Humor | Short Shorts | Youth
YOUTH The best substitute for experience is being 16. Funny, Funny World
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Humor | Short Shorts | Wisdom
LIMITS Genius has limits; stupidity does not.
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Children | Family | Humor | Mother | Obedience
A CHILD’S PERSPECTIVE A little boy was talking to the girl next door: “I wonder what my mother would like for Mother’s Day.” The girl answers: “Well, you could promise
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Children | Family | Father | Humor | Mother | Sports
WOMEN’S LIBERATION A little boy and girl had just been introduced and were trying to decide what game to play, and the little boy said, “I have an idea —
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Children | Humor | Mother
MY NAME IS A teacher had just given her second- grade class a lesson on magnets. Now came the question session and she asked a little boy: “My name starts
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Burden | Humor | Mother | Risk | Servanthood | Youth
NOT ON MOTHER’S DAY After dinner one Mother’s Day a mother was washing the dishes when her teen- age daughter wandered into the kitchen. Horrified to see her mother at
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Children | Family | Humor | Knowledge
THE STORK A little boy asked his mother where he came from, and also where she had come from as a baby. His mother gave him a tall tale about
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Children | Communication | Evangelism | Father | Guard | Humor | Speech
A CHILD IS LISTENING One day as a young mother and her kindergarten-aged son were driving down the street, the inquisitive little boy asked a revealing question. He asked, “Mommy,
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Father | Humor | Youth
THE FAMILY CAR Three men were discussing what most people wanted in a new car. One said, “Dependability.” Another said “Styling.” A third said “Economy.” Just then a fourth man,
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Children | Family | Father | Humor | Mother
KIDS KNOW HOW IT WORKS Mrs. Arthur Sulzberger, of the newspaper dynasty, was bidding a granddaughter good-night one evening when the child remarked, “Mommy and Daddy are entertaining some very
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Humor | Labor | Money | Mother | Risk
LOOKING OUT FOR MOM A penny-pinching miser defended himself against criticism aimed at his parsimonious ways. He said in his own defense, “Why, I couldn’t stand for my mother to
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Children | Family | Humor
CHILDREN’S LETTERS TO GOD Dear God, My name is Robert. I want a baby brother. My mother said to ask my father. May father said to ask you. Do you
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Failure | Humor | Short Shorts
CHILD’S PLAY Among those things which are so simple that even a child can operate them are parents.
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Excuses | Humor
NOTABLE EXCUSES AP ran a story recently about some excuses that were sent into Leesville High School, in Louisiana. They were compiled by the Assistant Principal, Richard Carter. Some were
Deceit | Humor | Truth
A SURE-FIRE TEST FOR LYING Earl Long, former eccentric governor of Louisiana, once said of another politician: “You know how you can tell that fella’s lying? Watch his lips. If
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Art And Music | Compromise | Desire | Humor | Joy | Priorities
COMMUNICATION: BE SPECIFIC Our choir director shared this ad from a recent church music publication. You can’t say this musician doesn’t know what he/she wants: POSITION WANTED: Organist-Choirmaster, lifelong, militantly
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Death | Humor | Love | Marriage | Mother
LEARNING FROM THE PAST A man’s wife had died and they were on the way to the cemetery when the front pall bearer tripped over a rock. This shook the
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Death | Honor | Humor | Pride
HOW SO STORIES, UPDATED You all remember How The Elephant Got Its Trunk and that genre of stories: Here’s an update, of sorts. Traveling west by covered wagon, a group
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Business | Communication | Guard | Humor | Sanctification/ Wisdom
PROGRESS A woman had ordered a book from a large publishing company. Several weeks later she received the following letter: “Many thanks for your recent order. We wish we could
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Adversity | Appearance | Humor | Perspective | Trial
PERSPECTIVE An economist was asked to talk to a group of business people about the recession. She tacked up a big sheet of white paper. Then she made a black
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