August 11 Humor

* Seattle voters have an overwhelming rejected a proposal to raise money for preschoolers by having a ten cent a cup tax on espresso drinks I’m just glad it got defeated because if it had passed, there would have been riots: people turning over BMWs, looting the Pottery Barn, police would have had to subdue them with fresh ground pepper spray.

@ My wife and I were strolling through the mall and she stopped to look at some trinket on one of the kiosks. As I stood there a good-looking young girl walked by in a very form fitting dress and I watched her coming and going. My ears perked up when I heard my wife ask., “Was that worth the trouble you are in now?”

# Early in my career as a judge, I conducted hearings for those involuntarily committed to our state psychiatric hospital. On my first day, I asked a man at the door of the hospital, “Can you tell me where the court room is”? “Why”? He asked.    “I’m the judge.” Pointing to the building, he whispered, “Don’t tell them that, they’ll never let you out.”