06 December 2009

Sunday Funny


Market & Meeting St., Charleston, S.C.

Eyebee posted this joke. I don't get it but I am a loyal Canon girl. ;)

The Smiths were unable to conceive children and decided to use a surrogate father to start their family. On the day the proxy father was to arrive, Mr. Smith kissed his wife good-bye and said, "Well, I’m off now. The man should be here soon."

Half an hour later, just by chance, a door-to-door baby photographer happened to ring the door bell, hoping to make a sale. "Good morning, Ma’am", he said, "I’ve come to....."

"Oh, no need to explain," Mrs. Smith cut in, embarrassed, "I’ve been expecting you."

"Have you really?" said the photographer. "Well, that’s good. Did you know babies are my specialty?"

"Well that’s what my husband and I had hoped. Please come in and have a seat!"

After a moment she asked, blushing, "Well, where do we start?"

"Leave everything to me. I usually try two in the bathtub, one on the couch, and perhaps a couple on the bed. And sometimes the living room floor is fun. You can really spread out there. "

"Bathtub, living room floor? No wonder it didn’t work for Harry and me!"

"Well, Ma’am, none of us can guarantee a good one every time.. But if we try several different positions and I shoot from six or seven angles, I’m sure you’ll be pleased with the results."

"My, that’s a lot!", gasped Mrs. Smith.

"Ma’am, in my line of work a man has to take his time. I’d love to be in and out in five minutes, but I’m sure you’d be disappointed with that."

"Don’t I know it," said Mrs. Smith quietly.

The photographer opened his briefcase and pulled out a portfolio of his baby pictures. "This was done on the top of a bus," he said.

"Oh, my God!" Mrs. Smith exclaimed, grasping at her throat.

"And these twins turned out exceptionally well – when you consider their mother was so difficult to work with.."

"She was difficult?" asked Mrs. Smith.

"Yes, I’m afraid so. I finally had to take her to the park to get the job done right. People were crowding around four and five deep to get a good look."

"Four and five deep?" said Mrs. Smith, her eyes wide with amazement.

"Yes", the photographer replied.. "And for more than three hours, too. The mother was constantly squealing and yelling – I could hardly concentrate, and when darkness approached I had to rush my shots. Finally, when the squirrels began nibbling on my equipment, I just had to pack it all in."

Mrs. Smith leaned forward. "Do you mean they actually chewed on your, uh…equipment?"

"It’s true, Ma’am, yes.. Well, if you’re ready, I’ll set-up my tripod and we can get to work right away."

"Tripod?"

"Oh yes, Ma’am. I need to use a tripod to rest my Canon on.. It’s much too big to be held in the hand very long."

Mrs. Smith fainted.

11 comments:

Pixel Peeper said...

Joan!

Now that made me laugh...

Fellow Canon girl here.

Three Rivers, Michigan said...

Pretty photo -- and a photographer joke!
Three Rivers Daily Photo

Eyebee said...

I was going to sneak in with my little compact Powershot, but thought I'd better behave myself.

Charlestonjoan said...

Eyebee....ha! Good one.

Hilda said...

Joan, you naughty, naughty woman! Hahahaha!

Love the balustrade and lamps in your photo. Almost overshadowed by the joke though. ;)

Unseen Rajasthan said...

Fantastic shot !! Enjoyed reading the post !! Unseen Rajasthan

Anonymous said...

Joan, Sounds like that photographer had a problem with over-exposure. Connie

Charlestonjoan said...

Y'all are cracking me up! Ha!

Ineke said...

hahaha, i am going to tell this one at the dinner table any moment now.

Richard Baas said...

I am sure the Cannon Folks in our photo club will enjoy this one! Thanks for Sharing...

Susan said...

very cute - and now I keep thinking up all sorts of silly things like seeing what develops in the darkroom etc.