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Thanks my friends! ======================================================= >-->From SmileZilla: %%%%%% %%%\__/% %%%%"""% %%c ^\^% %\ _=/ . _.'_( .:: .'`\ `._ _ _..;:::' / '._ .' \ =/ (=(:]::;:::. \__./__.``_/_/ / / ';::;:. / / ) / \ \/ / '::. / /.'`-._( \ / '. / /' `\ `` /.( \ \_(`";-..___ \ |=*==||``` \ || \ || ) )) / || \ || )_|| jgs( \\\ Y\__\\ When Abe returned home from work, his wife Ruth said, "So how was your day?" He replied, "I met an artist and I've never met someone so talented. He said he painted a picture of a cobweb on his wall and it looked so real, the maid tried for over an hour to get it off. Ruth said, "I don't believe him." "Why not?" said Abe, "some artists are very good indeed." "Maybe," said Ruth, "But maids aren't." -<>- >You Might Be from a Small Town If ... 1. You can name everyone you graduated with. 2. You know what 4-H is. 3. You ever went to a party at a pasture or barn or in the middle of a dirt road. 4. You used to drag "Main." 5. You said a swear word and your parents knew within the hour. 6. You ever went cow-tipping or snipe hunting. 7. It was cool to date someone from the neighboring town. 8. The whole school went to the same party after graduation. 9. You don't give directions by street names but by references (turn by Nelson's house, go two blocks east of Anderson's, and it's four houses left of the track field). 10. Your car stays filthy because of the dirt roads, and you will never own a dark vehicle for this reason. 11. The town next to you is considered "trashy" or "snooty," but is actually just like your town. 12. You refer to anyone with a house newer than 1950 as the "rich people." 13. The people in the city dress funny, and then you pick up on the trend two years later. 14. You bragged to your friends because you got pipes on your truck for your birthday. 15. Anyone you want can be found at either the Dairy Queen or the feed store. 16. You see at least one friend a week driving a tractor through town. 17. Football coaches suggest that you haul hay for the summer to get stronger. 18. Directions are given using "the" stop light as a reference. 19. The city council meets at the coffee shop. 20. You have ever taken a trailer or dog to school on a daily basis. 21. Weekend excitement involves a trip to a Wal-Mart. 22. You decide to walk somewhere for exercise and five people pull over and ask if you need a ride. 23. Your teachers call you by your older siblings' names. 24. Your teachers remember when they taught your parents. 25. The closest McDonald's is 45 miles away. 26. So is the closest mall. 27. It is normal to see an old man riding through town on a riding lawn mower. 28. You laugh like crazy reading this because you know these are all true, and then you forward this to everyone in your town (because you know them all)! ======================================================= +------------ BIZARRE HOLIDAYS ------------+ September 25 is National Comic Book Day September 26 is Johnny Appleseed Day September 27 is Crush a Can Day September 28 is Ask a Stupid Question Day and National Good Neighbor Day September 29 is Confucius Day - Try your luck. Get a Fortune Cookie. September 30 is National Mud Pack Day ======================================================= >-->From GoodCleanFun: ___ (___) /` `\ / /"\ \ \_/o o\_/ ( _ ) `\ /` /\\V//\ / /_ _\ \ \ \___/ / \/===\/ || || || || ||___|| |_____| jgs ||| / Y \ `"`"` >Old Age Home During a visit to my doctor, I asked him, "How do you determine whether or not an older person should be put in an old age home?" "Well," he said, "we fill up a bathtub, then we offer a teaspoon, a teacup and a bucket to the person to empty the bathtub." "Oh, I understand," I said. "A normal person would use the bucket because it's bigger than the spoon or the teacup." "No" he said. "A normal person would pull the plug. Do you want a bed near the window?" -<>- >Long and Happy Marriage On their 30th wedding anniversary, a couple summed up the reason for their long and happy marriage. The husband said, "I have tried never to be selfish. After all, there is no "I" in 'marriage.'" The wife said, "And for my part, I have never corrected my husband's spelling." -<>- >Old Friends Pete and Larry had not seen each other in many years. Now they had a long talk trying to fill in the gap of those years by telling about their lives. Finally Pete invited Larry to visit him in his new apartment. "I have a wife and three children and I'd love to have you visit us." "Great. Where do you live?" "Here's the address. And there's plenty of parking behind the apartment. Park and come around to the front door, kick it open with your foot, go to the elevator and press the button with your left elbow, then enter! When you reach the sixth floor, go down the hall until you see my name on the door. Then press the doorbell with your right elbow and I'll let you in." "Good. But tell me ... what is all this business of kicking the