GOSSIP

Sometimes trivia nails it! The U.S. Standard railroad gauge – the distance between the rails – is 4 feet, 8.5 inches (that’s 143.51 centimetres). That’s an exceedingly odd number. Why was that gauge used? Because that’s the way they built them in England, and English expatriates designed the U.S. Railroads. Why did the English build…

An artist asked the gallery owner if there had been any recent interest in his paintings, which happened to be on display. “I have good news and bad news,” the gallery owner replied. “The good news is that a gentleman inquired about your work and wondered if it would appreciate in value after your death.”…

A therapist has a theory that couples who make love once a day are the happiest. So he tests it at a seminar by asking those assembled, “How many people here make love once a day?” Half the people raise their hands, each of them grinning widely. “Once a week?” A third of the audience…

One evening a father overheard his son saying his prayers. The little boy is kneeling at his bed saying, “God bless Mommy, Daddy and Grammy. Goodbye Grampa.” The father thought the wording was a bit strange, but he soon forgot about it. The next day, the Grandfather died. A month later the father heard his son…

Naveen asked Girish to help him fix the antenna at his house. So, after work, the two just went straight over to Naveen’s house. When they got to the door, Naveen went straight to his wife Nishi. Gave her a hug and told her how beautiful she was and how much he had missed her…

Hymie Goldberg and his friend Moishe are having a drink in the clubhouse between races. “A weird thing happened to me a few years ago,” says Hymie. “It was the seventh day of the seventh month, and my little Herschel was seven years old that day. We lived in apartment number seven, and I got…

Arriving home from work at my usual hour of 5 p.m. I discovered that it had not been one of my wife’s better days. Nothing I said or did seemed to be right. By 7 p.m., things had not changed, so I suggested I go outside, pretend I had just gotten home, and start all…

Harvey is standing in a bar in Darwin drinking, when his mate walks in. They get to talking and at 10:00 he says, “It’s been great, but I better get home. The wife doesn’t like me to stay out late drinking.” Riley’s immediate response is, “You aren’t doing it right. Do what I do. Go…

A guy is sitting at a bar in a skyscraper restaurant high above the city. He’s slamming tequila left and right. He grabs one, drinks it, goes over to a window and jumps out. The guy who was sitting next to him can’t believe that the guy had just done that. He is even more…

Three dead bodies turn up at the mortuary, all with very big smiles on their faces. The coroner calls the police to tell them what has happened. “First body: Frenchman, 60, died of heart failure while making love to his mistress. Hence the enormous smile, Inspector,” says the Coroner. “Second body: Scotsman, 25, won a…