Jokes for all
Feel free to browse the collection of tall tales, yarns and downright lies. They are all family safe - the test I apply is "would I tell this to someone's grandmother?" If no, I don't use it. (That doesn't mean i don't appreciate a dirty joke, but I don't think they're appropriate for broadcast on the radio - you never know who is listening or how old they are or what their attitudes to dirty jokes amounts to. )
Grandparents
My grandmother was 82 years old when she applied for her first passport. She was told she'd need a birth certificate, but her birth had never been officially registered. When she explained this dilemma to the official at the passport office, they were less than helpful, as bureaucrats can so often be.
"In lieu of a birth certificate," the officer said, "you can bring a notarized affidavit from the doctor who delivered you."
