I used to work with a guy who started his show by taking the tops off beer bottles with his butt. It wasn't much of an act, but one hell of an opener. Wanted: New assistant for my knife-throwing act. Also needed: Large tarp or sheet of plastic and a shovel. I bought a soldering iron recently. My wife borrowed it and made one hell of a mess of my clothes. My wife has been gone for three days. I don't know whether she left me or went shopping. The check-out people at my supermarket are so bad, when I used the self-service checkout I was named employee of the month. I walked up to the cheese counter.................it interrupted him and he had to start again.