A Joke for Today. “Someone Needs a New Lawnmower.”
At a neighborhood yard sale down the street, Grandpa Earl is inspecting an old, rusted out lawn mower while Grandms Barb hovers over a table of costume jewelry.
Grandpa Earl says to Barb, “Look at this antique Briggs & Stratton lawnmower! The owner wants $15 for it. I bet I can talk him down to $3 and a half-pack of mints for it.”
Grandma Barb replies, “Earl, that is not a yard sale item. That is the owner’s actual lawnmower. He was just mowing the grass, and he went inside to use the bathroom.”
Grandpa Earl says to her, “Nonsense, Barb! It is sitting on the grass near the driveway with everything else. Everything on the grass is fair game!”
So, Earl pulls out of his pocket three old, crumpled one-dollar bills and leaves them on the table next to the lawnmower.
Grandma Barb yells out, “Earl, he left the engine running.”
Grandpa Earl replies to her, “That just means it is pre-heated, Barb. It is a bonus feature.”
Earl grabs the lawnmower’s handles, and he starts pushing the running lawnmower down the street on the sidewalk towards his own house.
The neighbor sees what is happening from his window and jumps out the front door of his house with a sandwich in his hand yelling out loud, “HEY! SIR! THAT IS MY LAWNMOWER. IT IS NOT FOR SALE.”
Grandma Barb turns her head over her shoulder towards the neighbor and yells back to him, as she trots behind Earl;
“NO REFUNDS, STEVE! ALL SALES ARE FINAL! TAKE IT UP WITH OUR LAWYER!”
