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Found on a tombstone
A truly happy person is one who can enjoy the scenery on a detour, and one who can enjoy browsing old cemeteries. Some fascinating things on old tombstones! Harry Edsel Smith of St Albans Herts.: Born 1903–Died 1942. Looked up the lift shaft to see if the lift was on the way down. It was. […]
Two friends
TWO FRIENDS WERE WALKING THROUGH THE DESERT. DURING SOME POINT OF THE JOURNEY, THEY HAD AN ARGUMENT; AND ONE FRIEND SLAPPED THE OTHER ONE IN THE FACE. THE ONE WHO GOT SLAPPED WAS HURT, BUT WITHOUT SAYING ANYTHING, WROTE IN THE SAND: TODAY MY BEST FRIEND SLAPPED ME IN THE FACE. THEY KEPT ON WALKING, […]
Problem-solving
To every complex problem there exists a solution which is neat, simple and wrong.
Elvis Impersonation
This incident happened 40 years ago… Our school PTA ladies were seeking a fundraiser for the school, and settled on a talent show. Every mother is sure her child is the most talented kid in town, seems to me. There were auditions, and all the usual, and there was one kid with some kind of […]
Psychological Question
Borrowed from a Usenet newsgroup… Read this question, come up with an answer and then scroll down to the bottom for the result. This is not a trick question. It is as it reads. No one I know has got it right. A woman, while at the funeral of her own mother, met a guy […]
My Aim in Life
“While women weep as they do now, I’ll fight; while little children go hungry as they do now, I’ll fight; while men go to prison, in and out, as they do now, I’ll fight; while there is a drunkard left, while there is a poor lost girl on the streets, while there remains one dark […]
What would you do?
Two Choices What would you do?….you make the choice. Don’t look for a punch line, there isn’t one. Read it anyway. My question is: Would you have made the same choice? At a fundraising dinner for a school that serves children with learning disabilities, the father of one of the students delivered a speech that […]
Real Poverty
Perspective! One day, the father of a very wealthy family took his son on a trip to the country with the express purpose of showing him how poor people live. They spent a couple of days and nights on the farm of what would be considered a very poor family. On their return from their […]
If a Dog was your Teacher
If a dog was the teacher you would learn stuff like: When loved ones come home, always run to greet them. Never pass up the opportunity to go for a joyride. Allow the experience of fresh air and the wind in your face to be pure ecstasy. When it’s in your best interest, practice obedience. […]
Mirth
Mirth is God’s medicine. Everybody ought to bathe in it. Grim care, moroseness, anxiety–all this rust of life–ought to be scoured off by the oil of mirth. –Henry Ward Beecher (1813-1887) American Congregational minister
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