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The sad indigent, “It was not my fault, I was a victim of my affliction. I was convicted of bigamy. I had too many wives.”
The agent: “Ha, ha, one wife is too many, that’s a joke son, ha, ha! Obviously you aren’t from Utah, anyway you have to have a more positive attitude. Throw ' out your chest and look like a proud Bad Example. We do not have any requests for bigamists but there is a coming convention of the Rappahannock Union for Moral Principles that asked for a flasher Bad Example as a training aid. They might accept a 1 bigamist since we don’t have a flasher.”
Time passes, three months go by, the Bigamist Bad Example— trim, clean shaved and neatly dressed—appears and says, “I have bad news, I must resign immediately.”
Agent: “What? After all we have done for you? You’re making $2,000 a week, we have bookings for a year. Why, Why?”
Bigamist, looking about furtively “I have three new marriage proposals. The honeymoons start tomorrow and run consecutively. I guess I’m just weak.”
Agent, “Remember us the next time around.”
Adage:
1. Home is the only place you can always find in the dark.
2. A conservative (Republican) is a man that puts his mouth where his money is.
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