Investment advice
A man subscribes to an investment advisory service. He writes to tell them that he followed their advice to the letter and as a result lost all his money.
The letter continues, “You said to contact your office if problems arose and you would tell me how to act. Now I am broke. How should I act?”
A short time later he gets a letter from the service that read, “Act broke!”
Beaten at your own game
A man who is trying to save some money put a picture of a piece of cheese into the mousetrap.
The next morning, when he looks at the mousetrap, he finds a picture of a mouse.
Big wigs
Many years ago, people took baths much less frequently than we do today, perhaps only twice a year. Women kept their hair covered and men shaved their heads (to prevent head lice).
Wealthy men wore wool wigs that were cleaned by baking them in the shell of a loaf of bread for 30 minutes. This would make the wig big and fluffy, hence the term ‘big wig.’
So today we often use the term ‘here comes a big wig’ when someone wealthy and powerful is about to arrive.
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