THE WRONG HORSE WON Two Kentucky farmers who owned racing stables had developed a keen rivalry. One spring, each of them entered a horse in a local steeplechase. Thinking that […]
CARPET CLEANOUT Some people you just have to feel sorry for. Like Mrs. Dora Wilson, an English housewife. On February 18, 1981, Mrs. Wilson looked out her window in Harlow,
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THE GOLF BALL MISSILE I read about Mathieu Boya, who was practicing his golf swing in a pasture adjacent to the Benin Air Base (Benin, Africa). He accidentally destroyed his
LUCKY BREAK My wife is one of the luckiest women in the world. Don’t take my word for it – ask all her friends. Last summer she tripped on a
MURPHY’S LAW OF PARENTHOOD – The later you stay up, the earlier your child will wake up the next morning. – For a child to become clean, something else must
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DEFINITIONS RIGHTEOUS INDIGNATION: Jealousy with a halo! OPTIMIST: Happychondriac. PESSIMIST: This person turns out the light to see how dark it is. ATHEIST: A fellow playing golf with a minister,
CHANGE THE LIGHT Rabbi Silver explains, “Synagogues have an Eternal Light in front of the altar – One youngster was wriggling and wiggling through the service and then asked his
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HAIRCUT NEEDED The Rabbi told me about a man who got up to leave during his service. “Where are you going?” he asked him. He said, “To get a haircut.”
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THE WEDDING GAMBLE The Rabbi told me he has very strict morals – He would rather not perform a wedding ceremony. I asked, “Why? – What has that got to
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NO THANK YOU NOTES Temple Sinai is proud of their Rabbi with his great sense of humor and love: “It is more blessed to give than to receive – and
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CRITICIZING Two taxidermists stopped before a window in which an owl was on display. They immediately began to criticize the way it was mounted. Its eyes were not natural; its
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A POEM And it came to pass– Early in the morning Toward the last day of the Semester, there arose a Multitude, Smiting the books And wailing. And there was
COSTLY CATCH Two men from Minnesota went fishing up in Canada. They only caught one fish so when they got back, one of them said, “I figured out that fish
LUCKY BOSS “You know,” said Olle, “I got a real good reference from de boss at my last yob.” “Really?” said Sven. “Ya, he wrote — ‘if you get Olle
MUTUAL RECOGNITION My brother found an old Mize Outlook (date July 6, 1905) in a shop he has in Mize, Mississippi. Here is a story from it: A man was
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JUST CAN’T CATCH UP As our church observed the annual ritual of presenting flowers on Mother’s Day, we first gave a carnation to the newest mother. Next we gave a
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A DIFFERENT PLACE TO GO! Two fathers were discussing how each of their sons was doing in college. One father said, “My son is so smart that when he writes
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MARRIAGE IS TOO MUCH WORK The pastor of a big city church ran an ad for a caretaker-housekeeper. The next day, a well-dressed young man appeared at the pastor’s door.
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TOO FULL A QUIVER Back in the days when fathers-to-be didn’t go into the delivery room, a pastor went to visit one of his men whose wife was in labor.
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CLEAN DREAM The kids’ rooms are a mess But the living room’s clean. The bathroom’s a disaster But the kitchen’s a dream. I wonder what year, What time, and what
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