front door open, then pressing elevator buttons with my right, then my left elbow?" "Surely, you're not coming empty-handed." -<>- >Recipe Modification Having raised a large family, my mother cooked everything in battalion-size batches. So when my newly married brother requested her chop-suey recipe, she experimented for two weeks with the ingredients in order to cut the dish down for the honeymooners. "Thanks for the recipe, Mom," he wrote home. "The first thing we did was triple it so we would have plenty of leftovers!" -<>- >Never a Good Golfer I was never a good golfer, but at least I used to play a couple times a month. That was before I bought the boat, four long summers ago. I haven't been on a course since. Well, up until last Saturday. Say, a hundred strokes for eighteen holes is bad. If you're in the nineties you're an amateur. If you're in the eighties you're good. Seventies and you have a shot at the pros. When you're in the sixties you're Tiger Woods. I shot a hundred and forty. That is just about the stroke limit on every single hole. It was like being on a nature walk, stomping through the woods, digging around in the weeds and the flower beds. I almost killed a guy on hole nine when I hammered a drive off the tee that hooked so bad it shot across the tee box of the opposite hole! I think next time I am going to go to the pro shop, buy two sleeves of balls, walk out to the water hazard on the first hole and just throw them in. Then I can spend the next four hours communing with nature. At least I'm good at that. ========================================================= >-->From Our Friend LouiseA :) __.............__ .--""``` ```""--. ':--..___ ___..--:' \ ```"""""""``` / .-` ___.....-----.....___ '-. .:-""`` ~ ~ ``""-:. /`-..___ ~ ~ ~___..-'\ / ~ '`""---.........---""` \ ; ; ; '::. ' ~ .:' _. ; | '::: ' .:' ~ | |~ .:' . _ ':. | | .:' ':.~ | | ':. . ~ . _ .: | ; '::. _ /|| .;' ; ; ': ( } \||D ; \.:'.:':. | /\__,=_[_] / \ ':. ~ |_\__ |----| ` / '. '::.. _ | |/ |--. |_ ~ .' '-._':' | /_ | | `'-_.-' jgs (``''--..._____...--''``) `"--...__ __...--"` >SMILES The class assignment in composition was to write about something unusual that happened during the past week. Little Irving got up to read his. "Papa fell in the well last week - " he began. "Good heavens," shrieked Mrs. Kroop, the teacher. "Is he all right now?" "He must be," said little Irving. "He stopped yelling for help yesterday." ---------- Our 10-year-old Mattie having a conversation with her grandmother while eating breakfast: Mattie: Nanna, I'm a fat old man. Grandmother: Mattie! What did you say? Mattie: I'm a fat old man. Grandmother: Now Mattie why would you say something like that? Mattie: Well, everybody says I look just like my daddy. ---------- I recently spent $6,500 on a young registered Black Angus bull. I put him out with the herd, but he just ate grass and wouldn't even look at a cow. I was beginning to think I had paid more for that bull than he was worth. Anyhow, I had the Vet come and have a look at him. He told me the bull was very healthy, but possibly just a little young, so he gave me some pills to feed him once per day. The bull started to service the cows within two days, ALL my cows! He even broke through the fence and bred with all of my neighbor's cows! He's like a machine! I don't know what was in the pills the vet gave him... but they kind of taste like peppermint. ---------- "Grandpa, I'm really proud of you," said the modish young lady. "What's to be proud of?" asked the old man. The young lady replied, "I noticed that when you sneeze, you've learned to put your hand in front of your mouth." "Of course," explained Grandpa. "How else can I catch my teeth?" ---------- A man wrote a letter to a small hotel in a town he planned to visit on his holiday. He wrote: I would very much like to bring my dog with me. He is well-groomed and very well-behaved. Would you be willing to permit me to keep him in my room with me at night? An immediate reply came from the hotel owner, who wrote: Sir, I've been operating this hotel for many years. In all that time, I've never had a dog steal towels, bedclothes, silverware or pictures off the walls. I've never had to evict a dog in the middle of the night for being drunk and disorderly. And I've never had a dog run out on a hotel bill. Yes, indeed, your dog is welcome at my hotel. And, if your dog will vouch for you, you're welcome to stay here, too. ---------- Two friends rented a boat and fished in a lake every day. One day they caught 30 fish. One guy said to his friend, "Mark this spot so that we can come back here again tomorrow." The next day, when they were driving to rent the boat, the same guy asked his friend, "Did you mark that spot?" His friend replied, "Yeah, I put a big 'X' on the bottom of the boat." The first one said, "You stupid fool! What if we don't get that same boat today!?!?" ---------- |`-._ .-' `-.-;"\. .--------------------------------..-.. _ .