Reader\'s Digest Australia & New Zealand - June 2018

(Steven Felgate) #1

Life’s Like hat


SEEING THE FUNNY SIDE

48 | June• 2018


he cleverness of this
50-year-old anecdote
from June 1968 has well and
truly stood the test of time.

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It was a Friday afternoon, and one of our friends gave little thought to
having his power mower borrowed by a neighbour, until he happened to
mention it to another neighbour. hen he discovered that this neighbour’s
mower had also been borrowed. Later, he was even more surprised to
learn that three more mowers had been loaned to the same man.
When the hoarder was pressed for an explanation, he assured the
men that all mowers would be returned bright and early Monday
morning. “his is one weekend,” he added with a grin, “that I intend
to sleep late – in peace.” SUBMITTED BY MARY M. KOWALCHIK

SNAP JUDGEMENT


he other day, someone asked me if
I knew what self-efacing meant.
Using my smartphone to
demonstrate, I pointed out the
camera and said, “Other people
facing...”
hen I turned it around and said,
“Selie-facing.”
SUBMITTED BY DWAYNE CLIPPERTON


KNOW YOUR LIMITS
You think you’re pretty OK at
doing stuf, then you try to plug
something into an outlet you’re not
looking at directly.
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COMEDY COMES IN THREES
My three-year-old granddaughter,
Olivia, was playing with her two-

JUNE
1968

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