Radioactive Telephones?

Hi. You have reached the Fanugarties delicatessen, there is no one to answer your call right now but if you leave a message at the sound of the beep, we'll get back to you as soon as possible. "High, this is George and I'm a Jewish painter and I need to speak to the owner of the house..um sorry business. I received a call that there was work to be done and someone gave me your number. Is there a George that works there? Well um, you can call me back at 555-5555. I'm usually available in the afternoons and would love to refresh the place with a fresh coat of paint. Thanks, bye." Jerry the supervisor receives the message.

"George, we got a call from a painter who says he knows you and wants to do some work in our restaurant. What do you say?" George, who is totally unconscious at this point wakes up from his daydream, and slowly walks out the business (never to return). At this point a man walks into the delicatessen. "May I have some hash browns and a cherry soda please?" says the man. Jerry's assistant behind the counter looks up at him and says, "Welcome to the most reasonably priced deli in south Hampton, where your wish is our delight. Hash browns and a cherry soda coming right up!" As the man receives his food, he notices a delightful man who happened to sneak in behind him, very casually. "Excuse me sir." says the man, "did you just see that!" There was a flock of birds who just flew into the store and started to eat away at the paint on the walls. In minutes the entire store was destroyed, except for the place where George was day dreaming a few minute earlier.

The Jewish painter walks into the store. "Can I see a man named George?" "Purely for business purposes I assume" says Jerry. The Jewish painter notices that that store is under attack by a flock of Canadian Geese, and takes out his paintbrush and waves it in the air and says some kind of prayer and the birds leave the store. Just then George the man who was gone forever comes back into the store and realises that he left the door of the store open, as a Big red truck that was passing by carrying wild bird to the zoo, took a hard turn on the street before the deli which thew open the back door of the truck to release all the wild animals including the birds, which have ravished the store. Moral of the story, when a Jewish painter calls your house, make sure you answer the phone. The picture in this blog is not of me, it is the lead singer of the band "radiohead." I got the picture of Thomas York from a google search. I love radiohead.

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