An old man lived alone in Idaho. He wanted to spade his potato garden, but it was very hard work. His only son, Allen, who used to help him, was in prison. The old man wrote a letter to his son and described his predicament:

Dear Allen,

I am feeling pretty bad because it looks like I won't be able to plant my potato garden this year. I'm just getting too old to be digging up a garden plot. If you were here, all my troubles would be over. I know you would dig the plot for me.

Love Dad

A few days later he received a letter from his son:

Dear Dad,

Long ago in a Polish town there lived a wise Rabbi. One night a peddler came
to the Rabbi's house. "Rabbi," he said, "I am going to kill myself!"

"Heaven, forbid!" cried the Rabbi, "What could make you have such a sinful
thought?"

"Is it better than I should starve to death! Today my horse died and without a
horse I cannot earn my living!"

"Look," said the Rabbi, "the Holy One, Blessed be He, will provide for you.
Tonight, at midnight, meet me at the stable of the Count." The peddler had no
idea what the Rabbi could mean, but obediently he arrived at the Count's

A psychology student was to help a professor in conducting a personality
test. The room was set up with various props in order to move through
the assessment quickly. The first person to enter the room started
through the test.

"How does this glass of water look to you?"
Person 1: It is half empty.
Student writes 'pessimist' in his report.

Person 2 enters the room. "How does this glass of water look to you?"

Person 2: It is half full.
Student writes 'optimist' in his report.

Person 3 enters the room. "How does this glass of water look to you?"

After booking my 80-year-old grandmother on a flight from Florida
to Nevada, I called the airline to go over her special needs. The
representative listened patiently as I requested a wheelchair and
an attendant for my mother because of her arthritis and impaired
vision to the point of near blindness.

My apprehension lightened a bit when the woman assured me that
everything would be taken care of. I thanked her profusely. "Oh,
you're welcome," she replied. I was about to hang up when she
cheerfully asked, ... "And will your grandmother need a rental
car?"