Jokes

[EarlsflyinCobra]

Lady Godiva, in the year 1057, exasperated her husband by persistently pleading with him to reduce the taxes on the people of Coventry. To silence her, he declared he would do so only if she rode naked through the town's market place. The 17-year-old Godiva called his bluff and set out for the town the next day on horseback, completely naked. However, by concealing most of her body with her long and copious hair, she preserved both her own modesty and her husband's pride, enabling him to reduce the taxes without loss of face.

A later embellishment of this almost certainly apocryphal tale suggests that Lady Godiva made a pact with the townspeople that they would remain indoors, behind shuttered windows, if they wanted their taxes reduced. Everyone complied except a tailor called Tom. This prurient citizen peeped through his curtains and was instantly struck blind (or, in some versions, dead). Poor voyeuristic Tom, blind or dead as the case may be, left the epithet "a peeping Tom" as a permanent legacy to the English language.

[October-1881]

Best 2006 blonde joke so far..........


A blonde lady motorist was about two hours from San
Diego when she was flagged down by a man whose truck
had broken down. The man walked up to the car and asked,
"Are you going to San Diego?"
"Sure," answered the blonde, "do you need a lift?"
"Not for me. I'll be spending the next three hours
fixing my truck. My problem is I've got two chimpanzees
in the back which have to be taken to the San Diego Zoo.
They're a bit stressed already so I don't want to keep
them on the road all day. Could you possibly take them to
the zoo for me? I'll give you $100 for your trouble."
"I'd be happy to," said the blonde. So the two chimpanzees
were ushered into the back seat of the blonde's car and carefully
strapped into their seat belts. Off they went.


Five hours later, the truck driver was driving through the heart of San
Diego when suddenly he was horrified!! There was the blonde walking
down the street and holding hands with the two chimps, much to the amusement
of a big crowd.


With a screech of brakes he pulled off the road and ran over to the
blonde. What the heck are you doing here?" he demanded, "I gave you $100 to take
these chimpanzees to the zoo."


"Yes, I know you did," said the blonde," but we had money left over---so
now we're going to Sea World."