A young blonde girl in her late teens, wanting to earn some extra money for the summer, decided to hire herself out as a handy woman and started canvassing a nearby well-to-do neighbourhood. She went to the front door of the first house and asked the owner if he had any odd jobs for her to do.

"Well, I guess I could use somebody to paint the porch" he said. "How much will you charge me?" Delighted, the girl quickly responded "How about $50?"

The man agreed and told her that the paint and brushes and everything she would need were in the garage.

The man's wife, hearing the conversation, said to her husband "Does she realise that our porch goes ALL the way around the house?" "That's a bit cynical, isn't it?" he responded. The wife replied "You're right. I guess I'm starting to believe all those dumb blonde jokes".

A few hours later the blonde came to the door to collect her money. "You're finished already??" the startled husband asked. "Yes" the blonde replied "and I even had paint left over so I gave it two coats".

Impressed, the man reached into his pocket for the $50 and handed it to her along with a $10 tip. "Thank you" the blonde said "And by the way - it's not a Porch, it's a BMW!"

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 A terrific explosion occurs in a gunpowder factory, and once all the mess has been cleared up, an inquiry begins.

One of the few survivors is pulled up to make a statement. "OK Simpson," says the investigator "You were near the scene - what happened?"

"Well, it's like this. Old Charley was in the mixing room, and I saw him take a cigarette out of his pocket and light up". "He was smoking in the mixing room?" the investigator said in stunned horror "How long had he been with the company?"

"About 20 years, sir" "20 years in the company, then he goes and strikes a match in the mixing room, I'd have thought it would have been the last thing he'd have done".

Charley paused..

."Umm, It was, sir".--