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A man is stopped by police at midnight and asked, where is he going? I am on the way to a lecture on the effects of alcohol and drugs abuse on the human body, the policeman say's really? and who is going to give a lecture at this time of night?
Here's one I heard recently that is also funny. A recovering alcoholic is told by his counselor that one of the causes of relapse is boredom and to hedge against it he should get a pet early into his recovery so the alcoholic gets a pet...a centipede. The pet idea works for a while until one night the compulsion arrives very strongly and he dresses to go out for a beer. To lessen the guilt of drinking he stops at the centipede's box and says, "I'm going out for a beer wanna come along?" and then goes to get his coat. He comes back to the box and repeats, "I said I'm going out for a beer...do you want to join me?" Centipede says nothing. The alcoholic walks off a bit and then turns back to the box again, "Listen I've asked two times aready and I'm leaving..." at which time the centipede interupted him..."I heard you the first time!! I'm putting on my shoes!."
