[Magdalen] shameless pun

[Jon Egger]

Speaking of baseball......one of my favorites!

Mel Famey was an erratic pitcher at best and was the last in the lineup for
relief. Which meant that he was a great benchwarmer. Mel spent most of his
time in the bullpen watching the game and imbibing beer on the sly.

One day, his team was up against the league's best, playing at home and in
the bottom of the ninth with two out, the score tied, and two runners on.
The last relief man had been hit by a line drive from the last hitter and
had to retire from the mound. The manager had gone through every relief
pitcher in the lineup and had only Mel left on his lineup card.

With an exasperated sigh the manager signaled for Mel to take the mound.

Mel made his way to the mound with only a hint of unsteadiness. He walked
the first hitter. The crowd started to boo. Mel threw a strike, a ball,
another ball. Then Mel seemed to settle down and took a long pause. He
wound up and threw a perfect ball over the catcher's head. The winning run
walked over the plate and the game was over.

On their way into the showers, the opposing team walked by the bullpen and
noticed the empty beer cups stacked in the corner. One player remarked,
"Well, that answers why we won. There's the beer that made Mel Famey walk
us."


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Grace & peace,
jon


On Sat, Oct 18, 2014 at 8:15 PM, Charles Wohlers <
charles.wohlers at verizon.net> wrote:

> Speaking of sheep:
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> A farmer had some sheep, but his ram took ill and nothing he did seemed to
> help. So he called the vet and asked him what he could do. The vet said,
> try playing some music for him - maybe that will help. So the farmer went
> and set yup a whole stereo system for the poor ram and put on some music.
> However, when he went out to the barn the next morning, the ram was dead.
> He called the vet, who asked, What music did you play?
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> Three were very tame and would follow you wherever you went. Their names
> were Shirley, Goodness and Mercy. OTOH, two others were very contrary and
> so they were named Devices and Desires.
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> Chad Wohlers
> Woodbury, VT USA
> chadwohl at satucket.com
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