The following notice appeared sometime back in a newspaper in the northeastern part of the U. S.:

"To those of you who bought our book, Skydiving Made Easy, please enter the following correction on page 12, paragraph 3, line 2: The words 'State zip code' should say "Pull rip cord.' We regret any inconvenience this mistake may have caused you." (1) I suspect it might have caused some inconvenience.

A husband who was not used to doing housework decided to wash his dirty sweatshirt. After stepping into the laundry room, he shouted to his wife for help. "What setting do I use on the washing machine?" he asked.

"It depends," she replied. "What does it say on your shirt?"

He yelled back, "University of Michigan."

How many times have you heard the expression, "What we have here is a failure …