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There was this guy who bought an elderly circus elephant. Alas, he couldn''t afford to feed it. He''d never seen an elephant jump with all 4 feet off the ground. So he started a contest: entry was $10, and the first person to get the elephant to jump with all 4 feet off the ground would get $50,000.
All sorts of people tried, but nobody could get the elephant to jump. Finally, this little guy arrives in a limousine. He''s carrying a baseball bat. He walks up to the elephant, swings the bat, and crunches the elephants balls pretty badly. Needless to say, the elephant jumps, and the owner pays out the $50,000. Unfortunately, the owner had barely collected enough to cover the prize, so he ran another contest.
He''d never seen an elephant swing its head back and forth as if to say, "no." Same deal as before: $10 per entry, $50,000 prize. Lots of people try and fail. Then the little guy shows up in his limousine again, pulls out his bat, and walks up to the elephant. He says, "Remember me?" The elephant nods yes.
The man then holds up his bat and says, "Want me to use this again?" The elephant nods his head rather emphatically no....
One day a mother and father were having sex and their son walked in.
"What are you doing, the kid asked".
Well, you wanted a brother, so we''re making you one.
The next day, the father walks outside and sees his son porking away on the family junker''s tailpipe.
"Son...what the hell are you doing!!!"
And the son replied - "Mom said she wanted an new car, so I''m making her one!"