ONE TOUGH RIBBON Wishing to open their new pistol range in style, officials of Brigham City decided in 1975 to invite a team of crack marksmen from the Utah Peace […]
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NOT A FANATIC Secretary to irate boss: “Of course I can spell correctly. But I’m not a fanatic about it.” Author Unknown
NOT TOO FRIENDLY A woman at a grocery store was looking at the ice cream. Another woman came up behind her and grabbed hold of her hand. “Get away from
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WHEN GOD CALLS I was listening to every pre-schooler recite their memory verse for the week: “Call unto me and I will answer thee” (Jeremiah 33:3). One little girl, trying
TEMPTATION INVITATION Most people who fly from temptation usually leave a forwarding address. From Daily Walk, October 17, 1980
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MORE POWER TO YOU A pastor began visiting a man on death row in a prison. The minister established a good rapport with this inmate and when it came time
PULL ON MY SIDE or ANALOGY GONE BAD Returning from their honeymoon, and wishing to impress his bride with the importance of cooperation, a young husband threw one end of
HECKLER HUMOR Speaker to heckler: “Please — if I wanted a hard time I could have stayed home and talked to my kids.” From System Forms Brochure, August 1988
CONFUSING SOMALIAN METAPHORS United Nations officials were not sure when the American troops would arrive in Somalia. This was their suggestion: “…buy a pair of binoculars, go out on the
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PHONE SALES ANSWERS The next time one of those telephone salespeople calls during dinner to sell you something you don’t need, ask for his phone number and say you would
STRONG WOMEN If women are not as strong as men, how are they able to a cap on a fruit jar so it takes thirty minutes for the husband to
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SECURITY The manager and one of his salesmen stood before a map on which colored pins indicated the representative in each area. “I’m not going to fire you, Cartwright,” the
THE GOAL IS THE GOAL Bobby Dodd, the former great football coach of Georgia Tech, tells the story of a game in which his team was leading 7 – 6
DUMB MEN JOKES It is typically our editorial policy to avoid jokes that degrade a certain segment of the population. We have made an exception with this grouping. Here are
GIANT FLIES Missionaries were showing a graphic film on hygiene to the Masaii in Kenya, Africa. The film started out with the camera zoomed in on an ugly fly the
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WHAT COMES AROUND One of the boys at the feed store told about the time his uncle saw a revolving door for the first time. He noticed a gray-haired grandmother
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BENSON QUIT Our gasoline was getting low as we drove through the Salt River Canyon toward Phoenix. I asked my wife what was the next town on the map. “Nelsonville,”
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WALLET WOUNDS A Scotsman caught a Taxi and they were hit by another car. The door flew open and the Scot was thrown to the pavement, bleeding and in great
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THE FIFTH PEW No one ever sat on the fifth pew. Usually this didn’t cause any problems except on Christmas and Mother’s Day when attendance was greater than normal. And
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A TOUGHER SERMON If you think practicing what you preach is hard, try preaching what you practice. From Dr. Richard Dobbins at a recent ministers retreat, as reported by Editor
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