On the Lighter Side (October 2015)

  [418 words] A Special License After a recent college basketball game, the coach spotted a cell phone lying on the floor. He picked it up and handed it to one of the referees and said, “Here’s your phone.” “What makes you think it’s mine?” the referee asked. “Easy,” said the coach. “It says you missed l3 calls.” Mistaken Identity The children begged for a hamster, and after the vows that they would care for it, they got one. They named it “Danny.” Two months later, when Mom found herself responsible for the creature, she located a prospective new home for it. The children took the news of Danny’s imminent departure quite well, though one of them remarked, “He’s been around here a long time. We’ll miss him.” “Yes,” Mom replied, “but he’s too much work for one person, and since I’m that one person, I say he goes.” Another…