blind bob: A blind man by the name of plumbob went to a restaurant. Menu sir? asked the owner. I’m blind, just bring me one of your dirty forks, I will smell it and order. The confused...

Ronniejw Loc: West Point MS

A blind man by the name of plumbob went to a restaurant.
Menu sir? asked the owner. I’m blind, just bring me one of your dirty forks, I will smell it and order.
The confused owner went to the kitchen to retrieve a fork and returned to the blind man. The blind man smelled the fork with a deep breath, yes I will have the lamb with seasoned potatoes and spring vegetables.
Unbelievable, thought the owner.
The blind man ate and left. Two weeks later the blind man returned. The owner, wanting to know how good his smell is, quickly went to the kitchen where his wife Brenda was cooking and said, do me a favor and rub this fork over your private part which she did. He then goes to the blind man and gives him the fork.
The blind man takes it and puts it to his nose and says, oh interesting! I never knew Brenda works here!

Lee626 Loc: Brick NJ [ near the Jersey shore ]

Good one Ronnie, thanks for the laugh

flyguy Loc: Lake Onalaska, Sunfish Capitol of the World!

Ronniejw wrote:

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Another good one, Ronnie.

Ronniejw Loc: West Point MS

flyguy wrote:

Another good one, Ronnie.

LOL payback time

FourchonLa. Loc: Fourchon Louisiana, South Louisiana

They say when you lose one of your senses others make up for the loss. It appears PB is making the most of it.

Lee626 Loc: Brick NJ [ near the Jersey shore ]

FourchonLa. wrote:

They say when you lose one of your senses others make up for the loss. It appears PB is making the most of it.

That's not so true, a bunch of years back i had a serious head injury and lost my sense of smell and 75% of the vision in my left eye, none of my other senses got stronger in fact my vision is getting worse, now that may have to do with age but everything else was the same

FourchonLa. Loc: Fourchon Louisiana, South Louisiana

Lee626 wrote:

That's not so true, a bunch of years back i had a serious head injury and lost my sense of smell and 75% of the vision in my left eye, none of my other senses got stronger in fact my vision is getting worse, now that may have to do with age but everything else was the same

I’ll defer to you Lee as I’ve not had that misfortune. My eyesight is not what it once was but is probably more age related as you suggest.

Fishandrods Loc: Alpine Ca foothills of San Diego

Ronniejw wrote:

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Reminds me of a joke I heard many years ago. A guy who works at a lumberyard has a blind friend he wants to get a job at the yard and takes him to his boss and says that the boss should hire him to work in the yard to help customers find what they need, and the boss said how will he know one thing from the other being blind. So he says I'll show you and goes and picks up a 2x4 10 ft and holds it up to the blind guy and he smells it and says it's a 2x4 10 ft and the boss says try that again with another piece of lumber and the blind guy gets it right again. So the boss gets his secretary to come over and bend over in front of the blind guy and has him sniff her and the blind guy says as far as I can tell is someone left the sh??? House door open on a tuna boat.

Ronniejw Loc: West Point MS

FourchonLa. wrote:

I’ll defer to you Lee as I’ve not had that misfortune. My eyesight is not what it once was but is probably more age related as you suggest.

I've had a loss of smell, some taste 10 or so years ago, it just happened over a couple of months. My hearing is down some from working in noisy environment. Sight is only not good on reading, they don't make allowances for us older people. I can still see a deer and hit it either with rifle or crossbow

plumbob Loc: New Windsor Maryland

Ronniejw wrote:

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Ronnie it all comes from my background in the pluming field. It starts at the Journeyman's test when we are blindfolded and different deposits of manure are placed in front of us and to pass we must know the different origins.

To get one's master license, well i better stop here i think you get the smell.

Ronniejw Loc: West Point MS

plumbob wrote:

Ronnie it all comes from my background in the pluming field. It starts at the Journeyman's test when we are blindfolded and different deposits of manure are placed in front of us and to pass we must know the different origins.

To get one's master license, well i better stop here i think you get the smell.

Yes I do. At times I'm glad I can't smell things, 1 example is if I see a dead skunk on the road, the smell seems to be drawn inside and can tell by my passenger's expression

Lee626 Loc: Brick NJ [ near the Jersey shore ]

It's not bad sometimes, don't have to worry about picking up after the dog on a hot summer day but you'll also never know if you stepped in it unless someone tells you you smell like dog s*!t

GSMJr Loc: SoCal> Pflugerville (Austin), TX

Lee626 wrote:

That's not so true, a bunch of years back i had a serious head injury and lost my sense of smell and 75% of the vision in my left eye, none of my other senses got stronger in fact my vision is getting worse, now that may have to do with age but everything else was the same

Years ago my cousin was practicing for a regional skating competition when her partner locked skates and he fell on top of her. She only had a mild concussion but lost her sense of smell and taste. To this day she does not smoke cigarettes any more, good outcome.

Smokypig Loc: Cheyenne, wyoming

Ronniejw wrote:

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This is just one of the reasons that Plumbob is one of my heroes.