At Random

The first runner-up came from Linda Leuthold, daughter of Steve. It would have smacked of nepotism to make her the winner.

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We thought the following joke was the winner, right up until the last day of the month.

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Roger Young, Criterion Investment Management in Houston, in an obvious attempt to dominate our competition, tried to make it two in a row with this entry. Recognizing the current environment, your editor saw fit to alter the gender.

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This month, we have another repeat winner. Another blue ribbon goes to Roger Young, Criterion Investment Management, Houston Texas.

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It was not even close. The hands down Joke of the Month winner in October was the U.S. Congress…..The Thomas hearings, check kiting, ticket fixing, five year old unpaid luncheon tabs, etc.

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John Dickerson in Denver had the winner…..up until a last minute entry from Mike Graf, Financial Management Advisors in Beverly Hills. Mike's joke appealed to this office's current level of Viking frustration. (But how 'bout those Twins!)

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For a number of months now we have accepted only chicken jokes as Joke of the Month candidates. The theory was that surely chicken jokes would not be offensive to anybody. Obviously, we were wrong…..Sorry, no more chicken jokes.

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This month the winner is Jesse Cherrier, a second grader at Alice Smith Elementary School in Hopkins, Minnesota.

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Recently, in an effort to correct this publication’s political incorrectness, the decision was made to only accept chicken jokes in our monthly joke competition. Chickens are so dumb, they can’t be offended…actually they can’t even read.

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In keeping with our attempts to keep this publication’s humor “politically correct” and inoffensive to all, this month’s winner is another chicken joke. It comes from Frank Stanley at Phoenix Investment Counsel in Hartford.

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Sorry, there was not much left when the sensitivity censor finished his work. However, there is one joke survivor, one that I’m sure will not offend anybody.

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For the first time in the history of the competition we have a tie. Duplicate prizes will be awarded to Carl Hallen at Duke Endowment and John McGinley of Technical Trends in Wilton, Connecticut.

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Joke aficionado Scott Archer of The Leuthold Group, tells me this joke is so old, most readers probably have forgotten it. Nevertheless, most of us younger folk in The Leuthold Group have never heard it. Old or not, here is financial writer Tony Carideo’s (Minneapolis Star Tribune) winning entry.

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“Awful’’ Knutson, The Leuthold Group’s current crusty old Norwegian stock market timing consultant, is this month’s winner, dedicating his entry to Evel’s Hartford friend, Pete.

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I brought this joke last month in an infamous Minneapolis watering hole known as The Little Wagon.

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It is not our practice to use ethnic jokes, unless they happen to be Norwegian, Swedish or Aggie. But this is just too good to pass up....And they liked it in Hartford.

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The winner comes from Alpine Capital Management in Denver. Susan Lynn sent in the joke, but at John Dickerson’s request. Since John has been a previous winner, the award should go to Susan.

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Two great jokes this month were deemed inappropriate for publication herein. We are now considering a new soft dollar service: “The Unprintable Joke of the Month”…..inquire as to our pricing for this new Dial-A-Joke service.

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The winner is from John Dickerson, Chairman of Alpine Capital Management in Denver. Scott Archer of The Leuthold Group says this is in fact, an old joke, but then Scott knows more jokes than anybody (although most are unprintable).

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Cartoon of the Month comes from Cheryl Stafford at Wellington Management in Boston. Cheryl came across this gem in the UK’s Spectator. You might have to think about this one for a minute or so.

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