[Humour] Joke du Jour.

[Jack Straw]

A man went to see his doctor and told him that the only food he could eat without being violently ill were fresh herbs. His neighbour had several pots of herbs which he grew, and lent the man some so he could pick the leaves off and eat them when he got hungry. The doctor gave him the news he had dreaded. He was living on borrowed thyme.

 

[essbee1]

Hold on, hold on a second, something's not right here. How can you lend someone
something they then eat?

 

[WATFORD zero]

Hold on, hold on a second, something's not right here. How can you lend someone
something they then eat?

Absolutely

The punchline should read 'given thyme'

 

[Is it PotG?]

How did he know that the freshly plucked green herbage was the ONLY digestible foodstuff. Had he tried every other single thing in the world?

A sage Doctor indeed.

 

[Tim Over Whelmed]

The advice his doctor gave was mint, that said he's got too much thyme on his hands and shouldn't be wasting it on this guy, this is why the NHS is in the state it is, why didn't he just go online for the advice?

 

[Baldseagull]

Hold on, hold on a second, something's not right here. How can you lend someone
something they then eat?

He can buy some and return the same quantity, it won't be the same Thyme, bit like when you borrow a £20, you don't usually give the same actual note back to the lender, just an equal amount of legal tender.

 

[Triggaaar]

Hold on, hold on a second, something's not right here. How can you lend someone
something they then eat?

He's borrowed the plants, which he can later return. He won't return the leaves he eats, but new ones will grow.

 

[essbee1]

He can buy some and return the same quantity, it won't be the same Thyme, bit like when you borrow a £20, you don't usually give the same actual note back to the lender, just an equal amount of legal tender.

Not if it came into my kitchen. Basil is a classic example. Once you've used the leaves, the plant's essentially knackered.

 

[essbee1]

He's borrowed the plants, which he can later return. He won't return the leaves he eats, but new ones will grow.

I refer you to my basil case.

 

[Triggaaar]

I refer you to my basil case.

Not relevant, you can have a thyme plant that keeps producing leaves, as was clearly the case for the poor chap.

 

[AmexRuislip]

The man could parsley the thyme away by, waiting for Dr Basil(if thats his name), to Oreganover to the pharmacy to Dilly Dally about, a bit more!

 

[essbee1]

Not relevant, you can have a thyme plant that keeps producing leaves, as was clearly the case for the poor chap.

I genuinely think that thyme is the same. Having cinn-em-on tv doing the same thing.

 

[Goldstone1976]

It's a sexist story. Any fule kno that the leading expert on herb-based disorders is a woman; Rosemary something, I think.

 

[Triggaaar]

I genuinely think that thyme is the same. Having cinn-em-on tv doing the same thing.

When they're on tv they have a pathetic little pot to pick from, and once picked the plant is almost gone. You can get a much larger plant that'll keep going.

 

[Hugo Rune]

What if the herb is cannabis? I think the OP has a duty to report this to his local constable. It’s possible that he’ll get a bit of Lovage in return.

 

[essbee1]

When they're on tv they have a pathetic little pot to pick from, and once picked the plant is almost gone. You can get a much larger plant that'll keep going.

water-crass thing to postulate Triggy

 

[AmexRuislip]

water-crass thing to postulate Triggy

 

[Gabbafella]

How many thyme plants has the neighbour got? It seems a bit far fetched to think that one plant can easily sustain a fully grown man.
And isn't borrowing it and then having to replace it each time a little counterproductive? Why doesn't he just buy his own plant?

 

[sydney]

my old chemistry teacher was found dead , hanging from his wardrobe door by a belt around his neck , he was wearing fish net stockings and stilettos and he had a 12 inch dildo rammed uphill arse ......at his funeral which most of the old boys attended the vicar said he would be remembered for his charity work.....i don't think so ....

 

[marcos3263]

my old chemistry teacher was found dead , hanging from his wardrobe door by a belt around his neck , he was wearing fish net stockings and stilettos and he had a 12 inch dildo rammed uphill arse ......at his funeral which most of the old boys attended the vicar said he would be remembered for his charity work.....i don't think so ....

Maybe not