[MD] An unintended Pirsig joke

[Michael R. Brown]

Hello all -

Rarely would I forward an email making the rounds, but this seems too 
apropos not to. I love finding popular examples of "abstract" things - 
rather like R.H. Blyth and his book "Zen in English Literature."



MRB


*/Repairing Differences/*

A mechanic was re moving a cylinder head from the motor of a Harley 
motorcycle when he spotted a well-known heart surgeon in his shop.

  The surgeon was there, waiting for the service manager to come and 
take a look at his bike.

  The mechanic shouted across the garage, "Hey, Doc, can I ask you a 
question?"

  The surgeon a bit surprised, walked over to the mechanic working on 
the motorcycle. The

  mechanic straightened up, wiped his hands on a rag and asked, "So Doc, 
look at this engine. I

  open its heart, take the valves out, fix 'em, put 'em back in, and 
when I finish, it works

  just like new. So how come I get such a small salary and you get the 
really big bucks, when

  you and I are doing basically the same work?"

  The surgeon paused, smiled and leaned over, and whispered to the 
mechanic...

  "Try doing it with the engine running."

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*/ GETTING OLDER /*

A distraught senior citizen

  phoned her doctor's office.

  "Is it true," she wanted to know,

  "that the medication

  you prescribed has to be taken

  for the rest of my life?"

  "'Yes, I'm afraid so,"' the doctor told her.

  There was a moment of silence

  before the senior lady replied,

  "I'm wondering, then,

  just how serious is my condition

  because this prescription is marked

  'NO REFILLS'."

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*/Memory /*

First you forget names,

  then you forget faces.

  Then you forget to pull up your zipper....

  it's worse when

  you forget to pull it down.

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*/Sound Thinking/*

Two guys, one old, one young,

  are pushing their carts around Wal-Mart  when they collide.

  The old guy says to the young guy,

  "Sorry about that. I'm looking for my wife,  and I guess I wasn't 
paying attention  to where I was going."

  The young guy says, "That's OK, it's a coincidence.

  I'm looking for my wife, too...

  I can't find her and I'm getting a little desperate."

  The old guy says, "Well,

  maybe I can help you find her...

  what does she look like?"

  The young guy says,

  "Well, she is 27 yrs. old, tall,

  with red hair,

  blue eyes, is buxom...wearing no bra,

  long legs,

  and is wearing short shorts.

  What does your wife look like?'

  To which the old guy says, "Doesn't matter,

  --- let's look for yours."


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