[Magdalen] shameless pun

[Jay Weigel]

True.....and considering that I grew up not all that far from the home of
Schlitz, well......

On Sun, Oct 19, 2014 at 4:18 PM, Christopher Hart <cervus51 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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!
> >
> > 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."
> >
> >
> > +++
> > Grace & peace,
> > jon
> >
> >
> > On Sat, Oct 18, 2014 at 8:15 PM, Charles Wohlers <
> > charles.wohlers at verizon.net> wrote:
> >
> > > Speaking of sheep:
> > >
> > > 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?
> > >
> > >
> > > (scroll down here)
> > >
> > >
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> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > "There'll Never be another You"
> > >
> > >
> > > 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
> > >
> > >
> >
>
>
>
> --
>
> Christopher Hart
>
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