-'\ | /o\ | \\\ |\ ________________________________\\ \\\/ \\ | | ///\ | | __ __ _ __ __ _ __ __ __ ||-||| '. \/ //////| | | |__|__/_\ |__|__|_| |__|__|__| || ||| ///////| | | |__|__)__) |__|_| __.--|__| ||_||| . ////////| | | |__|__|_/ |__|__ _ |__|--'__ | . || \'..'///////// | | |__| |__|__|_| |__|__|__| |( )|| `--`///////; \| | ' ||---. ,,,//////////// jgs'---------------------------------'---' `.//////////////' ```=///////=' >Bumper Stickers * If You Can Read This, I Can Slam On My Brakes And Sue You * Forget World Peace -- Visualize Turning Off Your Turn Signal! * HANG UP AND DRIVE! * Where There's A Will...I Want To Be In It! * Ever Stop To Think, And Forget To Start Again? * This Would Be Really Funny If It Weren't Happening To Me * If We Quit Voting Will They All Go Away? * This Bumper Sticker Exploits Illiterates * Eat Right, Exercise, Die Anyway * Honk If Anything Falls Off * I Haven't Lost My Mind - It's Backed Up In The Cloud! ---------- A study by a Canadian anthropologist demonstrated that 97 percent of women shut their eyes during a kiss but only 37 percent of men did. The late actor Anthony Quinn claimed that men got into that habit centuries ago, when many men began kissing with their eyes wide open to make sure their wives were not around to catch them. ---------- People always say, "He died penniless," as if it's a terrible thing. Sounds like good timing to me. ---------- I pulled up to the drive-thru of a fast-food restaurant and ordered coffee. I asked the clerk to put some ice cubes into the cup so that I could drink the cool coffee quickly. At the window, There was a delay. Finally, a teen-aged blonde girl came to the window. Looking frustrated, "I'm having a problem," she announced. . . "The ice keeps melting." ---------- >As I get older, I realize: #1 - I talk to myself, because there are times I need expert advice. #2 - I consider "On Trend" to be the clothes that still fit. #3 - I don't need anger management. I need people to stop P-ing me off. #4 - My people skills are just fine. It's my tolerance for idiots that needs work. #5 - The biggest lie I tell myself is, "I don't need to write that down. I'll remember it." #6 - I have days when my life is just a tent away from a circus. #7 - These days, "on time" is when I get there. #8 - Even duct tape can't fix stupid - but it sure does muffle the sound. #9 - Wouldn't it be wonderful if we could put ourselves in the dryer for ten minutes, then come out wrinkle-free and three sizes smaller? #10 - Lately, I've noticed people my age are so much older than me. #11 - "Getting lucky" means walking into a room and remembering why I'm there. #12 - When I was a child, I thought nap time was punishment. Now it feels like a mini vacation. #13 - Some days I have no idea what I'm doing out of bed. #14 - I thought growing old would take longer. #15 - Aging sure has slowed me down, but it hasn't shut me up. #16 - I still haven't learned to act my age. ------------ A man is sitting in the coach section of a flight from New York to Chicago, biting his fingernails and sweating profusely. Noticing his disturbed expression, a flight attendant walks over and says, “Sir, can I get you something from the bar to calm you down?” The man gives a nod of approval while shaking terribly. Seconds later she comes back with a drink. He downs it quickly and seems to calm down. Ten minutes later, the flight attendant sees him shaking and biting his nails again. She brings him another drink which he downs immediately. A half hour later she returns to see him shaking uncontrollably, and almost in tears. “My goodness,” the flight attendant says, “I’ve never seen someone so afraid to fly.” “I’m not afraid of flying,” says the man. “Then what’s the matter? “I’m trying to give up drinking.” --- ...Oh My! LOL! Thanks LouiseAu! ========================================================= >-->From Our Friend Linda :) .---. / \ | - - | (| ' ' |) | (_) | `//=\\' (((())) )))(( (()))) ))(( (() jgs )) ( >Things To Think About... Ctrl-Alt-Del Just as the Ctrl-Alt-Del keys are used to interrupt the operation of a malfunctioning program on your computer, sometimes, we too, need to interrupt our mind by exercising Ctrl-Alt-Del. Ctrl (Control): Take control of your life, take 100% responsibility and clearly understand what you want. (Something Obama and Hillary could never do) Alt (Alternate): Look for alternatives to get different results. See things with a different perspective. (Something the Dimms and Hillary can not do) Del (Delete): Delete all negativity in your life including attitudes and habits that are not working for you. Real Change From all that happens, there is usually a lot of learning from which we can take important lessons. But sometimes we find ourselves making the same mistakes again and again. So although we have understood we are not able to bring about real change. Once we realize and learn from a mistake that has happened, we need to spend some time in understanding it even further. We need to ensure