Proportions
One semester when my brother, Peter, attended the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, an art-student friend of his asked if he could paint Peter’s portrait for a class assignment. Peter agreed, and the art student painted and submitted the portrait, only to receive a C minus.
The art student approached the professor and asked why the grade was so poor. The teacher told him that the proportions in the painting were incorrect.
“The head is too big,” the professor explained. “The shoulders are too wide, and the feet are enormous.”
The next day, the art student brought Peter to see the professor. He took one look at my brother and said, “Okay, A minus.”
Application ApplicationTheDay I started my job, I was in the office filling out an employee form when I came to:
Single__, Married__, Divorced___ .
I marked single. Glancing at the man next to me who was also filling out the form, I noticed he hadn’t marked any of the blanks.
Instead he’d written, “Yes, in that order.”
Confusing
Little Mary for the first tme saw a wedding and gaped at the entire ceremony. When it was over, she asked her mother, “Why did the lady change her mind?”
Her mother asked, “What do you mean?”
“Well, she went down the aisle with one man, and came back with another one.”
