Humor and Jokes

Dear Diary:

There is a bench in Central Park that I love to sit on. It is dedicated to Steve Karmen, who wrote the “I Love New York” jingle. The bench faces the Central Park carousel. I sometimes spend hours there, daydreaming and watching the children’s happy faces.

One beautiful afternoon, I was sitting on the bench and humming the jingle when I saw an older woman with a cane walking as fast she could toward the carousel.

She was smiling from ear to ear but she was moving so fast that I feared she might fall down. I assumed she was excited because she was meeting her grandchildren and was in a hurry to see them.

I instinctively stood up to be nearby and ready should anything happen to her, so I was close enough to hear her speak to the attendant as she got to the ticket booth.

“Hello,” she said. “How much is a ride?”

“$3.25,” the attendant said.

“Give me two,” the woman said. “Once I am on that horse, it’s tough for me to get down.”