DAILY EXERCISE FOR THE NON-ATHLETIC Making the rounds is a calorie guide citing a recent medical association report: “Proper weight control and physical fitness cannot be attained by dieting alone. […]
THE PATROL IS AGAINST US On the walls of the men’s room at a Kansas truck stop were scribbled the words from Romans 8: “If God be for us, who
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THE HONEYMOON IS OVER My wife, a registered nurse, once fussed over every pain or mishap that came my way. Recently, however, I got an indication that the honeymoon is
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AVOIDING UNNECESSARY SUFFERING Don’t place too much confidence in the man who boasts of being honest as the day is long. Wait until you meet him at night. By Robert
CLOTHES ENCOUNTER Just when you thought it was safe to get dressed in the morning… a report reveals 120,000 Americans suffered clothing-related injuries in 1990. According to the consumer Product
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SILENT SUFFERING A large number of people are quite happy to suffer in silence, if they are sure everybody knows what they’re doing. From Sword of the Lord, March 4,
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CONSTANT PROBLEMS Everyone has a problem, is a problem, or has to live with a problem. Sam Shoemaker
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PAINFUL PERFECTIONISTS Someone has said, “Perfectionists are those who take great pains and give them to others.” To which I would add, “Mostly in the neck!” From Healing Grace, David
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INTELLECTUAL PURSUITS & TAXES “The avoidance of taxes is the only intellectual pursuit that still carries any reward.” John Maynard Keynes, from Omni magazine
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HEAVENLY ELECTRICIAN Their priest had asked her husband, Sam, to do some rewiring in the confessionals. The only way to reach the wiring was to enter the attic above the
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MR S. POTATO HEAD A woman was in a grocery store parking lot waiting in the car for the person she had come with to make some purchases. She saw
CHILDREN START WITH LABOR A mother was considering her plight in life: I guess if it was going to be easy, it would not have started with something the doctor
MONEY SAYS GOOD-BYE While the husband is balancing the checkbook, he turns to his wife and says, “You know the old saying ‘money talks’? Well, ours just said, ‘So long!’”
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BUREAUCRATIC ACCOMPLISHMENTS Bureaucracy is the art of making the possible impossible. By Javier Pascual Salcedo
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WHOSE MONEY? The preacher was taking a special offering. Suddenly the town saloon owner jumped up and said, “I’ll give $5,000 for the building fund!” The preacher was in a
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EGGS IN THE WIND One day two farmers were bragging about the strongest wind they’d ever seen. “In California,” said one, “I’ve seen the fiercest wind in my life. You
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Middle age is when broadness of mind and narrowness of the waist change places.
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Junk is something you throw away about three weeks before you need it.
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Then, there’s one great flaw in our current jury system — it’s scary to realize that your fate is in the hands of twelve people who could not figure out
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PLANT THE POTATOES A woman wrote to her husband who was serving time in prison for armed robbery. “When is the best time to plant the potatoes?” she wrote. The
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