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Back in the 1800's the Tate's Watch Company of Massachusetts wanted to produce other products and, since they already made the cases for pocket watches, decided to market compasses for the pioneers traveling west. It turned out that although their watches were of finest quality, their compasses were so bad that people often ended up in Canada or Mexico rather than California.
This, of course, is the origin of the expression; "He who has a Tate's is lost!"
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Bubba
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Well , it's about damn time you posted again! 
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wuchang
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Well , it's about damn time you posted again!
The joke forum is one of the reasons we don't shut this dump down-- not sure there is any back up anywhere but it would be a shame to lose it
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Sometime a couple of decades ago I actually attempted to print off the entire joke section to give to my friend....
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SwampFox
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It's hard to find new stuff after 2 decades.
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SwampFox
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How do you dye wool?
Dunk-a-skein, Darling, dunk-a-skein..
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This funeral home had this old beat up hearse that they wanted to get rid of, but had no luck selling it or trading it in so they thought to get rid of it another way and grab the insurance money instead.
They drove it down to the river, put it in neutral and pushed it into the water thinking it would disappear. To their horror, the vehicle just floated down the river.
I guess you can lead a hearse to water, but you can’t make it sink.
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SwampFox
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I've just started up a dating site for chickens.
It's not my main job.
I'm just doing it to make hens meet.
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SwampFox
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I had a clock that only went “tick, tick, tick” so I took it to a German clock maker.
He fixed his steely stare on the clock and said, “We have ways to make you tock.”
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SwampFox
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I'm starting a new restaurant that serves curry poured over french fries.
It will be called " Curry On My Wayward Spud."
And yes, there will be peas when you are done...
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SwampFox
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Did you hear about the X-Ray tech that married his patient?
Everyone wondered what he saw in her.
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Mel
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I'm sorry but these jokes are even worse than the last time I was here. You can't make this stuff up.  Fox you got waaaaaaayyyy too much time on your hands. LOL.
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I'm stuck at home waiting for a toe to heal. Well, half a toe.
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I named my two dogs Rolex and Timex.
They are my watch dogs.
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Bubba
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not bad.. 
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After a morning’s tour of the West End, seeking quarters suitable for the about-to-be-married Watson, he and Holmes returned to their familiar digs at 221B Baker Street.
“I must confess my disappointment,” Watson sighed. “Ella Fortescu advised us that Mary would prefer something spacious, but not roomy; something well-lighted but not too exposed; something — but what did she mean? What are we to look FOR?”
Holmes shrugged. “Ella meant airy, my dear Watson.”
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Rudolf the Red-Nosed Reindeer, dead at 53. Over Barcelona today, the famed reindeer was hit by a flock of seagulls and a 747. Eyewitnesses report, that the reindeer in Spain was hit mainly by the plane.
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A skeptical anthropologist was cataloging South American folk remedies with the assistance of a tribal Brujo who indicated that the leaves of a particular fern were a sure cure for any case of constipation.
When the anthropologist expressed his doubts, the Brujo looked him in the eye and said, "Let me tell you, with fronds like these, you don't need enemas."
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A skeptical anthropologist was cataloging South American folk remedies with the assistance of a tribal Brujo who indicated that the leaves of a particular fern were a sure cure for any case of constipation.
When the anthropologist expressed his doubts, the Brujo looked him in the eye and said, "Let me tell you, with fronds like these, you don't need enemas."
******groan*******
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SwampFox
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I was planning to tell you a joke about time travel but you didn’t like it.
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SwampFox
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I want to file a lawsuit against U2.... but finding a lawyer is difficult. They either want too much money or, are pro bono.
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Once there was a circus that was without a doubt the best circus in the world because it boasted the best lion tamer in the world.
He was spectacular, the lions would do whatever he said, the high point of course was that he would stick his head in a lion's mouth.
When the circus started losing money the owner started selling off animals and equipment to help meet expenses. He called the Lion Tamer into his office.
"I'd really like to keep you on, because you keep the circus going," the owner said. "But I've had to sell your lions because they cost too much to feed. Still, you're good, and we need you, so if you can come up with an act with what we have left, you've got a job."
"Well, I do need a job," the Lion Tamer said. "What animals do you have left?"
"Well, to tell you the truth," the owner said, "the only animal I have left is my faithful old Bassett hound. I'd never sell him!"
"I'll take him," said the Tamer.
So the Lion Tamer worked with the Basset hound and taught him the entire lion act. The dog caught on right away, but there was a problem: no way was the Lion Tamer's head going to fit into the dog's mouth.
"My foot will fit," the Lion Tamer said, so he tried it, and sure enough the dog picked that up too.
Opening night, the Lion Tamer did the act with the Basset hound, and the crowd loved it. They'd never seen anything like it before. At the end of the act, when the Lion Tamer put his foot into the dog's mouth, the crowd went wild.
"Encore, encore!" the crowd yelled.
Well, the Lion Tamer hadn't thought of an encore before, so he thought to himself, "If one foot is good, two is better."
So he stuck his other foot into the dog's mouth. Well, the two feet together are almost as big as the dog's head, so the dog was choking and gasping, and finally out of self-preservation, he clamped his jaws shut, biting off the Lion Tamer's legs at mid-calf.
And the moral of this story....?
Don't put all your legs in one Basset.
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