Wendy heard Ted thump clumsily down the stairs, hastily rounding the post and entering the kitchen. “Wendy?” Ted glanced around and couldn’t see...her. “I’m ready!” Ted walked to the counter and retrieved his wallet and key ring, slipping them into his pockets and looking for his shoes near the backdoor. Wendy entered the kitchen silently from the darkened dining room. Her heavy block heels landed noiselessly on the hard tile floor. It was several seconds before Ted finally noticed her. He turned. ”“Go on then, see if you can. B - R - I - D - E.”She’s undressed and laying on the bed in a seductive pose.“Hey, that’s great sweetheart, alright, I bet you I can be undressed and on the bed before you can spell GROOM.”So she spells “G - R - Ohhh - Ohhh - Mmmmm.”This one is compliments of John A. it may be a repeatTHE DUCK AND THE LAWYERA big city lawyer went duck hunting in rural North Wairarapa. He shot and dropped a bird, but it fell into a farmer’s field on the other side of a fence. As the. Jeffry thinks he’s happy. Ask him how he’s doing and the reply is invariably, ‘Just fine, just fine. How about you?’ He’s lying to himself. He does have friends and he shares a pint now and then with them. They read a lot, like him. A couple of them even aspire to be writers, churning out detective or adventure stories that no eyes will read with interest. One of his friends works for a lawyer that specializes in divorces of once loving couples. He hates his job but is scared to quit and look. I like having you around, plus you’re a big help, and you’re just full of surprises on every visit. I like surprises, even some of the ones where I was kind of involved. I was surprised to see you and Dev a little earlier.”Elise looked at him in a teasing way, “He was spectacular, but whatever else have I done to surprise you?”A few of the others were listening in on the conversation and almost laughing.Dave put his finger aside his head. “Let me think! Hmmmmm. Aaron is only my half brother..