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Articles on this site express varying points of view, to encourage mature thinking on serious issues. The assumption is that you will want to study a controversial topic from various angles before you arrive at a conclusion, rather than simply believe what someone told you when you were impressionable! (So some stuff here is ‘hot’. Proceed at your own risk!). See the Statement of Faith for John Mark Ministries' theological stance.

Lucky

. TODAYS RIDDLE: . What work is it that the faster you work, the longer it is before you’re done, and the slower you work, the sooner you’re finished? . x x x x x Scroll down for the answer x x x x x Here it comes x x x x x . roasting […]

One Liners from Airline Pilots and flight attendants

a.. During the “anyone caught smoking or tampering with a smoke detector in the lavatory will be prosecuted….” spiel, a creative Southwest Airlines attendant added., “Said individual will also be treated to a private screening of “Gone With the Wind…….from the wing” b.. On a Continental Flight with a very “senior” flight attendant crew, the […]

Dogs

My sister-in-law, a truck driver, had decided to get a dog for protection. As she inspected a likely candidate, the trainer told her, “He doesn’t like men.” . “Perfect,” my sister-in-law thought and took the dog. . Then one day she was approached by two men in a parking lot, and she watched to see […]

Lawns & God

GOD: St. Francis, you know all about gardens and nature. What in the world is going on down there in the USA? What happened to the dandelions, violets, thistle and stuff I started eons ago? I had a perfect, no-maintenance garden plan. Those plants grow in any type of soil, withstand drought and multiply with […]

Riddles etc.

. TODAYS RIDDLE: . ALBERT EINSTEIN’S RIDDLE . ARE YOU IN THE TOP 2% OF INTELLIGENT PEOPLE IN THE WORLD? SOLVE THE RIDDLE AND FIND OUT. . There are no tricks, just pure logic, so good luck and don’t give up. . 1. In a street there are five houses, painted five different colours. 2. […]

Black and White

Black and White (Under age 40? You won’t understand.) You could hardly see for all the snow, Spread the rabbit ears as far as they go. Pull a chair up to the TV set, “Good Night, David. Good Night, Chet.” Dependin’g on the channel you tuned, You got Rob and Laura – or Ward and […]

Darwin Awards (more)

Here are two mobile phone thieves from Manchester who should surely have been included. A musician, Leo, was returning at about 2am from the club where he had been playing a gig. He’d left his instruments as he was playing there again the following night, but was walking home as he had forgotten his money, […]

A Plan for the Improvement of English Spelling

by Mark Twain For example, in Year 1 that useless letter “c” would be dropped to be replased either by “k” or “s”, and likewise “x” would no longer be part of the alphabet. The only kase in which “c” would be retained would be the “ch” formation, which will be dealt with later. Year […]

Did I send this to you already?

Did I send this to you already? I can’t remember. NEW VIRUS Just got this in from a reliable source. It seems there is a virus called the “Senile Virus” that even the most advanced programs of Norton and McAfee cannot take care of it . so be warned. The virus appears to affect those […]

The Future of America?

From Ninure: I know at least one of these is, in fact, true!! How do these people survive? 1. Recently, when I went to McDonald’s I saw on the menu that you could have an order of 6, 9 or 12 Chicken McNuggets. I asked for a half dozen nuggets. “We don’t have half dozen […]