1. Not spending enough quality time with the kitchen applicances.

2. Came dressed in only a towel…again.

3. Ran out of paper clips.

4. I’ve decided to telecommute.

5. Ambassador to Belgium is at the White House.

6. It’s a long drive home to Texas.

7. One-day sale at Macy’s.

8. My brain is melting!

9. I think they found me out…

10. Accidently erased the whole week’s work off the computer disk.

Moscow, Russia:

First it was a flight in a MiG fighter jet. Then 30 seconds of weightlessness in a cosmonaut-training device.

Soon thrill-seeking tourists may be able to ride in a Russian submarine, tank or missile ship.

Pressed for money and burdened with surplus weaponry since the end of the Cold War, Russia is pioneering a new fad: military tourism.

The only requirements are a taste for adventure and plenty of cash.

As the plane goes into a dive from 30,000 feet, passengers in its padded zero-gravity chamber suddenly rise from the aircraft’s floor.

The price for floating free for half a minute: $4,000.

A man walks into a bar and has a couple of beers. Once he is donem the bartender tells him he owes $9.00.

“But I paid, don’t you remember?” says the customer.

“Okay,” says the bartender, “If you said you paid, you did.”

The man then goes outside and tells the first person he sees that the bartender can’t keep track of whether his customers have paid.

The second man then rushes in, orders a beer and later pulls the same stunt.

The barkeep replies, “If you say you paid, I’ll take your word for it.”

Soon the customer goes into the street, sees an old friend, and tells him how to get free drinks.

The man hurries into the bar and begins to drink high-balls when, suddenly, the bartender leans over sand says, “You know, a funny thing happened in here tonight. Two men were drinking beer, neither paid and both claimed that they did. The next guy who tries that is going to get punched right in the nose.”

“Don’t bother me with your troubles,” the final patron responds. “Just give me my change and I’ll be on my way.”

A blonde told her doctor that she was really worried because every part of her body hurt.

The doctor looked concerned and said, “Show me where.”

The blonde touched her own arm and screamed, “Ouch!”

Then she touched her leg and screamed, “Ouch!”

She touched her nose and cried, “Ouch!”

She looked at her doctor and said, “See? It hurts everywhere!”

The doctor laughed and said, “Don’t worry; it’s not serious. You’ve just got a broken index finger.”

A doctor and a lawyer were attending a cocktail party when the doctor was approached by a man who asked advice on how to handle his ulcer. The doctor mumbled some medical advice, then turned to the lawyer and remarked, “I never know how to handle the situation when I’m asked for medical advice during a social function. Is it acceptable to send a bill for such advice?” The lawyer replied that it was certainly acceptable to do so.

The next day, the doctor sent the ulcer-stricken man a bill. The lawyer also sent one to the doctor.