While waiting in a doctor's office, I tore out a few jokes from Reader's Digest. Dead ahead, through the pitch-black night, the captain sees a light on a collision course with his ship. He sends a signal: "Change your course ten degrees east." "Change yours tem degrees west, comes the reply." The captain responds: "I'm a United States Navy captain! Change your course, sir!" "I'm a seaman second class," the next message reads. "Change your course, sir." The captain is furious. "I'm a battleship! I'm not changing course!" "I'm a lighthouse. Your call." Did you hear about the weekly poker game with Vasco da Gama, Christopher Columbus, Leif Eriksson and Francisto Pizarro? They can never seem to beat the Straights of Magellan. (I take full responsibility for this fine example of stupidity, even though I didn't create it.)
