Rowland Croucher
Product Warnings
On a Sears hairdryer — Do not use while sleeping. (That’s the only time I have to work on my hair.) ============================= On a bag of Fritos — You could be a winner! No purchase necessary. Details inside. (the shoplifter special?) ============================= On a bar of Dial soap — “Directions: Use like regular soap.” (and […]
Laura Bush Bought A Parrot
Laura Bush bought Dubya a parrot for his birthday. She told Dick Cheney, “The bird is so smart! George has already taught him to mispronounce over 200 words!” “Wow, that’s pretty impressive,” Cheney said. “But you realize that he just says the words. He doesn’t understand what they mean.” “That’s okay,” Laura replied. “Neither does […]
Wikipedia article on ex-pastors
Ex-pastors: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ex-pastors See also: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rowland_Croucher
Politics and the Internet in Australia
Politics and the Internet No one really knows if the Internet will be a force for a new kind of democracy, or just another (albeit miraculous) technology. Shifting sands in demography, voter behaviour, and the world wide web, are all challenges for political campaigners. Pitfalls and successes abound. Reporter Sharona Coutts. This transcript was typed […]
Mothers
1. My mother taught me TO APPRECIATE A JOB WELL DONE. “If you’re going to kill each other, do it outside. I just finished cleaning.” 2. My mother taught me RELIGION . “You better pray that will come out of the carpet.” 3. My mother taught me about TIME TRAVEL. “If you don’t straighten up, […]
Jewish Jokes
THE ROWING TEAM Yeshiva University decided to field a rowing team. Unfortunately, they lose race after race. Even though they practice and practice for hours everyday, they never manage to come in any better than dead last. Finally, the team decides to send Morris Fishbein, its captain, to spy on Harvard, the perennial championship team. […]
CHURCH AS THERMOMETER OR THERMOSTAT
CHURCH AS THERMOMETER OR THERMOSTAT: WORDS FROM BIRMINGHAM JAIL To an acculturated and accommodated church, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. wrote these words. He wrote them to us in Birmingham, from our jail, fifty years ago but the words ring true in the church today, perhaps in the church of any age, so let us […]
Ironies of Falwell
Sightings 5/21/07 — Martin E. Marty Today’s is the 369th M.E.M. Sightings (archived since 1999). At forty lines each, that means there have been 14,720 lines, only seven of which — in a 2001 and a 2005 column — were devoted to Jerry Falwell. Our calculators tell us this means he thus received 0.000475543 percent […]
How much should a church budget for a pastor’s professional development?
This, for most denominations, is in the ‘how long is a piece of string?’ category. The Uniting Church is an exception. We in JMM are on the receiving end of ‘professional development’ contributions for the pastors we counsel etc. but the churches which cover these are often doing it in the ‘contingency’ category (which means […]
Number 1 Song on your date of birth
Find the number 1 song on the day of your birth. http://www.joshhosler.biz/NumberOneInHistory/SelectMonth.htm — Shalom! Rowland Croucher http://jmm.org.au/ (20,000 articles 4000 humor)
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