we don't ever repeat the same mistake. This will enable us to bring about real change. (See Hillary's new book to know what NOT to do) The Creations Of The Mind Scientists have learned a lot about our physical functioning, but most admit that what actually keeps a human being alive is a mystery not completely solved. Rising above being just a product of chemical and electrical activity in the brain, as believed by many of us, spirituality orients me and trains me to come close to my real self, my spiritual self. Before I was a stranger to my own self, unaware of what is going inside my consciousness and distant from my own self. The first step in coming close to myself is that I learn to use the energy of my mind in the most effective way possible. For this, I decide to find a place where, each day, I can sit for a few minutes without interruptions, in order to focus on the self and explore the inner world of the creations of the mind - my thoughts, feelings, attitudes and emotions. (Hillary hasn't been able to master this as evidence by her new book "What Happened?") There has been a lot of conflicting views in the world about what the mind is and how it works. In the teachings of meditation by the Brahma Kumaris, the mind, which gives rise to my thoughts, feelings, attitudes and emotions, is seen as a faculty of the soul, not the body. It is rather like the difference between a television set and the movies seen on that set. The movies originate in the minds of the directors, not in the television set itself. The television set is just a medium for displaying the movies. So it is with all these four creations (thoughts, feelings, attitudes and emotions). These originate in the non-physical consciousness and not in the physical brain. The brain is just a processor of them and the body is a medium via which all four are displayed or brought onto expressions, physical gestures, words and actions. When I realize this, and really understand this difference, it very empowering. I am then able to use the power of discrimination to make choices between thoughts, feelings, attitudes and emotions that are useful and empowering for myself and others, and those that bring me down. (Speaking of which, Decide NOT to read Hillary's new book.) Soul Sustenance - Choosing Peace Over Anger Making the choice of peace is a simple choice, which lies in the hands of each one of us, at every moment right through the day, every day. A lot of people would choose a world, the world out there, made of peace but spend most of their time remaining peaceless in their own inner world, and then in their next door world, I.e. In their personal interactions. A lot of us would prefer a life of peace and we try to shape up such a life, only to be influenced by the old belief about how it’s absolutely fine to get angry once in a while, without which it’s difficult to get things done. We also get influenced by those people around us who continue to get angry for the shallowest of reasons. These people could be either at home, at the workplace, in the friend circle, the world at large or people who do not matter too much to us but whom we encounter every day - at the vegetable market, on the highway, or even in the movies for that matter! Unaware of the root causes of their anger, all these people around us will find a thousand ways to justify it, and will keep continuing with the habit in their lives. Their emotional un-clarity is so deep and addiction to the emotion of anger is so powerful that they will probably laugh at the idea that anger is a negative emotion and is form of weakness or suffering. They will, on the other hand, say that peace is timidity and a form of weakness or suffering. So, if you do choose peace over anger in your life then you are also choosing to be in a state of power and becoming free from suffering as a result. However, after having made that choice, to experience it in every moment of your life, it is necessary to rediscover where your peace is located inside you, it’s true nature or essence, how to access it through meditation and finally how to use it or apply it in your daily life. --- ...Sure - hold it all in - one day you will be the 'peaceful' ticking time bomb no one knew was ready to explode. Even God's son Jesus Christ got angry - yet He did not let it seep and consume him. He did as the bible teaches us to do... Eph.4: [31] Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice: But IF you do get angry - Eph.4: [26] Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath: Message for the day To bring newness into actions means to contribute for the betterment of the self and others. Projection: There is a constant desire to do something better that makes a contribution to oneself and to others too. So the one who thinks of newness can bring about such a contribution. There will not be something different that can be done. But the same thing can be done in such a way that there is benefit visible. Solution: When