"Need a ride"

Some Time ago I had an appointment at a VA hospital and decided to ride a disabled Veterans Van, and not having to find someone to drive me there and back. My home is in a town some miles away from the VA Hospital,

When my appointment was over and I was ready to return to my home, I went to where a person would go to catch the next Van back to the city. Arriving at the Van pickup place, I was informed that there was a mechanical problem and there would be a delay of about one hour.

At the entrance to the hospital, there is a small seating area just outside, the bench was close to a street corner. I sat there for a few minutes, and a woman pulled up and stops. She turns to me and says: Hi Handsome, “need a lift?” I thought to myself, why not! So I got on behind her and put my arms around her waist, (like you would on a regular motor cycle,) and away we went. A short time thereafter it started to sputter and we came to a stop on the side of a country road. I thought, now would be a good time for one of my smart remarks, so I said: Don’t tell me we ran out of gas?

The woman’s name was Wanda and she was a witch riding on a broom. Wanda said: “NO”, brooms do not run on gas, they run on a coin operated meters and showed me where one would put the money. From my pocket I took two quarters and put them in the slot. The broom started to purr once again and off we went, several minutes had passed and the broom started to sputter once again, But, with Wanda being an expert on Broom Flying, she made a perfect Dead Stick landing.

She looked at me and said: Two quarters didn’t get us very far, but this meter will accept bills, in any denotations. I pulled out my bill fold, there were no dollar bills or even a five, ten or twenty. I had only one fifty dollar bill and Wanda said: that will work. I ask: what about my change and she said that will be taken care of at the end of the journey.

So: I gave my fifty to the meter and off we went. Arriving at my home address, Wanda pushed a few buttons and out came a small slip of paper with the amount of the fare on it and she handed it to me. I asked? Where is my change, so she pushed the button again. A second slip of paper came out and it said: thank you for your donation to (The Old Witches Retirement Fund), Then Wanda and her broom were gone, They had disappeared before I could ask my next question.

Now we all know that a witch’s broom works with magic, no coin operated meter is needed.

You should also know that people with money have no imagination and those with an imagination, don’t have any money. I have never seen or heard of a story teller that ever had a fifty dollar bill.

Not all liars are story tellers and no story teller is a liar! It is you who read these stories that will believe anything. Now turn off the light and go to sleep!

By: Ben ®