[Magdalen] shameless pun

[Christopher Hart]

That one was bad when I first heard it back in college.

On Sun, Oct 19, 2014 at 2:48 PM, Jon Egger <revegger at gmail.com> wrote:

> Speaking of baseball......one of my favorites!
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> With an exasperated sigh the manager signaled for Mel to take the mound.
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> 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.
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> 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
>
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> On Sat, Oct 18, 2014 at 8:15 PM, Charles Wohlers <
> charles.wohlers at verizon.net> wrote:
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> > 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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> > "There'll Never be another You"
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> > BTW, when my dear wife was little, she lived on a farm and they had
> sheep.
> > 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.
> >
> > Chad Wohlers
> > Woodbury, VT USA
> > chadwohl at satucket.com
> >
> >
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