190a.~Don't Let the Dogs Bother You!
While driving down a winding country road, a man came upon a youth running hard with three huge dogs snarling at his heels. The man screeched his car to a halt and threw open the passenger door. “Get in, get in!” he shouted. “Thanks,” gasped the youth. “You're terrific! Most people won't offer me a ride when they see I have three dogs!”
 
190b.~Honey, We've Got a Little Car Trouble
A wife said to her husband, “We've got trouble with the car; it has water in the carburetor.” The husband exclaimed, “Water in the carburetor? That's ridiculous!” The wife repeated, “I tell you, the car has water in the carburetor.” The husband said, “But you don't even know what a carburetor is! Where's the car?” And the wife replied, “In the swimming pool!”
 
 
189a ~My Car Takes Full Service Only!A young woman was sitting in her stalled car, waiting for help. Finally, two men walked up to her. “I’m out of gas,” she purred. “Could you push me to a service station?” They readily put their muscles to the car and rolled it for several blocks. After a while one looked up, exhausted, only to see that they had just passed a filling station. “How come you didn’t turn in?” he yelled. “I never go there,” the woman shouted back. “They don’t have full service!”*
*A full-service station is one where the personnel provides gasoline, windshield cleaning, oil check, everything – so the customer does not need to step out of the car.
 
 
189b ~Losing Is One Way to Learn
“I’m beginning to understand exactly how the state lottery helps education,” a man told his neighbor. “Every time I buy a losing ticket, I get a little smarter!”