ALIMONY CAN BE AVOIDED While teaching a Sunday School class of single adults, one young man who was recently divorced complained about his alimony payments. A young woman in the […]
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UNLUCKY LEAKS How come your air mattress springs a leak on the first night of a five-night backpacking trip and not when your kid was using it as a trampoline
Comfort | Fortune | Humor | Luck | Murphy’s Law | Perspective | Pessimism | Providence Read More »
NUMEROUS PROPOSALS She – “I’ve been asked to get married lots of times.” He – “Who asked you?” She – “Mother and Father.”From 10,000 Jokes, Toasts & Stories, edited by
Family | Humor | Marriage | Proposals | Requests | Self | Singles | Weddings | Youth Read More »
BLACK AND WHITE WAR A cartoon appeared in the Wall Street Journal of a classroom situation: A little boy has been called on by his teacher to tell about World
THROUGH THE ROUGH SPOTS A husband and wife were discussing old times, when the husband said, “My dear, I have taken you safely over all the rough spots of life.”
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NO PLACE FOR COMPLACENCY Never rest on your oars as a boss. If you do, the whole company starts sinking. By Lee J. Iacocca
GOD IN THE BATHROOM A Sunday School teacher asked her class of pre-schoolers if they knew where God lives. One little boy raised his hand, and the teacher called on
SLEEPY SERMON OMEN Just before time for his sermon, a pastor commented to one of the church deacons that he had been so tired during the preparation of his sermon
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LEARNING AT MOTHER’S KNEE Grandpa remembers when children learned at their mother’s knee — upside down. From “The Way I Heer’d It” by Jim Reed, The Ozarks Mountaineer, May-June, 1985
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FROG LIVES There is an animal that has more lives than a cat. This animal is a frog. He croaks every night!
Animals | Comparisons | Death | Humor | Ideas | Illustrations | Life | Short Shorts Read More »
HUMAN PRODUCTION COSTS At a meeting of air scientists and pilots, the scientists made it clear they would like to replace the pilot in the aircraft with instruments and servo-
Births | Body | Humanity | Humor | Life | Men | Perspective | Reproduction | Value Read More »
VALUE OF A DIME Inflation hasn’t ruined everything. A dime can still be used as a screwdriver.
Design | Humor | Inflation | Money | Purpose | Short Shorts | Value Read More »
THE SOUND OF MONEY Long ago money talked — then it whispered — now it’s almost silent.
MORE SOUNDS OF MONEY Money may talk, but why can’t it talk louder, speak with authority, and say what I want it to say? Another similar illustration like the two
GIVE A LITTLE MONEY A wife asked her husband, “Can you give me a little money?” Her husband responded, “Yes, how little?”
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BETTER TO GIVE THAN LEND It is better to give than to lend and it costs about the same. By Phillip Gibbs
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BOYHOOD COMPASSION A young boy let the offering plate pass him without putting his offering in it. After the service was over, he approached the pastor and gave him his
ATHEISTIC PRAYER “They now have Dial-A-Prayer for Atheists. When you call — No one Answers.”
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UP TO THEIR NECKS What do you do with ten lawyers buried up to their necks in cement? Get more cement!
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DID SHE START AT ONE? Some children who were touring a retirement home were asked by a resident if they had any questions. “Yes,” one girl said. “How old are
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