They are made from wood.
Enjoy.
Lew
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The Outhouse
Once there was a little boy who lived in the country.
The family had to use an outhouse, and the little boy
hated it because it was so hot in the summer,
freezing cold in the winter and stank all the time.
The outhouse was sitting on the bank of a creek and
the boy was determined that one day he would push
that old uthouse straight into the creek.
One day after a spring rain, the creek was swollen so the
little boy decided today was the day to push the outhouse
into the creek.
He found a large stick and started pushing.
Finally, the outhouse toppled into the creek and floated away.
That night his dad told him they were going to the woodshed
after supper.
Knowing that meant a spanking, the little boy asked why.
The dad replied, "Someone pushed the outhouse into the
creek today.
It was you, wasn't it son?"
The boy answered yes.
Then he thought a moment and said, "Dad, I read in school
today that George Washington chopped down a cherry tree.
The dad replied, "Well, son, George Washington's father wasn't
in the cherry tree."
"Mike Marlow" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Lew Hodgett wrote:
>> They are made from wood.
>>
>> Enjoy.
>>
>> Lew
>
>>
>> Then he thought a moment and said, "Dad, I read in school
>> today that George Washington chopped down a cherry tree.
>>
>> The dad replied, "Well, son, George Washington's father wasn't
>> in the cherry tree."
>
> I haven't heard this one since I was a kid. Always liked it and it's
> popped into my head from time to time over the years. The way I remember
> it was that the kid's father asked the boy if he knew anything about it,
> and the kid said "No", so the father told him that George Washington, the
> father of this country, once stated "I cannot tell a lie, it was I", when
> asked about chopping down a cherry tree. So the kid confessed, upon which
> his dad took him out behind the shed. The kid objected by stating that
> George Washington didn't get a beating when he confessed, to which the
> father responded as above.
>
> --
>
> -Mike-
> [email protected]
Whichever story you prefer, it was still funny
Lew Hodgett wrote:
> They are made from wood.
>
> Enjoy.
>
> Lew
>
> Then he thought a moment and said, "Dad, I read in school
> today that George Washington chopped down a cherry tree.
>
> The dad replied, "Well, son, George Washington's father wasn't
> in the cherry tree."
I haven't heard this one since I was a kid. Always liked it and it's popped
into my head from time to time over the years. The way I remember it was
that the kid's father asked the boy if he knew anything about it, and the
kid said "No", so the father told him that George Washington, the father of
this country, once stated "I cannot tell a lie, it was I", when asked about
chopping down a cherry tree. So the kid confessed, upon which his dad took
him out behind the shed. The kid objected by stating that George Washington
didn't get a beating when he confessed, to which the father responded as
above.
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-Mike-
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George W Frost wrote:
>
>
> Whichever story you prefer, it was still funny.
I agree - that's why it has always been one of my favorites. I only added
my recollection to add a little more background to the father-son
conversation. Funny how that joke will just pop into my mind from time to
time...
--
-Mike-
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