$5 Dollar Joke

This is another one :-) Cheers!!
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An Egyptian and an American are seated next to each other on a flightfrom New York. The American asks if he would like to play a fun-game.

The Egyptian, tired, just wants to take a nap, so he politely declines and rolls over to the window to catch a few winks. The American persistsand explains that the game is easy and a lot of fun.He says, "I ask you a question, and if you don't know the answer, you pay me $5, and vice versa."

Again, the Egyptian declines and tries to get some sleep.The American, now worked up, says, "Okay, if you don't know the answer,you pay me $5, and if I don't know the answer, I'll pay you $500." This gets the guy's attention and, figuring there will be no end to thistorment, agrees to the game.

The American asks the first question, "What's the distance from theearth to the moon?" The Egyptian doesn't say a word, reaches into his wallet, pulls out a $5 bill, and hands it to the American."Okay," says the American, "your turn."So the Egyptian asks, "What goes up a hill with three legs and comesdown with four?" The American thinks about it. No answer. Puzzled, he takes out hislaptop computer and searches all his references. No answer! He taps intothe air-phone with his modem and searches the Internet and the Library of Congress. No answer. Frustrated, he sends e-mails to all his friendsand coworkers. Checks the input. All to no avail!Finally, a long time later, he wakes the Egyptian and hands him $500. The Egyptian thanks him and turns back to get his sleep.

The American, more than a little miffed, stirs the Egyptian and asks,"Well, what's the answer?" Without a word, the Egyptian reaches into his wallet, hands theAmerican $5, and goes back to sleep!

Reasons Why I Never Visit my Rich Friend

One of my friends sent me this joke the other day, I laughed the hell out of it, this is bloody funny man!! Especially if you recite it, loud!
However, I found joke like this is hard to find
mm... if any of you, my friend, has similar ones, please share it with me!! Groovy!
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Reasons why I never visit my rich friend
Once while visiting a very rich friend the maid approached me
and.....
Question : "What would you like to have ..Fruit, juice, Soda, Tea, Chocolate, Capuccino, Frapuccino,or Coffee?"
Answer: " Tea please"
Question:Ceylontea,Indian tea , Herbaltea,Bushtea,
Honeybushtea,Iced tea or green tea ?"
Answer : "Ceylon tea "
Question:"How would you like it ? black or white ?
Answer: "white"
Question: "Milk, or fresh cream?
Answer: "With milk "
Question: "Goat's milk, or cow's milk"
Answer: "With cow's milk please.
Question: " Freezeland cow or Afrikaner cow?"
Answer: " Um, I'll just take it black "
Question: " Would you like it with sweetener, sugar or honey?"
Answer: "With sugar"
Question: " Beet sugar or cane sugar?"
Answer: "Cane sugar "
Question:" White, brown or yellow sugar?"
Answer: "Forget about the tea, just give me aglass
of water instead."
Question: "Mineral water, tap water or distilled water? "
Answer: "Mineral water"
Question: "Flavored or non- flavored ?"
Answer: "I think I'll just die of thirst!!!!

The Mighty Show: 24

Hurray!! finally, it's showing in this continent, my FAVOURITE 24!!

I think I am really very much poisoned by this show. Last nite, it was the premier of Season 5, right after it's finished in US. Even thou I have already known the plot, and I have already known that David Palmer is going to die. It's still a heartache to see him go, especially it's just within the first 10 min. As well as my goddess, Michelle Dessler.

I haven't even had enough seeing the chemistry between Reiko and Carlos (Michelle & Tony) yet, and that Michelle had to be blown up. (CRY!! How can the script writer be SO cruel!)

I knew!! I knew!! I knew David Palmer will be shot when he's standing at the window!! but, really!! I didn't expect it to be so soon. Within the first 10-15 min, :"-( All the important people in Jack's life are wiped off!! Grrrr!!! While all the irritating people are still around. Watching this show, is torturing, painful, but, that's why I like it so much (laugh!! sadist!!)

