• Welcome to Autism Forums, a friendly forum to discuss Aspergers Syndrome, Autism, High Functioning Autism and related conditions.

    Your voice is missing! You will need to register to get access to the following site features:
    • Reply to discussions and create your own threads.
    • Our modern chat room. No add-ons or extensions required, just login and start chatting!
    • Private Member only forums for more serious discussions that you may wish to not have guests or search engines access to.
    • Your very own blog. Write about anything you like on your own individual blog.

    We hope to see you as a part of our community soon! Please also check us out @ https://www.twitter.com/aspiescentral

The last thing that made you laugh

Some Monty Python. The first time I saw this sketch I actually fell on the floor laughing, followed by crawling behind the sofa because it hurt too much.

"Socrates scores, got a beautiful cross from Archimedes. The Germans are disputing it. Hegel is arguing that the reality is merely an a priori adjunct of non-naturalistic ethics, Kant via the categorical imperative is holding that ontologically it exists only in the imagination, and Marx is claiming it was offside."

Monty Python - International Philosophy
 
10434069_10152203239783231_8832637907565166801_n.jpg
 
I got a good chuckle from an experienced staff member at work yesterday after relating this latest experience to her. I was going to post this experience as "the last thing that made you MAD!" Here it is in its graphic details!

One customer wanted gas for his high-end motorbike with a small trailer behind it. I took his credit card and quietly stated, "94, supreme plus gas - red nozzle" and put it on as the high grade gas. But the customer did not hear me. So when the customer went to pump his gas he chose the black nozzle, regular gas! The pump did not pump, because it was set to get the high-grade 94 gas. The flustered customer returned to the counter. The customer muttered, "Oh my God!" thinking I was less then competent. So I had to apologize to him and re-start the transaction from square one. He then used cash to clear things up quickly and apologized to him again for the mix-up after his wife bought a chocolate bar.

Every motorcycle customer I had EVER had used the high-grade 94 gas, not regular! There's something new to learn every day in the school of hard knocks!! I'm glad we got a good chuckle after I told her about this wrench in the ointment!
 
The home care nurse called yesterday to come in to see us. So far, so good. Things were quite normal until at the worst possible time, our kitchen drain was clogged! After trying to fix the problem on our own, we finally decided to call a plumber to avoid the mess and headache of disconnecting and re-connecting the drain pipes.

But the plumber was apparently on holiday, as no one answered our message on the answering machine. As we were waiting for the plumber, the home care nurse told us she will be coming to our house shortly.

After clearing out the cleaning supplies and other things from below the kitchen sink, the nurse came here today to help us develop a plan to help with my mom's cleanliness and her worsening dementia. Good thing - what would the nurse think if she saw oven cleaner and drain cleaner on the counter?

It's not every day that a home care nurse and a plumber are scheduled to come on the same day! I could not stop laughing with my father! He has a great sense of humour even in serious times.
 
Last edited:
A couple of days ago I had a customer at the counter who bought some drinks and some Jolly Rancher candy. After ringing it in, I joked with her, saying,
'Tis the season to be JOLLY!
She gave me a good laugh, but I can see how some would not find it funny. It's too early in the year to be making one-liners like that!
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

New Threads

Top Bottom