“How would you react if a sudden fire flared up on the front of the building?” asked the fire chief.

“Break out a fire hose and start spraying it, chief.” answered the new firefighter.

“How would you react if another fire flared up in the back of the building?” asked the fire chief.

“Break out another fire hose and start spraying it, chief.” answered the new firefighter.

“And if another huge fire flared up in the basement, how would you react?” asked the fire chief.

“Break out another fire hose.” answered the new firefighter.

“Now wait a minute, son,” said the fire chief. “Where are all these fire hoses coming from?”

The new firefighter answered, “The same place where all of the fires are coming from, chief.”

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Well, one day he died. He was stretched out in the casket, the wife was sitting there in black next to her closest friend. When they finished the ceremony, just before the undertakers got ready to close the casket, the wife said “Wait just a minute!”

She had a shoe box with her, she came over with the box and placed it in the casket. Then the undertakers locked the casket down and rolled it away. Her friend said, “I hope you weren’t crazy enough to put all that money in the casket.”

“Yes,” the wife said, “I promised. I’m a good Christian, I can’t lie. I promised him that I was going to put that money in that casket with him.”

“You mean to tell me you put every cent of his money in the casket with him?”

“I sure did. I got it all together, put it into my account and I wrote him a check.”

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After his first day there, he goes out late for dinner at a restuarant in the center of the town. He orders the house special and he is brought a plate ,with potatoes, corn, and two large meaty objects.

“What’s this?” he asks.

“Cojones, senor,” the waiter replies.
“What are cojones?” the man asks.
“Cojones,” the waiter explains, “are the testicles of the bull who lost at the arena this afternoon.”

At first the man is disgusted, but being the adventurous type, he decides to try this local delicacy. To his amazement, it is quite delicious. In fact, it is so good that he decides to come back again the next night and order it again. This time, the waiter brings out the plate, but the meaty objects are much smaller.

“What’s this?” he asks the waiter.
“Cojones, senor,” the waiter replies.

“No, no,” the man objects. “I had cojones yesterday and they were much bigger than these.”

“Senor,” the waiter explains, “the bull does not lose every time.”

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After his first day there, he goes out late for dinner at a restuarant in the center of the town. He orders the house special and he is brought a plate ,with potatoes, corn, and two large meaty objects.

“What’s this?” he asks.

“Cojones, senor,” the waiter replies.
“What are cojones?” the man asks.
“Cojones,” the waiter explains, “are the testicles of the bull who lost at the arena this afternoon.”

At first the man is disgusted, but being the adventurous type, he decides to try this local delicacy. To his amazement, it is quite delicious. In fact, it is so good that he decides to come back again the next night and order it again. This time, the waiter brings out the plate, but the meaty objects are much smaller.

“What’s this?” he asks the waiter.
“Cojones, senor,” the waiter replies.

“No, no,” the man objects. “I had cojones yesterday and they were much bigger than these.”

“Senor,” the waiter explains, “the bull does not lose every time.”

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After his first day there, he goes out late for dinner at a restuarant in the center of the town. He orders the house special and he is brought a plate ,with potatoes, corn, and two large meaty objects.

“What’s this?” he asks.

“Cojones, senor,” the waiter replies.
“What are cojones?” the man asks.
“Cojones,” the waiter explains, “are the testicles of the bull who lost at the arena this afternoon.”

At first the man is disgusted, but being the adventurous type, he decides to try this local delicacy. To his amazement, it is quite delicious. In fact, it is so good that he decides to come back again the next night and order it again. This time, the waiter brings out the plate, but the meaty objects are much smaller.

“What’s this?” he asks the waiter.
“Cojones, senor,” the waiter replies.

“No, no,” the man objects. “I had cojones yesterday and they were much bigger than these.”

“Senor,” the waiter explains, “the bull does not lose every time.”

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After his first day there, he goes out late for dinner at a restuarant in the center of the town. He orders the house special and he is brought a plate ,with potatoes, corn, and two large meaty objects.

“What’s this?” he asks.

“Cojones, senor,” the waiter replies.
“What are cojones?” the man asks.
“Cojones,” the waiter explains, “are the testicles of the bull who lost at the arena this afternoon.”

At first the man is disgusted, but being the adventurous type, he decides to try this local delicacy. To his amazement, it is quite delicious. In fact, it is so good that he decides to come back again the next night and order it again. This time, the waiter brings out the plate, but the meaty objects are much smaller.

“What’s this?” he asks the waiter.
“Cojones, senor,” the waiter replies.

“No, no,” the man objects. “I had cojones yesterday and they were much bigger than these.”

“Senor,” the waiter explains, “the bull does not lose every time.”

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After his first day there, he goes out late for dinner at a restuarant in the center of the town. He orders the house special and he is brought a plate ,with potatoes, corn, and two large meaty objects.

“What’s this?” he asks.

“Cojones, senor,” the waiter replies.
“What are cojones?” the man asks.
“Cojones,” the waiter explains, “are the testicles of the bull who lost at the arena this afternoon.”

At first the man is disgusted, but being the adventurous type, he decides to try this local delicacy. To his amazement, it is quite delicious. In fact, it is so good that he decides to come back again the next night and order it again. This time, the waiter brings out the plate, but the meaty objects are much smaller.

“What’s this?” he asks the waiter.
“Cojones, senor,” the waiter replies.

“No, no,” the man objects. “I had cojones yesterday and they were much bigger than these.”

“Senor,” the waiter explains, “the bull does not lose every time.”

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After his first day there, he goes out late for dinner at a restuarant in the center of the town. He orders the house special and he is brought a plate ,with potatoes, corn, and two large meaty objects.

“What’s this?” he asks.

“Cojones, senor,” the waiter replies.
“What are cojones?” the man asks.
“Cojones,” the waiter explains, “are the testicles of the bull who lost at the arena this afternoon.”

At first the man is disgusted, but being the adventurous type, he decides to try this local delicacy. To his amazement, it is quite delicious. In fact, it is so good that he decides to come back again the next night and order it again. This time, the waiter brings out the plate, but the meaty objects are much smaller.

“What’s this?” he asks the waiter.
“Cojones, senor,” the waiter replies.

“No, no,” the man objects. “I had cojones yesterday and they were much bigger than these.”

“Senor,” the waiter explains, “the bull does not lose every time.”

• Six Minutes to Success Bob Proctor is an amazing man. I really do think so. When I saw him in The Secret and listened to him I was spellbound. This guy was definitely different. I thoroughly enjoyed when he took his hand and kissed it - saying he loved himself. That was a......
• Comics and Cons: Adventures on eBay If you follow me on Twitter, you know that between writing chapters for Your Money: The Missing Manual I’ve been wrestling with eBay “customer service”. Note the quotes. It’s difficult to tell the full story in 140-character chunks, though. Since Robert started the day with a post about his adventures......
• Mostly Dirty Jokes in 50 Words or Less Man finds pig in field, puts it in his car. Cop pulls him over, tells him to take pig to the zoo. Later, cop pulls over same man and pig, asks why he didn't take it to the zoo. Man says, "I did. Now we're going to a ball game."......
• Another Way While here, I have seen many interesting things in relationship to recycling fishing materials; everything from eyelets being re-taped to poles, to nets mended with shoe-laces and pieces of plastic bags. Apart from these things, while walking along the edge of the Mar, I recently saw a interesting substitution for......
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