AND!!! Why did they not shoot President Logan!! Everytime when I see him, during crisis (particulary Season 4, as for Season 5, real crisis haven't started yet, at the time I watched) the way, he couldn't make decision, and the way, he'll put blame on others, and the way he emphasize who he is so much!! Crap!! Looking at him, increase my blood pressure. Everytime I see him, hear him speak, I really want to throw my TV remote control towards the TV. :-D

Anyway, even before the Season 5 ends (over here) I am already looking forward to Season 6. :->
JACK BAUER FOREVER!!
:-)

BOSTON LEGAL

I reside in the asia pac region, and the local TV shows don't really keep up with the US schedule. However, recently I have travelled to Australia, and the every Monday-ly show, at 10.30pm, provide me the sufficient dosage of James Spader/Alan Shore, and Boston Legal.
At first, I watched this show purely for James Spader sake. I even try to catch up with "The Practice, Season 8" that's shown on one of the pay TV. I personally loved shows that explore the darkside of human behaviour. Other shows, to me, are too good to be true. The leading characters are far too perfect. That's why, I love this show.
Nothing can be more brilliant and smarter than this show. The more I watch the show, every week, the more I like the character of Shirley Schmidt, and the rest of the casts, other than just Alan Shore, and Denny Crane. However, I do enjoy the conversation between Alan Shore and Denny Crane, it's so true between real friends.
This show, not just explore the darkside of people, which Shirely claimed that's what Alan is good at, but it also shows the friendship, a true and real friendship between people, ie. Alan Shore and Denny Crane.
One thing about Alan Shore's character, is, ie. from Eleanor (The Practice) quote, "he thinks himself as Robin Hood". In a societly like this nowadays, sometimes, we need crazy people like Alan Shore. (not much of Denny thou, he's a bit too crazy to me, however, I do like him)
Alan Shore, is very nakedly true character of everyone of us. We have darkside in ourselves, but usually we try to hide it to the maximum possiblity, cos, we have to be good, good boy, good girl, good parents, good spouse, or good whatever. Yet, Alan Shore is not afraid of showing his darkside... in a way, he is actually very childlike. He doesn't pretend, and he is not that bounded by the society 'practice'. He does what he thinks is right, thou at times, it can be dangerous. However, that's where friends and good colleagues come into pictures. There are always Shirley, or Denny type of people, keeping guard on him. Therefore, I actually think that, he fits well into this present legal firm, Poole, Schmidt and Crane, rather than the one in "The Practice". They didn't know how to appreciate a person like him. At the end of "The Practice" I felt sad for Alan, when he spoke to Eugene. We all know that Eugene hates him, however Alan told him, he just want him to cheer up, and feel more relax about the job, as simple as that.
That's maybe the reason, why he fits well with Denny Crane, cos, Denny Crane IS simple (he said so!)

Boston Legal -- Legal Deficits

About Shirley again!!

I like the part of how Shirley handle the testimony, with the priest. And of course the part where Denny questioning Brad.

Shirley said to the priest in the end, "I have known many good priests, but I definitely will not add you to my list!" and the priest was speechless. I have always thought that Shirley is good at making brilliant conclusive comment, to make the opponents speechless most of the time.

She asked the priest, why he'd stick out his fingers to a person who's already swinging an axe.
She asked the priest, so, it's ok for him to apply cannon law to protect a peodophile person, while, cannon law is not applicable when he forged the Pope's signature, and he traded the supposed concealed information for his fingers.
(I loved it when Denise bravely threaten the priest with his 1 last lost finger)

The way Denny questioning Brad is just soooo funny and inspiring. At first, I thought I missed something in the show. Then only I figured out, that's the way it's done, Denny:"Question 1", then, Brad:"bla bla bla", Denny:"Question 2", then Brad:"bla bla bla". Gosh!! it is just sooooo funny!! and refreshing!!

Boston Legal -- Live Big!!

I have just finished this episode 1/2 hour ago. It's again, different, but it's again, very Boston Legal. I have grown to love Shirley and even Denise more and more, especially Shirley.

For once, I get to see how this Paul (Rene Auberjonois) is, and surprisingly to me, he's quite human :-) He's emotion, he feels sad, he feels angry, and he's a daughter!! oh!! plus a grand-daughter. So, now, I know, he's not so inhuamane afterall... cos, normally, I thought he's just being a bad silly boss, who's so much concerned about the firm only.

