Most Viewed
Humility
The Gloomy Guest
Optimism
Repentance
Physiology
Hospitality
Baptism
A Lovers' Quarrel
Cleanliness
Beginners
Least Viewed
Appearance
Economy
Sympathy
Cause And Effect
Discretion
Sarcasm
What He Preferred
He Knew
Victory
Reassuring
Random Stories Jokes
Getting Back
Grammar
Only Their Way
Qualified
Victory
Tender Memories
Style
Scotched!
Beggars
Drugged
|
Luck
Stories Jokes Home
The pessimist quoted from his own experience at poker in illustration of
the general cussedness of things:
"Frequent, I have sot in a poker game, and it sure is queer how things
will turn out. I've sot hour after hour in them games, without ever
takin' a pot. And then, 'long about four o'clock in the mornin', the
luck'd turn--it'd take a turn for the worse."
* * *
"How did you find your steak?" asked the waiter of a patron in the very
expensive restaurant.
"Just luck," the hungry man replied, sadly. "I happened to move that
small piece of potato, and there it was!"
* * *
The new reporter wrote his concluding paragraph concerning the murder as
follows:
"Fortunately for the deceased, he had deposited all of his money in the
bank the day before. He lost practically nothing but his life."
* * *
The editor of the country paper went home to supper, smiling radiantly.
"Have you had some good luck?" his wife questioned.
"Luck! I should say so. Deacon Tracey, who hasn't paid his subscription
for ten years, came in and stopped his paper."
Next: Lunacy
Previous: Love Me Love Me Not
Viewed 592
|
Informational
