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I'm sure I woulda said it

Sure Happy IT's Thursday

There's another blogger who uses the same title (more or less) for some of his Thursday blogs. Most of the time he shows more restraint than I. Thus, he is able to post under his own name.

Anyhow, I was thinkin' ...a dangerous pastime for me ...and I remembered some old quotes from when I was a kid. One was from the old original Dragnet (Jack Webb & Ben Alexander). The two detectives were passing some kids a they approached a residence. One of the kids says, "Hey, does your pop work?"
Anther responds, "Nah... he's a cop."
Back then we thought it was kinda funny.

Something else from about that time was an add-on for the Certs commercial:
"Certs is two mints in one. Certs is a breath mint. Certs is a candy mint."
Almost immediately someone would add, "Certs is a rectal suppository."

Don't ask where this came from. I have no idea what jogged those memories.

Co-ed Naked Pole Vaulting*

If I have to explain who Abbott and Costello are, forget I even posted this and just enjoy visions of the title

COSTELLO: I want to talk about the unemployment rate in America.

ABBOTT: Good subject. Terrible times. It's about 9%.

COSTELLO: That many people are out of work?

ABBOTT: No, that's 16%.

COSTELLO: You just said 9%.

ABBOTT: 9% Unemployed.

COSTELLO: Right 9% out of work.

ABBOTT: No, that's 16%.

COSTELLO: Okay, so it's 16% unemployed.

ABBOTT: No, that's 9%...

COSTELLO: WAIT A MINUTE. Is it 9% or 16%?

ABBOTT: 9% are unemployed. 16% are out of work.

COSTELLO: If you are out of work you are unemployed.

ABBOTT: No, you can't count the "Out of Work" as the unemployed. You have to look for work to be unemployed.

COSTELLO: But... they are out of work!

ABBOTT: No, you miss my point.

COSTELLO: What point?

ABBOTT: Someone who doesn't look for work, can't be counted with those who look for work. It wouldn't be fair.

COSTELLO: To who?

ABBOTT: The unemployed.

COSTELLO: But they are ALL out of work.

ABBOTT: No, the unemployed are actively looking for work... Those who are out of work stopped looking. They gave up. And, if you give up, you are no longer in the ranks of the unemployed.

COSTELLO: So if you're off the unemployment roles, that would count as less unemployment?

ABBOTT: Unemployment would go down. Absolutely!

COSTELLO: The unemployment just goes down because you don't look for work?

ABBOTT: Absolutely it goes down. That's how you get to 9%. Otherwise it would be 16%. You don't want to read about 16% unemployment do ya?

COSTELLO: That would be frightening.

ABBOTT: Absolutely.

COSTELLO: Wait, I got a question for you. That means there are two ways to bring down the unemployment number?

ABBOTT: Two ways is correct.

COSTELLO: Unemployment can go down if someone gets a job?

ABBOTT: Correct.

COSTELLO: And unemployment can also go down if you stop looking for a job?

ABBOTT: Bingo.

COSTELLO: So there are two ways to bring unemployment down, and the easier of the two is to just stop looking for work.

ABBOTT: Now you're thinking like an economist.

COSTELLO: I don't even know what the hell I just said!

*If I'd titled this Co-ed Naked Snow Jogging it would've been plagiarism.
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