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JOKE:
So the new CEO decides it’s time to rid the company of slackers. 🏢👨💼
On a tour of the facilities, he notices a guy leaning against a wall.
The room was full of workers.
Seeing a chance to show he meant business, he says to the guy, ‘How much money do you make a week?’ A little surprised, the young man says, ‘I make $400.
Why?’ The CEO says, ‘Wait right here.’
He walks back to his office and comes back in two minutes.
He hands the guy $1,600 in cash and says, ‘Here’s four weeks’ pay.
Now get out and don’t come back!’
Feeling like a boss now, the CEO looks around and says, ‘Does anyone want to tell me what that goofball’s job was around here?’
From across the room, a voice says, ‘Pizza delivery guy from Domino’s.’
JOKE:
A couple were upstairs while their son is downstairs. The son hears a noise, so he shouts upstairs, “what are you doing mum and dad”? They say “ we are just having bacon and eggs”
A few days later again the boy hears the same type of noise coming from his parents bedroom upstairs.. He shouts up again “ what are you doing “ ? The answer was the same , “ we are having bacon and eggs son”
The day after the boy hears the same noise from upstairs , a few minutes later his mum is walking downstairs, he says “ you have been having bacon and eggs again haven’t you mum”? She says “yes how do you know” ?
The boy says “ I can see bacon fat dripping down your leg”
JOKE:
Two couples were playing poker one evening. Jon accidentally dropped some cards on the floor. When he bent down under the table to pick them up, he noticed Mike’s wife Michele wasn’t wearing any underwear under her dress:
Shocked by this, Jon upon trying to sit back up again, hit his head on the table and emerged red-faced. Later, Jon went to the kitchen to get some refreshments. Michele followed and asked. “Did you see anything that you liked under there?”
Surprised by her boldness, Jon courageously admitted that, well indeed he did.
She said. “Well, you can have it but it will cost you $500.”
After taking a minute or two to assess the financial and moral costs of this offer, Jon confirms that he is interested.
She tells him that since her husband Mike works Friday afternoons and Jon doesn’t, Jon should be at her house around 2 p.m. Friday afternoon.
When Friday rolled around, Jon showed up at Mike’s house at 2 p.m. sharp and after paying Michele the agreed sum of $500 they went to the bedroom and closed their transaction, as agreed. Jon quickly dressed and left.
As usual, Mike came home from work at 6 p.m. and upon entering the house, asked his wife abruptly. “Did Jon come by the house this afternoon?”
With a lump in her throat Michele answered. “Why yes, he did stop by for a few minutes this afternoon.”
Her heart nearly skipped a beat when her husband curtly asked. “And did he give you $500?”
In terror she assumed that somehow he had found out and after mustering her best poker face, replied. “Well, yes, in fact he did give me $500.”
Mike , with a satisfied look on his face, surprised Michele by saying. “Good, I was hoping he did. Jon came by the office this morning and borrowed $500 from me. He promised me he’d stop by our house this afternoon on his way home and pay me back.”
Now that, my friends, is a poker player!
JOKE:
There are different versions of this joke I like this one as it was made somewhat relevant to our times. “A Russian soldier comes to a crossroads…” 🪖🇷🇺
A Russian soldier, while running, comes to a crossroads and sees a nun standing there.
He asks, “Sister, may I hide under your skirt for a moment, I’ll explain later.”
The nun enthusiastically accepts the proposal.
A moment later, two MPs approach and ask the nun: “Did a soldier walk by here?”
She says yes and sends the MPs in the other direction.
After the MPs have disappeared, the soldier crawls out from under the skirt and says, “Thanks Sister, I don’t want to go to Ukraine.”
The nun nods understandingly.
To further compliment the nun he says, “I don’t want to be rude sister, but you have the most beautiful pair of legs I have ever seen.”
The nun replies, “Had you looked a little higher too, you would have seen the most beautiful balls in the world. I don’t want to go to Ukraine either.”
Joke;
At a girl’s college hostel, dates were permitted only on Saturday nights.
One young man showed up on a Tuesday evening, explaining to an older woman in the dorm lobby that it was imperative he see a certain young lady immediately.
“I want to surprise her. You see, I’m her brother.”
“Oh, she’ll be surprised all right,” said the woman.
“But think of how surprised I am! I’m her mother!”
A big fire erupts at an oil rig somewhere in the Middle East and all the usual specialists are temporarily unavailable to help. The company is losing millions and offers a bonus of 20 million to anyone who can put it out.
A group of Irish builders working on a project nearby decide to drive over in their big sand truck to watch the spectacle. All the various press agencies & cameras are at the scene as Pat & the 3 lads pull up on top of a steep hill overlooking the blaze to see the fire.
Suddenly the truck lurches forward – gathers speed and careens down the hill right into the middle of the inferno! The truck bursts straight onto the rig & the press are stunned at the sight of 4 guys shovelling sand around like madmen and beating out the flames on each other with shovels going in a frantic blur . As the truckspills its load of sand onto the hole in the middle of the mad activity the flames suddenly go out. The ambulances & a reporter rush in to collect the singed lads.
As they are loading them up for the hospital the reporter sticks the microphone at Pat ‘
Rep. ‘That was the most incredibly crazy thing we have ever seen. I can’t believe you survived . Do you realise you are all multi- millionaires now? So tell us- what,s the first thing you want to do when you get out of the hospital? buy a nice house? Get a few cold beers?
Pat, still smoking & frazzled, looks up- ‘ I’ll tell you lad. The first thing we’re gonna do is sort out the fucken bastard who swore he’d fixed the brakes on that bloody truck!
Should I invest in Bitcoin?
It depends on your risk tolerance. Bitcoin prices tend to run in four year cycles related to an event known as the “halving”. That’s when the new bitcoin supply entering the market is cut in half, because the rewards given to bitcoin miners are cut in half.
Historically, bitcoin starts its bull run about a year before the halving and ends about a year to 18 months after the halving.
Right now we’re probably about a year away from the “halving”, which means it could be a good time to invest. Investors who bought bitcoin during past cycles could have seen gains of 1,000% or more.
That being said, Bitcoin is incredibly volatile, which can be nerve racking for a new investor in the space.
Bitcoin prices plunged more than 78% during this current bear market, and prices have dropped as much as 85% from peak to trough in past cycles.
And price declines of 20% or more are still common, even when the bull market is in full swing.
In short, investing in Bitcoin isn’t for the faint of heart.
But if you’re looking for a less volatile investment that can still deliver high returns, you may want to explore blue chip art.
A Basquiat painting soared over 2,000,000% when it was bought for $19,000 in 1983 and sold for $110 million in 2017.
Obviously, you can’t expect results like that on every painting, but these numbers still show that art can be a powerful financial asset.
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