What a Laughing Stock!

Hi SNee,

While I was browsing through your collection of World Wide Jokes (a compilation from the Net), I came upon this joke that I find amusing. Here it goes!

Once upon a time, there lived a man who had a passion for baked beans. He loved them, but they always had an embarrassing reaction on him. One day, he met a girl and fell in love. When it was apparent that they would marry, he made the supreme sacrifice to give up beans. Shortly after that they were married.

A few months later, on the way home from work, his car broke down and since they lived in the country, he called his wife and told her that he would be late because ha had to walk. On the way home, he passed a small cafe and the wonderful aroma of baked beans overwhelmed him.

Since he still had several miles to walk, he figured he could walk off any smelly effects before he got home. So he went in and ordered, and before leaving had three extra large helpings of baked beans. All the way home, he putt-putted and putt-putted. By the time he arrived home he felt reasonably safe.

His wife met him at the door and seemed somewhat excited. She exclaimed, 'Darling, I have the most wonderful surprise for you for dinner tonight!'

She put a blindfold on him, and led him to his chair at the head of the table and made him promise not to peek. At this point, he was beginning to feel another one coming on. Just as his wife was about to remove the blindfold, the telephone rang. While she was gone, he seized the opportunity. He shifted his weight to one leg and let go. It was not only loud, but ripe as a rotten egg. He had a hard time breathing, so he felt for his napkin and fanned the air about him.

He had just started to feel better, when another urge came on. He raised his leg and putted again, this time it sounded like a diesel engine! Then he felt another urge coming, he shifted his weight to his other leg and let go. While keeping an ear tuned in on the conversation in the hall-way, and keeping his promise of staying blindfolded, he carried on farting and fanning each time with his napkin for another few more rounds before it stopped finally.

When he heard the phone farewells being uttered, he neatly laid his napkin on his lap and folded his hands on top of it. Smiling contentedly, he was the picture of innocence when his wife walked in. Apologizing for taking so long, she asked if he had peeked at the dinner table. After assuring her he had not peeked, she removed the blindfold and yelled, 'Surprise!'

To his shock and horror, there were twelve dinner guests already seated around the table for his surprise birthday party.

A merry heart is good medicine,
but a broken spirit dries up the bones.

(Adapted from the collection of World Wide Jokes)