Friday Smiles 336: The final gallery in the Museum of World Treasures

It's Friday and time once again to join Annie (at A Stitch in Time) and the ladies at Friday Smiles.   Today I an returning to the Museum of World Treasures for the final time.  But first, a couple of funnies I found when cleaning my office last year.

A lady goes into a pet store one day. “I’m really lonely,” she says to the clerk. “I need a pet to keep me company.” 

“Well,” replies the clerk. “How about this nice parrot? He’ll talk to you.”

“Hey, that’s great.” She likes the idea and she buys the parrot and takes him home.

Next day the lady comes back to the pet store. “You know, that parrot isn’t talking to me yet,” she says.

“Hmmm, let’s see,” says the clerk. “I know! You buy this little ladder for his cage. He’ll climb the ladder…and then he’ll talk.”

“OK.” So off she goes with a newly purchased ladder.

Next day the same lady comes back to the pet store. “Hey, that parrot still hasn’t said a word,” she says to the pet store clerk.

He thinks a minute. “How about this little mirror?” he says. “You hang it at the top of the ladder. The parrot will climb the ladder, look in the mirror and then he’ll talk to you.”

“OK,” she says, and buys the little mirror, and goes home.

But the next day that same lady is back in the shop. “Well, I’m getting a bit discouraged,” she says. “That parrot STILL won’t talk to me.”

The clerk scratches his head. “Let me think….AHA! Try this bell. You hang it over the mirror. That parrot will climb the ladder, look in the mirror, ring the bell, and then he will surely talk to you!”

“Well, all right, I’ll give it a try,” says the lady. And she buys the bell and takes it home.

The next day the same lady comes back to the pet shop, and she is mightily distressed. “What’s wrong?” asks the clerk.

“My parrot…well, he died,” was the quiet reply.

“Oh no! I’m so sorry for your loss!” exclaimed the clerk. “But I have to ask you, did the parrot ever say anything to you?”

“Oh yes, he said one thing, right before he died,” she replied.

“Well, what did he say?” asked the clerk.

The lady replies: “He said, ‘DOESN’T THAT STORE CARRY ANY FOOD?'”

A magician was working on a cruise ship in the Caribbean. He has a different audience each week, so he allowed himself to perform the same act over and over again. There was only one problem: The captain’s parrot saw the shows each week and began to understand how the magician did every trick. 

Once he understood, he started shouting in the middle of every show, “Look, that’s not the same hat! Now he’s hiding the flowers under the table! Hey, why are all the cards the Ace of Spades?”

The magician was furious but couldn’t do anything about it. After all, it was the captain’s parrot.

One day the unthinkable happened: The ship had an accident and sank! The magician found himself on a piece of wood in the middle of the ocean with the parrot, of course!

They glared at each other, but did not utter a single word for days.

After a week the parrot finally broke the silence and said, “OK, I give up. Where did you hide the boat?”

A man bought a horse from a farmer.

“This is an unusual horse, the farmer said. “He’s very religious. You say ‘Hallelujah’ to make him go and “Amen” to him stop”. 

The man thanked the farmer, and got on the horse. “Hallelujah,” he said and rode off.

After he had been riding a while, the man decided he wanted to go faster. “Hallelujah!” he said and the horse sped up into a trot. Then the man said “Hallelujah” again, and the horse broke into a gallop. One more “Hallelujah,” and the horse was running like the wind.

Suddenly, the man realized they were approaching a cliff, and he could not remember how to stop the horse. So he prayed, “Dear God, please help me remember how to stop this horse, and I will be your servant forever. Amen.”

The horse stopped right on the edge of the cliff. A clod of dirt was pushed over the side and fell over a hundred feet to the ground below.

The man, realizing how close he came to death, sat up high in the saddle, waved his hat over his head, and yelled, “Hallelujah!”

I think that's enough for today.  

Today we will visit the final Military Gallery.

We will be visiting the Korean War Gallery.

Unfortunately, you won't be able to read much.  I must have been getting tired.  I'm sure YOU are!

I photo bombed this photo, but it was already so distorted, I didn't see the need to blur my face.

I was able to learn the answer to the question about Medals of Honor by pressing a button on the side of the display.

I have no idea if you can read this, but it might be of interest to some.

I'm sure several of you will recognize General Douglas MacArthur after reading CJ's blog.

I found this rather fascinating 11 months ago, but can't read a thing now, or know why I was so enamored with this display.

Monroe put on 10 shows in the four days she was in Korea.  She was actually on her honeymoon with Joe DiMaggio who she later joined in Japan.  It was in Japan she visited hospitals to visit the wounded.

I stood a long time in front of this photo.  I was overwhelmed by all the spent shells in that photo.

Even though it was still difficult to read the text, I was glad I took pictures of most of these images.

Photos I snagged from the Museum's web site:

If only my photos had been that crisp.  I wonder if they removed the plexiglass in order to get these shots.

What a wonderful way to end this visit.  Too bad the paint was peeling from this wall.

Let's see what others are smiling about this Friday.  Please don't forget to start your weekend off right by visiting Annie for a few Friday Smiles.  We would love to have you join us, too.