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His wife gave birth to a beautiful little girl. The midwife swore she’d never seen such pretty features. Big blue eyes, a pretty upturned button of a nose and cherry-red lips that promised to capture the heart of scores of unwary young men. But Fate can be cruel at times. In fact, the little angel was born blind. Her mum wanted to call her "Justice" but her father insisted on calling her “Faith”.

 

Martin is an architect. He’s a genius but has weird ideas. All the doors in his house are in the shape of fruits and other everyday objects. His bedroom door is in the shape of an apple. The door to the kitchen is in the shape of a fridge. The entrance door is in the shape of a jar. Whenever the door is opened a crack, somebody would shout: “Look! The door is ajar!”

 

There is a side to Van Gogh that not many are aware of. What most people know about him is that he was a genius painter. But he also was a down-to-earth sort of guy who never hesitated to help his fellowmen. You probably ignore how he came to lose his ear. Aha! Got your attention, didn’t I? Well here’s what happened. A friend of his, Paul Gauguin, I think, but don’t quote me on that, had a problem and needed to talk it over with someone. He found his friend Van Gogh and told him: “My friend, lend me your ear”. An unfortunate phrase if ever there was one. Rumour has it that from that day on, when he’s drinking in his usual bar and somebody asks: “Want a beer, Goghy?”

Vincent Van Gogh replies:

“No, thanks. I’ve got one ’ere.”

Reviews

[barleygirl]

You're very punny in this one! *smile* I admit, I was checking out another review & I didn't catch "Blind Faith" until then . . . I love the door ajar (doors are always ajar in my writes, for some reason). Your conversational asides in the last part are fun & the punch line definitely works well! Good job!

[Woody]

yes Blind Justice or Blind Faith. donnow, bad taste perhaps.
thank you as aways barleygirl. you're a doll.

[James]

I don't know where you come up with this stuff, but I laughed all the way through, with each change of direction it just got funnier. And really, shame on you, making us laugh at a blind girl. The door ajar was hilarious and I'm glad I now know how van Gogh lost his ear.

[Woody]

haha thanks a million my friend. I'm overjoyed you laughed at this one.
to be honest, I did feel a bit uneasy with the first one but I just had to make something out of "blind justice/blind faith".
it's always so good to see you around James.

[Jack Wolfe]

A very interesting read, I'm glad I caught it, and thanks for the chuckle. Normally I'd leave a drawn out review, but I don't have much to add, it was witty and enjoyable.

[Woody]

much appreciated, Jack. glad you like it.

[Wynter Page]

I love this, it's very witty and it made me chuckle. Very well done.

[Woody]

thank you very much Wynter. glad you like it :)

[Samuel Dickens]

Heh-heh. Pretty clever, Woody. I'm aware of at least one other Vincent joke, the punch line being, Merry Christmas, Vincent, and happy new ear!"

[Woody]

haha haven't heard this one in donkey's ears, Sam. always a pleasure to see you stop by. thank you.

[Rachelle]

Paul Gauguin….
Ha! Ha! So hilarious, Waheed!

[Woody]

thanks a million Rachelle.
are you telling me that the culprit was Paul Gauguin and not renoir?

[Rachelle]

He was sort of BFF with Paul, right?

[Woody]

you probably know better than me, frankly. I just picked Renoir from my memory at random. I seem to remember that they were from the same period.

[Rachelle]

I remember his fallout with Paul sent him to the asylum…. They were roomies. Paul left because of the ear incident.

[Woody]

haha the ear incident? so he was the one!!!

[Rachelle]

Not so sure but Paul freaked out and left when he found out Vincent cut his own ear off.

[Woody]

ok. good to know. thx :) I'll have to change the name to make it more realistic.

[Rachelle]

glad to know my stint as assistant to a curator has helped….

[Woody]

multi-talented girl!!

[Bright Ocean Star]

Very nice, Woody! It took me a little while, and a re-read, but I finally got the 'blind faith' joke. Very nice! It requires a bit of intellect early in the morning! I got the other two right away. The door ajar is brilliant...and I love the van gogh story. Most humorous! Thank you for my laugh of the day! Bravo!

[Woody]

always a pleasure to make you smile Anna. have a great day :)

[Vidya Bacchus]

I absolutely love where your stories and poems take me.To a place of laughter and wit.You are a true master Sir Engluva :)

[Woody]

you are so sweet to say so Vid. I'm over the moon 'cause I made you laugh.

[Vidya Bacchus]

You are very welcome and I speak the truth my dear friend :)

[Hope]

Man ! Your work requires me to be witty ! Like that story about the baby..I just got that one down there..but all I can say is that your work honestly reflects your personality ..you are indeed very witty and yes about those punchlines ? They add so much spice to your work ! Brilliance !

[Woody]

Thank you very much, dear Poetess. I keep hoping that the reader will have as much fun reading my writings as I had writing them. I hope that Hope has, too :)

[Hope]

haha :) Thank you !

[Rana]

Haha nice witty puns you've used in here Engluva. Interesting n funny piece.. :)

[Woody]

Thanks Rana. glad you like it.