46 | August• 2017
Life’s Like That
SEEING THE FUNNY SIDEThis 63-year-old letter and illustration from August 1954 bring
new meaning to the term R&R ...From the Archives
AUG
1954From Army HQ in Heidelberg, Germany, I had to take a business trip to
Paris. Since I didn’t own a car, a friend offered to lend me his, provided
I drive his attractive young wife to Paris to visit relatives. We were to be
gone a week. At the German-French frontier we were directed to a shack
ch official asked: “Your car?” to which I
a friend lent me the car for a week in Paris.”
started to look at our passports and said: “Your
” to which I answered: “No, my friend’s wife.”
With a roguish twinkle in his eye, he returned
e documents. “What a wonderful friend you
ust have, monsieur!” he exclaimed.
SUBMITTED BY M. NOLANwhereaFren
replied:“No,
Hes
wife?”
W
th
mMILKING IT
My daughter was enjoying a bedtime
snuggle with her three-year-
old son, Luka. Making
conversation, she asked
him, “What makes
you happy?”
He eagerly responded,
“Chocolate milk!”
“And what makes
you sad?” my daughter
continued.
Luka replied, sombrely and
quietly, “The other kind.”
SUBMITTED BY ROGER KOWALCHUKFIRST-CLASS JOKE
I was buying plane tickets when
my eight-year-old son asked, “Can
a baby be considered carry-on?”
Before I could respond, my
husband mumbled, “Well, it can
definitely be considered baggage.”
SUBMITTED BY BRIDGET SLAYDEN