|  The 
Banquet Circuit (April 2003)Jokes, stories and 
anecdotes you can use to entertain your audience during that all-important presentation. Enemies 
In The West A 
knight and his men return to their castle after a long hard day of fighting. "How 
are we faring?" asks the king. "Sire," 
replies the knight, "I have been robbing and pillaging on your behalf all 
day, burning the towns of your enemies in thewest."
 "What?!" 
shrieks the king. "I don't have any enemies to the west!" "Oh, 
no..." says the knight. "Well, you do now." 
 Hypnotic 
Mass A 
local preacher was dissatisfied with the small amount in the collection plates 
each Sunday. Someone suggested to him thatperhaps he might be able to hypnotize 
the congregation into giving more.
 "And 
just how would I go about doing that?" he asked. "It 
is very simple. First you turn off the air conditioner so that the auditorium 
is warmer than usual. Then you preach in amonotone voice. Meanwhile, you dangle 
a watch on a chain and swing it in a slow arc above the lectern and suggest they 
put 20
 dollars in the collection plate."
 So 
the very next Sunday, the reverend did as suggested, and lo and behold the plates 
were full of 20 dollar bills. Now, thepreacher did not want to take advantage 
of this technique each and every Sunday. So therefore, he waited for a couple 
of weeks
 and then tried his mass hypnosis again.
 Just 
as the last of the congregation was becoming mesmerized, the chain on the watch 
broke and the watch hit the lectern with aloud thud and springs and parts 
flew everywhere.
 "Crap!" 
exclaimed the pastor. It 
took them a week to clean up the church.
 
 Dog 
In Heat A 
little girl asked her mom, "Mom, may I take the dog for a walk around the 
block? Mom 
replies, "No, because she is in heat." "What's 
that mean?" asked the child. "Go 
ask your father. I think he's in the garage." The 
little girl goes to the garage and says, "Dad, may I take Belle for a walk 
around the block? I asked Mom, but she said thedog was in heat, and to come 
to you."
 Dad 
said, "Bring the Belle over here." He took a rag, soaked it with gasoline, 
and scrubbed the dog's backside with it and said,"Okay, you can go now, 
but keep Belle on the leash and only go one time around the block."
 The 
little girl left, and returned a few minutes later with no dog on the leash. Surprised, 
Dad asked, "Where's Belle?" The 
little girl said, "She ran out of gas about halfway down the block, so another 
dog is pushing her home." 
 Blind 
Golf A 
priest, a doctor, and a professional golfer were waiting one morning for a particularly 
slow group of golfers. GOLFER: 
What's with these guys? We must have been waiting for 15 minutes! DOCTOR: 
I don't know but I've never seen such ineptitude! PRIEST: 
Hey, here comes the greenskeeper. Let's have a word with him. Hi George. Say George, 
what's with that group ahead of us?They're rather slow aren't they?
 GEORGE: 
Oh yes. That's a group of blind fire fighters. They lost their sight while saving 
our club house last year. So we let themplay here anytime free of charge!
 (Silence!) PRIEST: 
That's so sad. I think I will say a special prayer for them tonight. DOCTOR: 
Good idea. And I'm going to contact my ophthalmologist buddy and see if there's 
anything he can do for them. GOLFER: 
Why can't these guys play at night?
 
 Satan 
Goes To Church One 
bright, beautiful Sunday morning, everyone in tiny Smithville wakes up early and 
goes to their local church. Before the servicestarts, the townspeople sit 
in their pews and talk about their lives, their families, etc.
 Suddenly, 
at the altar, Satan appears!! Everyone starts screaming and running for the front 
entrance, trampling each other in theirdetermined efforts to get away from 
Evil Incarnate.
 Soon, 
everyone is evacuated from the church except for one man, who sit calmly in his 
pew, seemingly oblivious to the fact thatGod's ultimate enemy is in his presence. 
This confuses Satan a bit.
 Satan 
walks up to the man and says, "Hey, don't you know who I am?" The 
man says, "Yep, sure do." Satan 
says, "Well, aren't you afraid of me?" The 
man says, "Nope, sure ain't." Satan, 
perturbed, says, "And why aren't you afraid of me?" "Well, 
I've been married to your sister for 25 years." 
   Who 
said he was dead? A 
60-year-old man went to the doctor for a check-up. The doctor told him, "You're 
in terrific shape. There's nothing wrong with you. Why, you might live forever. 
You have the body of a 35 year old. By the way, how old was your father when he 
died?"  The 
60 year old responded, "Who said he was dead?"  The 
doctor was surprised and asked, "How old is he and is he very active?" 
 The 
60 year old responded, "Well, he is 82 years old and he still goes skiing 
three times a season and surfing three times a week during the summer."  The 
doctor couldn't believe it. "Well, how old was your grandfather when he died?" 
The 60 year old responded again, "Who said he was dead?"
 The 
doctor was astonished. He said, "You mean to tell me you are 60 years old 
and both your father and your grandfather are alive? Is your grandfather very 
active?"  The 
60 year old said, "He goes skiing at least once a season and surfing once 
a week during the summer. Not only that," said the patient, "my grandfather 
is 106 years old, and next week he is getting married again."  The 
doctor said, "At 106 years old, why on earth would your grandfather want 
to get married?"  His 
patient looked up at the doctor and said, "Who said he wanted to?"
 
 Fart 
Football 
 An 
old man and his wife have gone to bed. After laying there a few minutes the 
old man farts and says,"Seven Points."
 His 
wife rolls over and says, "What in the world was that?" The old 
man replied, "It's fart football!"
 A 
few minutes later the wife lets one go and says - "Touchdown, tie score!"
 After 
about five minutes the old man farts again and says - "Touchdown, I'm 
ahead 14 to 7!"
 Not 
to be out done the wife rips another one and says, - "Touchdown, tie 
score!"
 Five seconds go by and she lets out a squeaker and says -
 "Fieldgoal, 
I lead 17 to 14!"
 Now 
the pressures on and the old man refuses to get beat by a woman so he strains 
real hard but to no avail. Realizing a defeat is totally unacceptable he gives 
it everything he has but instead of farting he poops the bed.  The 
wife looks and says, "What the heck was that?"  The 
old man replied, "Half-time, Switch sides!" 
 PAYING 
YOUR RESPECTS A 
golfer and his buddies where playing a big round of golf for $200. At the eighteenth 
green the golfer had a ten foot putt to win the round, and the $200.  As 
he was lining up his putt, a funeral procession started to pass by. The golfer 
set down his putter, took his hat off, placed it over his chest, and began to 
wait for the funeral procession to pass. After it passed, he picked up his putter 
and returned to lining up his putt.  One 
of his buddies said, "That was the most touching thing I have ever seen. 
I can't believe you stopped playing, possibly loosing your concentration, to pay 
your respects."  "Well, 
we were married for 25 years!" 
 
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