New Zealand Quality Service Awards

Counting Down In his handmade birthday card for his grandmother, our ten-year-old grandson wrote: “I know birthdays get worse as you get older. But on the bright side, not many left now!” SUBMITTED BY LARRY HENTGES Time For Walkies The afternoon retirement party, at which I’d had a few drinks, had gone on longer than I had expected, so I was running late getting home from work. I still had to walk the dog, and I knew he would be waiting impatiently. I let myself in through the back door, slipped Ralph’s leash off its hook, grabbed the poop bags and headed out for our walk. I returned home from the stroll with a much clearer head, only to be greeted by my laughing wife and our confused-looking Labrador. “Are you going to take Ralph with you next time?” my wife chuckled as I gazed down at the empty lead in my hand.
 SUBMITTED BY DENNIS PEASNELL LIFE’S LIKE THAT “I never get what I want, so just give me a refund.” CARTOON: LEN CHAPMAN/TMBI LICENSE Seeing The Funny Side readersdigest.co.nz 17