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THIS CORNER
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| By: SCOTT GONZALES |
April 26, 2012 |
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Got an email from the Iowa Federation of Labor AFL/CIO stating it has launched an Executive Pay Watch to track yearly wage increases of "big company CEO's in Iowa and runaway executive compensation."
That's all well and good. However, I replied asking if the pay of AFL-CIO officials also would be scrutinized and made public?
Still waiting for a response.
--TC--
A friend hosted a dinner party for family far and wide and everyone was encouraged to bring all their children as well.
All during the sit-down dinner one four-year-old girl stared at the uncle sitting across from her.
The girl could hardly eat her food for staring.
The uncle checked his tie, felt his face for food, patted his hair in place but nothing stopped her from staring at him.
He tried his best to just ignore her but finally it was too much for him.
He finally asked her "Why are you staring at me?"
Everyone at the table had noticed her behavior and the table went quiet for her response.
The little girl said, "I just want to see how you drink like a fish."
--TC--
A man was in a metro pub last Saturday night and drank a few. He noticed two large women by the bar. They both had strong accents so he asked, "Hey, are you two ladies from Ireland?"
One of them chirped, "It's Wales, you idiot!"
So, he immediately apologized and said, "Sorry, are you two whales from Ireland?"
He said that's the last thing he remembers.
--TC--
When everyone on earth was dead and waiting to enter Paradise, God appeared and said, "I want the men to make two lines. One line for the men who were true heads of their household, and the other line for the men who were dominated by their women. I want all the women to report to St. Peter.
Soon, the women were gone, and there were two lines of men. The line of men who were dominated by their wives was 100 miles long and in the line of men who truly were heads of their household there stood only one man.
God said to the long line, "You men should be ashamed of yourselves. I created you to be the head of your household. You have been disobedient and have not fulfilled your purpose. Of all of you, only one man obeyed. Learn from him."
God turned to the one man, "How did you manage to be the only one in this line?"
The man replied, "My wife told me to stand here."
--TC--
The sealed bid process is fair so perhaps it was just a few sour grapes among construction types after Downing Construction of Indianola submitted the low general contractor's bid Tuesday for the Panora's proposed city complex. The firm shares an office with the project management firm, DCI of Indianola.
--TC--
Professional basketball player Metta World Peace (fka Ron Artest) was suspended seven games for flagrantly throwing an elbow which resulted in a concussion for an opponent.
I can only imagine what kind of injury he might have inflicted if he'd changed his name to Universal Peace or Cosmic Peace.
--TC--
One night a teenage girl brought her new boyfriend home to meet her parents, and they were appalled by his appearance: leather jacket, motorcycle boots, tattoos and pierced nose.
Later, the parents pulled their daughter aside and confessed their concern. "Dear," said the mother diplomatically, "he doesn't seem very nice."
"Oh please, Mom," replied the daughter, "if he wasn't nice, why would he be doing 500 hours of community service?"
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©Guthrie Center Times 2013
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