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A man was walking along a California beach and stumbled across an old lamp. He picked it up and rubbed it and out popped a genie. The genie said, “Well. You released me from the lamp, blah blah blah. This is the fourth time this month and I’m getting a little sick of these wishes so you can forget about three. You only get one wish!” The man sat and thought about it for a while and said, “I’ve always wanted to go to Hawaii but I’m scared to fly and I get very seasick. Could you build me a...

Brendan O’Hare was completely lost in the kitchen. Even he couldn’t make a plate of soup for himself or boil an egg. Brendan had never even done the food shopping, but he always came home from work to a delicious meal cooked by his wife, Barbara. One day, Barbara was sick with the flu for several days. As a result, the fridge was all but empty. Brendan realized he’d better help out, and offered to go to the supermarket. Barbara sent him off with a carefully numbered list of seven items. Brendan returned shortly, very proud of himself, and proceeded...

A teacher said to her class, “Right, I’m going to hold something beneath the desk, and I want you to guess what it is. This one is round and red.” Little Johnny’s hand shot up, but he was ignored. “It’s a plum, miss,” said a girl. “No, it’s an apple, but I like your way of thinking. The next one is oval shaped and green.” The teacher ignored Little Johnny again and a boy said, “It’s a kiwi, miss.” “No, it’s a guana, but I like your way of thinking.” Little Johnny said, ” I got one, miss, it’s stiff,...

A rich café owner does something really awful to mock a hungry beggar when he approaches him, begging for leftovers. Karma soon catches up with the heartless owner with a mighty blow, and a day later, he finds himself in a similar fate. Mr. Rupert’s café was the heartbeat of the bustling city. Nestled in the main town square, it was the hotspot where people would come together to enjoy a warm cup of coffee, freshly baked pastries, delicious cinnamon rolls, and the welcoming smile of its owner. What started as a simple food truck business when Mr. Rupert was...

Poor “Old fool” thought the well-dressed gentleman as he watched an old man fish in a puddle outside a pub. So he invited the old man inside for a drink. As they sipped their whiskeys, the gentleman thought he’d humor the old man and asked: “So how many have you caught today?” The old man replied: “You’re the eighth.”

In the drumming world, a few names stand out, like Louie Bellson and Buddy Rich. These two percussion legends were at the height of their powers in the late 1960s, and on March 6th, 1969, they engaged in an epic drum battle on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson. The energy in the room was electric as Bellson and Rich took their places behind their respective drum kits. Carson excitedly introduced the segment, and the audience roared as the two drummers began to play. Bellson, known for his innovative use of double bass drumming, begins the battle with a flurry...

The video below is one of those rare gems that will have you glued to your screen from the moment you press play. It’s a performance that epitomizes the rock and roll era, and we’re lucky to have it captured on tape. Let’s travel back to September 9, 1956, a time when a gallon of milk cost only 82 cents, a dozen eggs went for 29 cents, and the average American household earned $4,454 a year. Dwight D. Eisenhower was in his second term as president, and America was experiencing a post-World War II economic boom. In this vibrant and...

In the following story, a man made one of the biggest mistakes that he could possibly make when he ended up costing the company where he worked $250,000. He thought for sure he was fire but the boss decided to teach them a different lesson. My old boss, the CEO of a small hospital, told me a story from back when he was a lab technician (for simplicity, let’s call him Dan). Dan had forgotten to check some sort of mechanism on a piece of equipment he used, it malfunctioned and broke the equipment which ended up having around a...

A guy was lost in the Sahara Desert, desperate for water when he saw something far off in the distance. Hoping to find water, he walked towards the image only to find a little old man sitting at a card table with a bunch of neckties laid out on it. The guy asked, “Please, I’m dying of thirst, can I have some water?” The old man replied: “I don’t have any water, but why don’t you buy a tie?. Here’s one that goes nicely with your shirt.” The guy shouted: “I don’t want a tie, you idiot! I need water!”...

A farmer had 5 female pigs. Times were hard, so he decided to take them to the county fair and sell them. At the fair, he met another farmer who owned 5 male pigs. After talking a bit, they decided to mate the pigs and split everything 50/50. The farmers lived 60 miles apart, so they decided to drive 30 miles each morning and find a field in which to let the pigs mate. The first morning, the farmer with the female pigs got up at 5 a.m., loaded the pigs into the family station wagon (the only vehicle he...