MAY TAKE LONGER Alfred Adler, a famous psychologist, once put an ad in the paper for his Fourteen-Day Cure Plan. He claimed that he could cure anyone of any mental […]
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OUTNUMBER THE FISH A Dennis the Menace cartoon pictures Dennis fishing from a boat with his father. There are no fish in the boat. Dennis makes an observation, “It looks
SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT “Consider how hard it is to change yourself and you’ll understand what little chance you have of trying to change others. (Jacob M. Braude) From S.A.M.I.
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NAME THAT CHANGE I have become a little older since I saw you last, and a few changes have come into my life since then. Frankly, I have become a
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WRONG WEIGHT AS WELL There is a story about a woman who had been trying for years to persuade her egotistical husband to put an end to the idea that
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PLAY IT AGAIN One of the longest piano compositions is “Vexation” by Erik Satie – the whole performance lasts 18 hours, 40 minutes. The first reported public performance, in September,
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AT YOUR AGE A father was scolding his teenage son for being lazy. “You ought to be ashamed,” he said. “When Lincoln was your age, he was busy building rail
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GOD’S NAME IN SPAIN Our first grader Ben came home from public school with the following story. He said that classmate Bobby had been using God’s name the wrong way.
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Dutch proverb: “God cures and the doctor gets the money.”
MISSING A LOSER One night at a basketball banquet the president of a junior college was congratulating the coach and the team profusely. The beaming coach asked the president, “Would
REFUSAL TO KNEEL Lord Ponsonby, a 19th-century English diplomat, was famed for his imperturbable manners, tact and quick wit. Once when the Sultan of Turkey felt that the diplomatic corps
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PRIDE Swallow your pride occasionally. It’s nonfattening.
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PRIDE Pride is the only disease that makes everyone sick, except the one who has it.
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LIMITED STOCKING UP From an ad for color film in the Akron Beacon Journal: “Stock up and save. Limit ONE.”
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UNDERWEAR WALKOUT Headline in the Marietta, Georgia Journal: “UNDERWEAR WORKERS SENDING BRIEF WALKOUT.”
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WEATHER COMMUNICATION Don’t knock the weather. If it didn’t change once in a while, nine out of ten people couldn’t start a conversation.
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TIME TO STOP SPEAKING Why is it listeners always know when the speaker should stop and he seldom does?
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HISTORY HUMOR How come nearly all historical events happen next to a souvenir shop?
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RATHER KISS THAN SMOKE “I kissed my first woman and smoked my first cigarette on the same day. I have never had time for tobacco since.” Arturo Toscanini
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A LIMP LOVE LETTER Dear Jennifer, I would climb the highest mountain for you, swim the deepest river for you, cross the wildest sea for you, and cross a burning
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