Laziness Anecdotes and Liar Anecdotes

Post no.2921
Date:26 June 2016
Compiled by London Swaminathan

Lincoln admitted that he was not particularly energetic when it came to real hard work.

My father, said he one day, taught me how to work,but not to love it. I never did like to work and I don’t deny it. I would rather read , tell stories , crack jokes, talk, laug, — anything but work.

Xxx

Judge David was going through the docket and came across a long Bill in chancery, drawn by an excellent but somewhat indolent lawyer. He exclaimed, Why brother Snap, how did you rake up energy enough to get up such a long bill?
Dunno, Judge, replied the party addressed. The judge held up the Bill.
Astonishing, ain’t it? Brother Snap did it. Wonderful, eh Lincoln?

This amounted to an order on Lincoln for a joke at this point. He was ready.
“It is like the lazy preacher, drawled he, that used to write long sermons, and the explanation was, he got to writing and was too lazy to stop.”

Xxx
Liar Anecdotes

Lord Chatham said of an approaching debate,
“If I can’t speak standing, I will speak sitting, and if I can’t speak sitting I will speak lying.”

“Which he will do in whatever position he speaks, remarked Lord North.”
Xxx

It is said that the Japanese inspire no more confidence one in the other than they do in the citizens of the rest of the world.
Two merchants of Tokyo once met in the railway station.
“Where are you going?, ” asked the first one.
His friend hesitated and then said , “To Kobe.”
“Oh, you liar, said the first one angrily. You tell me you are going to Kobe to make me think you are going to Osaka. , but I have made inquiries and I k now you are going to Kobe!”

Xxxxsubhamxxxxxx