A newly appointed secretary reached office late in the morning The boss was furious and asked for the reason for being late.

The secretary replied, "Sir it is no fault of mine, I have just preponed the half-hour lunch break".

The boss was just taken aback and kept silent". O.K.

Perseverance

A woman once asked Thomas Alva Edison (1847-1931) to write a motto for her son.

Edison wrote, "Never look at the clock".

The Boxer and the Motorist

A crowd of people had gathered around a man who was lying on the ground completely battered, His eyes were closing and colored, his face was in a terrible mess, and he could not stand up.

Someone had sent for the police, and a constable came running up.;

He asked. "Is this the boxer who was run into by a motorist".

"No", replied an onlooker, "this is the motorist who ran into the boxer".