From the "Old Humor" collection: MDF: 8/11/95

Other Block Grants
worth considering

THE ULYSSES S. (BLOCK) GRANT: Providing civil war battle re-enactment funds to the states. THE H & R BLOCK GRANT: Turning the IRS over to the states. THE CHIP OFF THE OLD BLOCK GRANT: Providing  federal inheritance taxes as a grant to the states. THE PUNT BLOCK GRANT: Providing for the devolution of all federal football responsibilities. THE CELL BLOCK GRANT: Providing each state with a fair share of cells in the federal penitentiary system. THE ARTERIAL BLOCK GRANT: Heart stopping block grant legislation. THE WRITERS BLOCK GRANT: No legislation yet drafted. THE SEWER BLOCK GRANT: Too much legislation drafted. THE FROCK BLOCK GRANT: Providing for the devolution of the federal judiciary. THE SCHLOCK BLOCK GRANT: Providing for block granting in bad taste. THE MOCK BLOCK GRANT: A make believe block grant. THE CROCK BLOCK GRANT: Provides funding to explain other block grants to state and local officials. THE CHOPPING BLOCK GRANT: The genuine article. BLOCK GRANTS TOMB: Where block grants go when they die.