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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.

Children in Church (humour)

A little boy was in a relative’s wedding. As he was coming down the aisle, he would take two steps, stop, and turn to the crowd. While facing the crowd, he would put his hands up like claws and roar. So it went, step, step, ROAR, step, step, ROAR, all the way down the aisle. […]

Religious stuff: humor

Why Go to Church? One Sunday morning, a mother went in to wake her son and tell him it was time to get ready for church, to which he replied, “I’m not going.” “Why not?” she asked. I’ll give you two good reasons,” he said. “(1), they don’t like me, and (2), I don’t like […]

Crazy/stupid/funny one-liners

Murphy says to Paddy, “What ya talkin into an envelope for?” “I’m sending a voicemail ya fool!”        Paddy says “Mick, I’m thinking of buying a Labrador .”Blow that” says Mick “have you seen how many of their owners go blind?”  19 paddies go to the cinema, the ticket lady asks “Why so many […]

Humor: Paraprosdokians

Paraprosdokians (Winston Churchill loved them), are figures of speech in which the latter part of a sentence or phrase is surprising or unexpected; frequently humorous. 1. Where there’s a will, I want to be in it. 2. The last thing I want to do is hurt you. But it’s still on my list. 3. Since […]

Puns for educated minds

The fattest knight at King Arthur’s round table was Sir Cumference. He  acquired his size from too much pi. I thought I saw an eye-doctor on an Alaskan island, but it turned out to be an optical Aleutian . She was only a whisky-maker, but he loved her still. A rubber-band pistol was confiscated from […]

Australia Computer Terminology – Getting ready for Broadband in the Bush!!

  A little bit of Aussie culcha (See below for British culture) LOGON: Adding wood to make the barbie hotter LOG OFF: Not adding any more wood to the barbie. MONITOR: Keeping an eye on the barbie. DOWNLOAD: Getting the firewood off the ute. HARD DRIVE: Making the trip back home without any cold tinnies. […]

Tricky Questions at Job Interviews

Acing those tricky questions at the job interview Date September 27, 2014 Jonathan Rivett The melting pot: Where all job seekers end up. BENIGN TO FIVE It has happened to all of us. You go into a job interview brimming with confidence like a cauldron of self-satisfaction, feeling more-than-adequately armed to confront the coming interrogatory […]

A lady took my seat in church…

A lady took my seat in church a while back. It’s not that important really. She is a very nice lady, kind and considerate. A good friend, in fact. There were several other seats available. I can sit anywhere. The people in our congregation are as friendly and caring as you will find anywhere in […]

Smiling won’t hurt too much!

A  grandmother is giving directions to her grown grandson who is coming to visit with his wife. “You come to the front door of the apartments. I am in apartment 301 . There is a big panel at the front door. With your elbow, push button 301. I will buzz you in. Come inside and […]

English Words: a Phenomenal 2-letter word

 PHENOMENAL 2 LETTER  WORD      THIS IS SOOOOOOOOOOOO  CLEVER!  I’m   sure you will enjoy this.  I never knew one  word in  English language that can be a  noun, verb, adj, adv,   prep.    UP   Read until  the end … You’ll laugh.   This   two-letter word in English has more meanings  than  any other two-letter word, and that  word  […]