the vegetarian club, but I'd never met herbivore.

* When chemists die,apparently they barium.

* I'm reading a book about anti-gravity. I just can't put it down.

* I did a theatrical performance about puns. It was a play on words.

* I didn't like my beard at first. Then it grew on me.

* Did you hear about the cross-eyed teacher who lost her job because she couldn't control her pupils ?

* When you get a bladder infection you know urine trouble.

* Broken pencils are pretty much pointless.

* What do you call a dinosaur with an extensive vocabulary? A thesaurus.

* I dropped out of the Communism class because of lousy Marx.

* All the toilets in New York's police stations have been stolen. As of now, it appears the police have nothing to go on.

* I got a job at a bakery because I kneaded dough.

* Velcro - what a rip off!

* If you jump into a river in Paris, you're in Seine.

Norm, I especially like the jokes about Lot and Moses. I can use them at church.

How many of you can identify with this mom???
Mom's Brownies

Brownies:
• Remove teddy bear from oven and preheat oven to 375.
• Melt 1 cup margarine in saucepan.
• Remove teddy bear from oven and tell Jr "no, no."
• Add margarine to 2 cups sugar.
• Take shortening can away from Jr. and clean cupboards.
• Measure 1/3 cup cocoa.
• Take shortening can away from Jr. again and bathe cat.
• Apply antiseptic and bandages to scratches sustained while removing shortening from cat's tail.
• Assemble 4 eggs, 2 tsp. vanilla, and 1-1/2 cups sifted flour.
• Take smoldering teddy bear from oven and open all doors and windows for ventilation.
• Take telephone away from Billy and assure party on the line the call was a mistake. Call operator and attempt to have direct dialed call removed from bill.
• Measure 1 tsp. salt, 1/2 cup nuts and beat all ingredients well.
• Let cat out of refrigerator.
• Pour mixture into well-greased 9x13-inch pan.
• Bake 25 minutes.
• Rescue cat and take razor away from Billy. Explain to kids that you have no idea if shaved cats will sunburn. Throw cat outside while there's still time and he's still able to run away.

Frosting:
• Mix the following in saucepan:
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 oz unsweetened chocolate
• 1/4 cup margarine

• Take the darn teddy bear out of the @#$% broiler and throw it away -- far away.
• Answer the door and meekly explain to nice policeman that you didn't know Jr had slipped out of the house and was heading for the street. Put Jr in playpen.
• Add 1/3 cup milk, dash of salt, and boil, stirring constantly for 2 minutes.
• Answer door and apologize to neighbor for Billy having stuck a garden hose in man's front door mail slot. Promise to pay for ruined carpet.
• Tie Billy to clothesline.
• Remove burned brownies from oven.

'When my grandmother
got arthritis , she couldn't bend over and paint
her toenails anymore.. So my
grandfather does it for her all the time , even
when his hands got arthritis too. That's love.'
Rebecca- age 8
'When someone loves you , the
way they say your name is different.
You just know that your name
is safe in their mouth.'
Billy - age 4
'Love is when a girl puts on perfume
and a boy puts on shaving cologne
and they go out and smell each other.'
Karl - age 5
'Love is when you go out to eat
and give somebody most of your French fries
without making them give you any of theirs.'
Chrissy - age 6
'Love is what makes you smile
when you're tired.'
Terri - age 4
'Love is when my
mommy makes coffee for my daddy and
she takes a sip before giving it to him , to
make sure the taste is OK.'
Danny - âge 8
'Love is what's in the room with
you at Christmas if you stop opening presents
and just listen.'
Bobby - age 7
(Wow!)
'If you want to learn to love better ,
you should start with a friend who you hate. '
Nikka - age 6
(we need a few million more Nikka's on
this planet)
'Love is when
you tell a guy you like his shirt,
then he wears it everyday.'
Noelle - age 7
'Love is like a little
old woman and a little old man who are still
friends even after they know each other so
well.'
Tommy - age 6
'During my piano recital , I was
on a stage and I was scared. I looked at all the
people watching me and saw my daddy waving and
smiling.
He was the only one doing that.
I wasn't scared anymore.'
Cindy - age 8
'My mommy loves me
more than anybody
You don't see anyone else
kissing me to sleep at night.'
Clare - age 6
'Love is when Mommy
gives Daddy the best piece of chicken.'
Elaine-age 5
'Love is when Mommy
sees Daddy smelly and sweaty and
still says he is handsomer than Robert Redford.'
Chris - age 7
'Love is when your puppy licks
your face even after you left him
alone all day.'
Mary Ann - age 4
'I know my older sister loves me
because she gives me all her old clothes
and has to go out and buy new ones.'
Lauren - age 4
'When you love somebody , your
eyelashes go up and down and little
stars come out of you.' (what an image)
Karen - age 7
'Love is when Mommy
sees Daddy on the toilet and she doesn't think
it's gross..'
Mark - age 6
'You really shouldn't say
'I love you' unless you mean it.
But if you mean it,
you should say it a lot. People forget.'
Jessica - age 8
And the final one:
The winner was a four year old child
whose next door neighbor was an
elderly gentleman who had recently lost his
wife.
Upon seeing the man cry , the
little boy went into the old
gentleman's yard , climbed onto his
lap , and just sat there.
When his
Mother asked what he had said to the
neighbor , the little boy said ,
'Nothing , I just helped him cry'
And that is what kids think love is.

Boy are there some powerful thoughts and reminders of what love is. Too bad many of them are forgotten by the time we become adults!!!

Ptracia this is good. (I cant understand it but every one who partake in this discussion is family of me, you are my 18th cousin. It seems to be a gene that runs in the family)
I know what love is. I lost my heart the first time at eight and was rejected. It still hurts. (In Afrikaans we call it "kalwer liefde" Calf's Love.) I have confronted the Lady since, we both now being in our seventies, What hurt the most is that she cant remember the occurrence and that after I had spent my penny a month pocket money on her.

So I will say love is spending your last and only penny on your love one.

"GENEALOGY from Ellis Island..."

Walking through San Francisco's Chinatown, a tourist from the Midwest was fascinated with all the Chinese restaurants, shops, signs and banners. He turned a corner and saw a building with the sign "Moishe Plotnik's Chinese Laundry.""Moishe Plotnik?" he wondered. "How does that fit in Chinatown?"

So he walked into the shop and saw a fairly standard looking Chinese laundry. He could see that the proprietors were clearly aware of the uniqueness of the name as there were baseball hats, T-Shirts and coffee mugs emblazoned with the logo "Moishe Plotnik's Chinese Laundry."There was also a fair selection of Chinatown souvenirs, indicating that the name alone had brought many tourists into the shop. The tourist selected a coffee cup as a conversation piece to take back to his office. Behind the counter was a smiling old Chinese gentleman who thanked him for his purchase.

The tourist asked, "Can you tell me how this place got a name like "Moishe Plotnik's Chinese Laundry? "The old man answered, "Ahh... Everybody asks me that. It's the name of the owner."Looking around, the tourist asked, "Is he here now?"
"He is right here," replied the old man. "He is me."
"Really? How did you ever get a name like Moishe Plotnik?"
"Is simple," said the old man. "Many, many years ago when I came to this country, I was standing in line at the documentation center at Ellis Island. The man in front of me was a Jewish gentleman from Poland. "The lady at the counter looked at him and said, 'What is your name?'
"He said, 'Moishe Plotnik.'
"Then she looked at me and said, 'What is your name?'"
I said, 'Sam Ting.'"

Hello, I like the new focus on humor in genealogy. There are so many funny cartoons, images and pictures about genealogy. I think we may be better served by creating a project for genealogy cartoons.