Gags Station

On this site you can savor a sampling of the quintessential Jokebox sense of humor. The selection represents Jokebox's treasury of anecdotes, one-liners, puns and other witticisms amassed from twenty years of speaking and writing experiences in Toastmasters clubs and assorted publications. There will be regular uploads of gags, one-liners, puns, and just about everything to adorn your face with that refreshing smile.

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Wires

Before the advent of e-mail technology, communication by telegraph  provided a rich source of matchless wit and humorous verbiage.  Here  are some of such lively interplay as culled from telegrammarian Joyce Denebrink's compendium of crossed wires and telegraphed punches.

George Bernard Shaw, Britain's wittiest playwright invited Britain's  wittiest statesman one night to the theater:

TO WINSTON CHURCHILL HAVE RESERVED TWO TICKETS FOR MY PLAY ON FIRST NIGHT COME AND BRING A FRIEND, IF YOU HAVE ONE. --SHAW
 
Churchill replied:
TO GEORGE BERNARD SHAW IMPOSSIBLE TO COME TO FIRST NIGHT.  WILL COME TO SECOND NIGHT, IF YOU HAVE ONE.
 
 
From a disgruntled editor to his publisher:
MUST HAVE SALARY RAISE AT ONCE OR COUNT ME OUT. --LINGEMAN, EXECUTIVE EDITOR
 
The publisher replied:
TO R.R. LINGEMAN ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE, SIX, SEVEN, EIGHT, NINE, TEN! --PUBLISHER

A society matron, intending to win the heart of her idol, once cabled this inducement:
TO GEORGE BERNARD SHAW AT NINE O'CLOCK TONIGHT I SHALL BE AT HOME --REBECCA HARRISON
 
Shaw replied:
TO REBECCA HARRISON ME LIKEWISE. --SHAW

A fellow sent the following cable to his newly-wed crony:
CONGRATS ON YOUR WEDDING STOP VERY HAPPY FOR YOU AND BRIDE STOP HAPPY HONEYMOON DONT STOP. 

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