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  |  | Sunday, February 12, 2006 Joke: Pun Fun on Professions
 
  Read each of the following with the prefix I could have been...
 I could've been...
 
 A banker
 But I was penny wise and pound foolish.
 
 A doctor
 But I didn't have time to practice.
 
 A guitarist
 But I preferred a job with no strings attached.
 
 An ice-cream vendor
 But I lost my cool.
 
 An archeologist
 But, I didn't want my career in ruins.
 
 An athlete
 But, there were too many hurdles.
 
 A billiard player
 But, nobody gave me a break.
 
 A carpenter
 But, I shelved the idea.
 
 A chauffer
 But, I didn't have the drive.
 
 A comedian
 But, my friends laughed at the idea.
 
 A detective
 But, nobody gave me a clue to get started.
 
 A doctor
 But, I got sick of it.
 
 An Egyptologist
 But, mummy objected.
 
 A farmer
 But, it wasn't my field.
 
 A historian
 But, I let bygones be bygones.
 
 A juggler
 But, things got out of hand.
 
 A juggler
 But, I dropped the idea.
 
 A lawyer
 But, that didn't appeal to me.
 
 A lexicographer
 But, I am a man of few words.
 
 A librarian
 But, they were fully booked.
 
 A magazine editor
 But, I didn't want to make an issue out of it.
 
 A mathematician
 But, I had too many problems.
 
 A money lender
 But, I lost interest in it.
 
 A nuclear scientist
 But, I didn't have the energy.
 
 A shopkeeper
 But, fate had something else in store.
 
 A skipper
 But, I missed the boat.
 
 A sprinter
 But, I was on the wrong track.
 
 A swimmer
 But, I had a stroke.
 posted by sc @ 
 10:13 am
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