Please don’t get me wrong. I love Mrs. Scoop’s mother. She makes the best dog food in town.

And please don’t tell her I’m sharing these mother-in-law jokes sent by a reader.

I don’t want to hurt her feelings. But here goes:

I was at a magic show, when after one particularly amazing trick, someone screamed out, “Wow, how did you do that.”

“I would tell you”, answered the magician, “but then I’d have to kill you.”

After a moment the same voice cried out “Can you tell my mother-in-law?”

George went on a vacation to the Middle East with his family, including his mother-in-law.

During their vacation in Jerusalem, George’s mother-in-law died.

With the death certificate in his hand, George went to the American Consulate to make arrangements to send the body back to the United States for proper burial.

The Consul told George that sending the body back is expensive. It could cost him as much as $5,000.

In most cases, the person responsible normally decides to bury the body here in Jerusalem.

This would only cost him $150.

“I don’t care how much it will cost to send the body back, that’s what I want to do,” George said.

“You must love your mother-in-law very much considering the difference in price,” the Consul said.

“No, it’s not that,” said George. “You see, I know of a case many, many years ago of a man that was buried here in Jerusalem. On the 3rd day he rose from the dead. I just can’t take that chance!”

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