The Baby Photographer
Mr. Jones was told he had a low sperm count so he & Mrs. Jones reluctantly decided they'd better hire a surrogate to help start their family. On the special day Mr. Jones kissed his wife and said, "Well, honey, I'm off. That guy should be here very soon."
Half an hour later, a passing baby photographer rang the doorbell in hopes of making a door-to-door sale.
"Good morning, Ma'am. You don't know me but I've come to --"
"No need to explain", Mrs. Jones cut in, "I've been expecting you."
"You have??", the photographer asked. "Well, then good! You see I've made a specialty of babies."
"That's exactly what my husband and I had hoped for", smiled Mrs. Jones. "Please come in and have a seat. But tell me -- just how do we start?", she asked, blushing.
"Okay, leave everything to me", the man replied. "Usually I try two in the bathtub, one on the couch and then perhaps a couple on the bed. Sometimes the living room floor is fun, too, because we can really spread out."
"Bathtub, living room floor? Lordy, no wonder it never worked for Herbert and me..", mused Mrs. Jones.
"Well, Ma'am, I can't always guarantee a good one every time but if we try a lot of positions, and if I shoot from five or six angles, I'm sure you'll be most pleased with the results."
"But I was really hoping that we could get this done rather quickly."
"Oh no, Ma'am. In my line of work a professional must take his time. I would love to be in and out in five minutes but you'd be quite disappointed if I did that, I'm sure."
"Well that is kinda true, I guess..", giggled Mrs. Jones.
The photographer opened his briefcase and proudly handed her a portfolio of his baby pictures.
"We made this one on the top of a bus in the midtown area."
"Oh, my word!" Mrs. Jones exclaimed.
"And these twins turned out exceptionally well, considering how their mother was - umm, a somewhat difficult customer."
"Why, so difficult?", Mrs. Jones inquired.
"Well it turned out that I finally had to take her out to Central Park to get her comfortable. We gave it a go on top of the big rocks, then out in a row boat but finally settled for doing it beneath a spreading tree. But passersby got curious and pretty soon we had a small group craning their necks for a better look."
"A group?", Mrs. Jones' eyes were the size of silver dollars.
"Yes indeed", said the photographer. "The job took me more than three hours, too. The mother was constantly complaining and squirming out of position. Between her and all the people it was very difficult to concentrate. So with sunset approaching, I began to rush my shots and finally had to pack it in when squirrels began nibbling my equipment."
"You mean they actually chewed on your ..eq.. equipment??"
"God's truth", he laughed, "But now Ma'am, if you're ready, I'll set up my tripod so that we can get to work."
"Tripod?!!"
"Certainly - you see, I need a tripod for my Canon because it's far too heavy to hold while I'm getting everything ready."
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"Ma'am? Ma'am?....Holy cow, she's run out the back door!”