Grandad Jokes, Batch #60

Richard Seltzer
2 min readMay 21, 2022
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From the Never Grow Up section of the book Grandad Jokes.

1051

He studied foreign languages

because he liked using flesh cards.

1052

The floor got angry

when the janitor came back a second time.

He didn’t like to be rebuffed.

1053

Fear of Christmas should be known as

santaclaustrohobia.

1054

Trojan War movie starring Sidney Poitier —

Teucer with Love.

1055

The abstract wore a straw hat in July

because it made her feel summary.

1056

When he retired from being a character in a novel,

Heathcliffe got a job on local TV

as the Wutherman.

1057

When he went campong,

the candle brought all his paraffinalia.

1058

Each and every one of us has a time machine.

But it only goes forward

one day at a time.

1059

When you are feeling down,

remember that whenever Niagara falls,

he gets back up again.

1060

She hoped her dentist would freely embrace her.

Otherwise, braces would cost too much.

1061

I hate it when my comptuer downloads drivers.

I like to do the driving.

1062

The miser refused to use a cellphone.

He didn’t like being insulted by it.

Dozens of times a day, it would beep

“Cheap! Cheap! Cheap!”

1063

When he needed a new kitchen floor,

he went to the floorist.

1064

The right way to greet a spring flower —

How are you dewing?

1065

When the lighthouse keeper screwed up,

he was demoted to outhouse keeper.

1066

When the weightlifter collapsed and shattered,

doctors glutened him back together.

1067

The artist paid little attention to the portrait

he was being paid to do.

It was a half-arted effort.

1068

If Rodin were alive today,

perhaps he would hire my toilet as a model

for a sculpture to be known as

“The Stinker.”

1069

It’s hard to stay fit

when you don’t fit in your clothes.

1070

Unfortunately, feedback is often

a synonym for vomit.

1071

He turned down the offer of CEO

because it was a dead-end job,

with no chance of advancement.

1072

He’s half Japanese,

a tenth native American,

and two fifths whiskey.

1073

When the professor’s rail fence broke,

to fix it, he hired a

post doc.

1074

What is the best book about Madison Avenue?

The Any Ad by Virgil.

1075

What adhesive is popular among Eskimos?

iglue

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Richard Seltzer

His recent books include Echoes from the Attic, Grandad Jokes, Lizard of Oz, Shakespeare'sTwin Sister, To Gether Tales. and Parallel Lives, seltzerbooks.com