There were several submittals for the shortest joke, which I will post next week. For now, here is a submittal for the longest joke. The originator of the story is Kansas Governor John Anderson Jr. He died a few years ago at 97. He was also Attorney General in Kansas, owned a large farm in Kansas and was known as a marvelous litigator. He used the other person's claims to make his own case. The following story is an illustration of this technique in a humorous way,
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Farmer John hired a new man to help him on his farm as he had many times in the past. As part of his pay, the hired man and his family were allowed to live in the house behind the main house. As farmers are prone to do, especially in the busy time of the year, they work 7 days a week. Come Sunday, Farmer John was in the barnyard tending to things while waiting for Tom, the new hired man, to come out and begin the work day. After waiting quite a while, John went to the house out back where the hired man and his family were living. John knocked on the door to the house and Ethel, Tom’s wife, answered and the conversation went like this:
John: Good morning, Ethel. Where’s Tom ? Time to go to work.
Ethel: Oh, Tom’s not coming to work today.
John: What’s the matter ? He sick ?
Ethel: No. In a conversation with the Lord this morning, God told Tom not to go to work because it was the Lord’s Day.
John: Oh. What time did he talk with the Lord ?
Ethel: About 45 minutes ago.
John: Well, that explains that.
Ethel: What do you mean?
John: Well, not 15 minutes ago, and after you and Tom already had talked with the Lord, I too had a conversation with the Lord. Do you
believe that ?
Ethel: Oh, Yes, the Lord will speak to anyone who speaks to Him.
John: Well, anyway, I was having a conversation with the Lord and He said: “John, looks like rain, better go get Tom and get that hay up before it rains.”
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