SEASON’S GREETINGS The church choir director was being driven out of his mind at the rehearsals for the Christmas Choral Concert. It seemed that at least one or more members […]
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PERFECTIONIST A perfectionist is someone who takes infinite pains — and gives them to others. Funny, Funny World
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TALK If nobody ever said anything unless he knew what he was talking about, a ghastly hush would descend upon the earth. Sir Alan Herbert, Sunday Times, London.
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WISDOM Fear of jail is the beginning of wisdom. [Nigerian proverb] Funny, Funny World
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OPTIMIST/PESSIMIST An optimist is one who believes he lives in the best of all worlds. A Pessimist fears that this is true.
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GOOD ADVICE FOR ANYONE While she was enjoying a transatlantic ocean trip, Billie Burke, the famous actress, noticed that a gentleman at the next table was suffering from a bad
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PUTTING IT ALL IN PERSPECTIVE A man asked God how long a million years was to Him. God replied, “It’s just like a single second of your time, my child.”
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LET’S HELP EACH OTHER A man’s car stalled in the heavy traffic as the light turned green. All his efforts to start the engine failed, and a chorus of honking
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HOW TO STAY HEALTHY THOUGH AGED The denunciation of the young is a necessary part of the hygiene of older people and greatly assists in the circulation of the blood.
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MONEY Many people have finally realized that money can’t buy happiness. Now they’re trying credit cards. On The Upbeat
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HIDDEN JOY A gifted public speaker was asked to recall his most difficult speaking assignment. He said, “That’s easy. It was an address I gave to the National Conference of
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A SIMPLE FORMULA You should do something every day to make other people happy, even if it’s only to leave them alone.
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DON’T GET TOO HUMBLE After a worship service an old lady stopped and spoke to the pastor who had only been with them a few months. She said, “I’m deaf,
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MORE HUMBLE PIE Along a similar vein is the one about the pastor who has just announced to the congregation that he would be leaving their church. There is a
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WHEN GOD ANSWERS PRAYER During the minister’s prayer one Sunday, there was a loud whistle from one of the back pews. Gary’s mother was horrified. She pinched him into silence,
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BASIC REQUIREMENT FOR COMMUNICATION Two men were talking one day. One of them said, “My wife talks to herself a lot.” His friend answered, “Mine does too, but she doesn’t
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TRUE OBJECTIVITY Two small boys walked into the dentist’s office. One of them said bravely, “I want a tooth taken out and I don’t want any gas, and I don’t
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JUST WHAT I ALWAYS SUSPECTED Sometimes we think of God as the author of all the things that go wrong in our lives. The following story is used to illustrate
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COMMUNICATION? A cartoon by Mark Pie appeared several years ago in the New Wine magazine. It showed a professor beginning a lecture to his class on “Communication” with these words:
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SPORTS QUOTES Maybe you’ve seen the new book called Sports Quotes; it has some great short quotations. Here’s a sampler: Job Security: I have a lifetime contract. That means I
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