April 29th Jokes

* They have dug up E. 9th St. so many times that now instead of a white line down the middle it’s going to be a zipper.

# “How do you make an Englishman happy in his old age?” “Tell him jokes when he is still young.”

When my sister Andrea got married, she asked to wear my mother’s wedding dress. The day she tried it on for the first time I was sitting with my mother in the living room as Andrea descended the stairs. The gown was a perfect fit on her petite frame. Mother’s eyes welled with tears. I put my arm around her. “You’re not losing a daughter,” I reminded her in the time honored fashion. “You’re gaining a son.”    “Oh, forget about that.”  She said with a sob.  “I used to fit into that dress.”