Friday Smiles 294: a trip to the Art Museum, part 6

My sincere apologies.  I am not well.  I thought it was allergies yesterday, but right now it is full blown headache, chills, uncontrollable cough, and an all over ache.  I want to visit all of you who visit me every day, but right now, just getting out of bed long enough to post this with Annie is about all I can handle.  PLEASE be aware, I'll be by soon and I hope you forgive my not visiting until I feel better.  I hope this is nothing lingering, because I have too many items on my "to do" list and too many blogs I want to visit to lie in bed for too long.

Annie our host at Friday Smiles has agreed to link me each week until I can get Mr. Linky working for me again.  Thank you Annie.  I appreciate you for taking time to do this.

I'll begin with a few funnies.  How about a few doctor and lawyer jokes.

Feeling edgy, a man took a hot bath. Just as he’d become comfortable, the front doorbell rang. The man got out of the tub, put on terry cloth slippers and a large towel, wrapped his head in a smaller towel, and went to the door. A salesman at the door wanted to know if he needed any magazines. Slamming the door, the man returned to the bath.

The doorbell rang again. On went the slippers and towels, and the man started for the door again. He took one step, slipped on a wet spot, fell, and hit his back against the hard porcelain of the tub.

Cursing under his breath, the man struggled into his street clothes and, with every move a stab of pain, drove to the doctor. After examining him, the doctor said, “You know, you’ve been lucky. Nothing is broken. But you need to relax. Why don’t you go home and take a long hot bath?”

The bartender asks the guy sitting at the bar, “What’ll you have?” The guy answers, “A scotch, please.”

The bartender hands him the drink, and says, “That’ll be five dollars,” to which the guy replies, “What are you talking about? I don’t owe you anything for this.”

A lawyer, sitting nearby and overhearing the conversation, then says to the bartender, “You know, he’s got you there. In the original offer, which constitutes a binding contract upon acceptance, there was no stipulation of remuneration.”

The bartender was not impressed, but says to the guy, “Okay, you beat me for a drink. But don’t ever let me catch you in here again.”

The next day, same guy walks into the bar. Bartender says, “What the heck are you doing in here? I can’t believe you’ve got the audacity to come back!”

The guy says, “What are you talking about? I’ve never been in this place in my life!” The bartender replies, “I’m very sorry, but this is uncanny. You must have a double.”

To which the guy replies, “Thank you. Make it a scotch.”

A doctor and his wife were sunbathing on a beach when a beautiful young woman in a very slight, very tight bikini strolled by.

The near-naked woman looked at the doctor, smiled, and said in a sexy voice: “Hi there handsome. How are you doing?”

She then wiggled her backside and walked off.

“Who was that?” demanded the doctor’s wife.

“Err… Just a woman I met professionally,” replied the doctor.

“Oh yeah?!” snarled his wife, “Whose profession? Yours or hers?”

An airliner was having engine trouble, and the pilot instructed the cabin crew to have the passengers take their seats and get prepared for an emergency landing.

A few minutes later, the pilot asked the flight attendants if everyone was buckled in and ready.

“All set back here, Captain,” came the reply, “except one lawyer who is still going around passing out business cards.”

Max went into the doctor’s office for his annual checkup, and the Doc asked if there was anything unusual he should know about.

So Max told the Doc that his suit must have shrunk over the last year, because it didn’t fit when he went to get ready for a wedding recently.

The Doc said, “Suits don’t shrink just sitting in a closet. You probably put on a few pounds.”

“That’s just it, Doc, I know I haven’t gained a single pound since the last time I wore it.”

“Well, then,” said Doc, “You must have a case of Furniture Disease.”

“What in the world is Furniture Disease?” asked Max.

 “That’s when your chest starts sliding down into your drawers.”


Now back to the museum where I spent nearly six hours with two teens and a tween one day this past July.  

This room was all about prints, posters, and World War I, also known as the Great War, or the war to end all wars.  Little did we know or realize what was ahead.  It was a time when the world was changing and it was reflected in the prints we looked at in this exhibit.

Some of these were informative,

some iconic,

and some colorful.

Many, however, were under glass, which made them difficult to photograph. 

Many were also devastating.

The oldest teen and I found them fascinating, but the younger two couldn't get out of there quickly enough.

I'll let you peruse them and allow you to enlarge them, if you choose.

Some showed the incredible destruction to property.

Some were fascinating,

and some were surreal.

All dealt with a side of war I had never seen before.

Although this was only about half the exhibit, I feared I was losing the children, so we went looking for something more appealing to them.  I'll share something more family oriented next week.

Thanks for joining the children and me again at the museum and thanks for your continued visits and support.  Now let's visit Annie's Friday Smiles (aka A stitch in time), where it never hurts to begin the weekend with a big smile, just like Annie's. Feel free to join in with a post of your own, too.   Annie would love to welcome your smiling post, too.