Funny Jokes

A certain man notorious for his slowness paid attention for two years to a young lady, without coming to the point. The girl's father thought it time for him to interfere. On the swain's next visit, the father interviewed him:
"Jacob, you've been settin' up with Nellie, an' takin' her to picnics, an' to church an' the movies', an' nothin's come of it. So, now, Jacob, I ask you, as man to man, what be your intentions?"
And Jacob responded unabashed:
"Well, answerin' you as man to man, I'll say there hain't no cause for you to ruffle your shirt. My intentions is honorable-- but remote."