I cried in 2 occasion in this episode.
First, when Paul's daughter (who, 'apparently' he's abandoned for 7 years, where he refused to pick up her call, ask the security guards not to let her in the firm and etc, ya, a father, actually did that to a daughter) showed up again in the firm, and then, they started quarreling loudly. (Paul asked her to close the door first) After sentence and sentence of own's statments about who's stowing away, or who's leaving who behind, the daughter finally said one thing, "I needed you!!"

3 simple words, but that's a tear jerker.
3 simple words, but it says all about how she felt over the past 7 years, being abandoned by your own beloved father, when you, deep down in your own heart knows that, your life is down the drain, but you thought you've a father to cling on. (her mother, Paul's wife was dying of cancer)
3 simple words, a drug addict plus alchoholic's cry of help!

The second time I cried, is when the man, who's accused of 'murdering' his wife who suffered from alzheimer, as he claimed he wanted to end her suffering, and her gradual lost of her own dignity. (She's a very fiercely proud woman)
Alan Shore told the jury, it's a self-less act, and what more to say, killing somebody you love so much. I cried.

However, in the end, oh!! my second cry is being 'cheated', not by the episode, but well.. ya, by the episode in a way :-)
Of course, with Alan Shore, you'll never loose a case. The man is found 'not guilty', then, with a blink in the eyes, Alan spotted this eye exchange between the man, and the nurse who took care of the wife.

That's HORROR! (ya, horror element in Boston Legal series)
You'll feel a chill down you spine. The man, since he obviously 'won' my tears, then, of course, everybody, including me, including Alan, including Denny Crane, believed that, he's innocent, that he really helped end his wife life, in great pain and sorrow.

But, with that short glance, we all know, as well as Alan, that, it's all lie. Man and Nurse have an affair, Man is so relieved that, he's not guilty. Of course, as Alan (to his horror as well, poor Alan, again, he's mistakenly helped somebody who doesn't deserve it, poor Alan!!) asked him before the splitted in the courtroom, "So, you've anybody to keep you company tonight?"

Man(mankind) can really be the most scary and ugly animal on this planet!

Schadenfreude in Life

This is an article I pulled out of the iVillage.com, it's further elaboration about us committing Schadenfreude in our daily life. :-)

Well, the "elaboration" is just for a laugh!

When Bad Things Happen to Bad People

The "social graces" term of the month is Schadenfreude, a word brought to us by the Germans, meaning "taking pleasure in the misfortune of others." Have you ever said mockingly, "It couldn't have happened to a nicer guy" about someone you didn't care for very much? So have we. But not all mishaps lead to this kind of gratification. Beheadings don't qualify. Nor do car accidents. The serious stuff doesn't make anybody happy. Here are some examples, to help you discern for yourself.

Your boss gets jury duty: Is this a cause for celebration? Yes. Your boss, presumably, has made your life miserable in the past and therefore has it coming.

Your best friend gets indicted: No. You are supposed to love your best friend. If you're a good person, you won't be happy at this unfortunate turn of events.

The straight-A student in your class messes up on a pop quiz and gets a B+: Yes. The anguished expression and trembling lower lip of your anal-retentive classmate should be enough to keep you smiling through lunch. Even if you got a lower grade, you are entitled to some satisfaction here, because straight-A students need to learn they aren't perfect.

The presidential candidate you opposed wins the election, then leads the nation into unprecedented disaster and his approval ratings go way down: No. As tempting as it may be to say, "I told you so," any national disaster presumably affects us all, and there is no room for gloating.

A pregnant woman on crutches misses her train: No. We feel bad for even coming up with this example.

A Broadway show created by two talented young composers wins three Tony Awards. During one of their acceptance speeches, they go over the allotted time and are drowned out by the play-off music: Yes. This happened to us. Bobby was so unnerved by the happy, jazzy music that he omitted mentioning his wife's name. It's okay ?- you may feel free to feel good.

Perhaps Leona Helmsley, the so-called Queen of Mean, gets caught cheating on her taxes (again): Yes.
It is (hypothetically) discovered that the late Mr. Rogers was guilty of the same crime: No. In fact, if Fred Rogers cheated on his taxes, we'd be glad that he got away with it. We love Mr. Rogers.