ABSTRACT DEFINITIONS Suggestion: read the phonetizations. Arbitrator ar’-bi-tray-ter: A cook that leaves Arby’s to work at McDonald’s. Avoidable uh-voy’-duh-buhl: What a bullfighter tries to do. Baloney uh-lo’-nee: Where some hemlines […]
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WHEN SUNDAY SCHOOL IS FREE Bobby returned home from Sunday School eating a candy bar. His mother had given Bobby just enough money for the offering, so she inquired, “Where
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OLD HOCKEY INJURY A man came to work one day, limping something awful. One of his co-workers noticed and asked him what had happened. The man answered, “Oh, nothing. It’s
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HUNG UP TO DRY After hearing that one of the patients in a mental hospital had saved another from a suicide attempt by pulling him out of a bathtub, the
TEE TIME FOR THE GROOM They stood at the altar, waiting to be married. The bride to be looked down and saw a set of golf clubs beside her new
MALE UPGRADE One day a man spotted a lamp by the roadside. He picked it up, rubbed it vigorously, and a genie appeared. “I’ll grant you your fondest wish,” the
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NOT ALL THINGS EQUAL Bill was an excellent golfer who had a few extra hours one afternoon. He decided that if he hurried, he could probably squeeze in nine holes
SLOW BOAT TO ICE FISHING There were a couple of fellows from Alabama who loved to fish. They had heard that ice fishing was a great sport, and they wanted
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TOO MUCH IMPROVEMENT A husband and wife met with a marriage counselor about their irrevocable differences. The husband explained, “Ever since we were married, my wife has set out to
LUCKY SAUCER An art dealer was walking through a city when he noticed a mangy old cat that was lapping milk from a saucer in the doorway of a store.
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SURE TO GET YOUR DOG BACK A clever store owner opened two stores right next to each other. One was a veterinary shop, the other a taxidermist shop. Over the
Y2K VACATION PAY Just when you thought Y2K had come and gone away, we have received this memo. This was a memo that went out to one fortunate employee who
PRIMING THE GULLY A man was driving on a dirt road and became bogged down in a gully that was filled with mud. Moments after he got stuck, a farmer
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TOUGH TRAVEL POLICY Editor’s Note: I have seen several versions of this travel policy. A friend of mine gave this to me at a travel management meeting a few years
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RECURSIVE PARADOX Epimenides–seventh century B.C.–once made a long pilgrimage to meet Buddha. (Editor’s Note: I am not sure how he did that since Buddha probably lived in the sixth century
SYMBOLS OF WORSHIP A kindergarten teacher asked her students to bring something to class related to their faith. At the appropriate time she asked the students to come forward and
LONG-TERM ASSISTANCE Give a man a fish and you will feed him for a day. Teach him how to fish and you can sell him a rod.
EXTRA GOLF PANTS A man was golfing with his buddies. He reached into his bag for a club, and an extra pair of pants fell out of the bag. His
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CAT FROM HEAVEN Dwight Nelson recently told a true story about a pastor. He had a kitten that climbed up a tree in his backyard and then was afraid to
IGNORED WARNINGS Finding one of her students making faces at others on the playground, the teacher stopped to gently reprove the child. Smiling sweetly, the Sunday School teacher said, “Son,
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