Funmurphys: the Blog

Missed Again

Tanya opens the floor to jokes; By the time I can post, she's cut the mic off. I'm keeping one in reserve, but here's one I wanted to post:

A wealthy old lady decided to go on a photo safari in Africa. She took her faithful welsh corgi along for company. One day, the corgi starts chasing butterflies and before long the corgi discovers that he is lost. So, wandering about, he notices a leopard heading rapidly in his direction with the obvious intention of having lunch.

The corgi thinks, "OK, I'm in deep trouble now!" Then he noticed some bones on the ground close by, and immediately settles down to chew on the bones with his back to the approaching cat.

Just as the leopard is about to leap, the corgi exclaims loudly, "Boy, that was one delicious leopard. I wonder if there are any more around here." Hearing this, the leopard halts his attack in mid-stride, as a look of terror comes over him, and he slinks away into the trees.

"Whew," says the leopard. "That was close. That corgi nearly had me."

Meanwhile, a monkey who had been watching the whole scene from a nearby tree figures he can put this knowledge to good use and trade it for protection
from the leopard. So, off he goes.

But the corgi saw him heading after the leopard with great speed, and figured that something must be up. The monkey soon catches up with the leopard, spills the beans and strikes a deal for himself with the leopard.

The leopard is furious at being made a fool of and says, "Here monkey, hop on my back and see what's going to happen to that conniving canine."

Now the corgi sees the leopard coming with the monkey on his back, and thinks, "What am I going to do now?" But instead of running, the dog sits down with his back to his attackers, pretending he hasn't seen them yet...and just when they get close enough to hear the corgi says...

"Where's that monkey? I sent him off half an hour ago to bring me another leopard!"