By David Crawford

David Crawford is a syndicated humour columnist, based in Kelowna, BC. He has won America’s Funniest Humor Writing contest three times, and has twice been a finalist for the Robert Benchley Award for Humor. He only writes jokes after rigorous, double blind, randomized trials on his children.

THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM AS TAUGHT BY A PLUMBER

The shortage of qualified surgeons in this country has led to drastic measures being taken. Here is a transcript of a lecture given recently to new surgical interns by Master Plumber Fred Johnson of Johnson’s Plumbing and Heating. “Let’s go over the design plans briefly before we begin our operation, fellas.” “We’ll proceed from the top, here at this access panel, and then move our way down to the waste stack, here.” “Behind the access panel opening you’ll usually find several enamel fixtures in a curved array, with multiple small valves supplying fluid to the fixtures and the upper end…