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        JOKE OF THE DAY

A KISS AND A SLAP
A young Technician and his General Manager board a train
headed through the mountains on its way to Wichita.
They can find no place to sit except for two seats right across
the aisle from a young woman and her grandmother.

After a while, it is obvious that the young woman and the young tech
are interested in each because they are giving each other "looks."
Soon the train passes into a tunnel and it is pitch black.
There is a sound of the smack of a kiss followed by
the sound of the smack of a slap.

When the train emerges from the tunnel, the four sit there
without saying a word.
The grandmother is thinking to herself: "It was very brash
for that young man to kiss my granddaughter,
but I'm glad she slapped him."
The General manager is setting there thinking: "I didn't know
the young tech was brave enough to kiss the girl, but I sure wish
she hadn't missed him when she slapped and hit me!"
The young woman was sitting and thinking: "I'm glad the guy kissed me,
but I wish my grandmother had not slapped him!"
The young tech sat there with a satisfied smile on his face.
He thought to himself: "Life at Boeing is good.

How often does a guy have the chance to kiss a beautiful girl
and slap his General manager all at the same time!!!!!