I am able to bring newness in the way I do things, I am able to experience constant progress. There will also be the satisfaction of bringing about newness and creativity even in ordinary actions. Along with this will also be the satisfaction of making a contribution in every action of mine. --- ...Lots to think about here! Thanks Linda! I do like the tried and true ways as well as learning new things. That's why we study the bible - to reinforce the things we have learned and to discover new things in God's Word we were unaware of before so we can aspire to renewing our mind to His Word... Eph.4: [24] And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness. Col.3 [10] And have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him: ======================================================= >-->In The Worldly News: President Trump Defines American Leadership At the 72nd United Nations General Assembly this week, the President delivered a message of putting each countries' citizens first and joining together to combat common challenges. The President met with leaders across the globe as he reaffirmed America's strong bonds with our allies and discussed how we can work together toward promoting peace and prosperity and uphold sovereignty and accountability. http://tinyurl.com/ya6ywlfq Trump Addresses National Anthem Protests — And Gets Explicit http://tinyurl.com/y6vsgvp6 Communist China Reveals Colonization Plan http://tinyurl.com/y73fc3mh Samantha Power sought to unmask Americans on almost daily basis, sources say http://tinyurl.com/yaxw4pqe From Emergency News - Product Alerts and Recalls: http://tinyurl.com/yc2wes3k ABC/NBC Smear Trump, Claim Racially Coded Rhetoric on Kneeling Since Friday, the liberal media had been foaming at the mouth after President Trump made a series of comments arguing that athletes who disrespected the American flag by kneeling should be either fired or suspended. Come Sunday, two of the Big Three Networks (ABC and NBC) were eager to smear the President with claims of racism and assertions that he on the wrong side of the issue. http://em.mrc.org/o00DL00gH00iqR086SBKdY0 Stelter: The Racism in Trump Kneeling Comments ‘Unmistakable’ http://em.mrc.org/ifHR0LBiqCY00K0006d0S08 Barkley Slams ‘Ignorant Folks in Alabama’ for Applauding Trump http://em.mrc.org/AH0h08RB00LKiqd00Y0E06S Trump's EXPOSES McCain's Intentions http://tinyurl.com/yafot2la From AEP: 700+ workers help Florida restore power http://tinyurl.com/ya9btefn -<>- >From BizarreNews: A groom in the United Kingdom thought his bride was very generous when she offered to arrange his bachelor party. However, the deceitful woman had other plans as she ran away with money and called off the wedding. Chris Mahone, 27, and his friends were excited to travel to Ibiza, Spain, to celebrate his bachelor party. The group of 29 friends paid a total of 13,200 British pounds (about $17,500) for the airline tickets and hotel rooms. However, when the group arrived at the Leeds- Bradford airport, they learned that they had been conned by the bride, 29-year-old Rachel Doran. Doran had given the men documents, which appeared to be from a tour company, but they turned out to be fake. After learning that their tickets were never paid for, the groom called the hotel, where they were supposed to stay, and he learned that the rooms were never booked either. When Mahone tried calling his fiancee for an explanation, she had vanished from the home they shared, and she went into hiding. Since some of the men had taken time off from work, they decided to go ahead with their planned trip despite losing their money to Doran's scam. However, the brokenhearted groom was not in the mood of going on a trip. He went home to file a police report against Doran. Mahone posted a message on Facebook, in which he apologized to his friends. "I totally want to apologize to all my fantastic mates who were going to celebrate what was supposed to be my stag do. I can't apologize enough. I'm sorry boys, I really am." *--------- Around the World in 78 Days ---------* A British cyclist set a new world record by biking around the world in less than 80 days. Ultra-endurance cyclist Mark Beaumont rode his bicycle 18,000 miles, across 16 different countries in 78 days, 14 hours and 40 minutes to set the Guinness World Record for fastest circumnavigation by bicycle. "This has been, without doubt, the most punishing challenge I have ever put my body and mind through," Beaumont said. He began the journey in France on July 2 and made his way through frigid sub-zero winters in Australia and New Zealand and the possibility of lingering bad weather in the United States from Hurricane Irma before ending the feat by rolling through the Arc de Triomphe in Paris. Beaumont broke the previous world record of 123 days and 43 minutes held by Andrew Nicholson from New Zealand, on the path he dubbed the "Artemis World Cycle." During the journey he also broke a world records for the farthest distance cycled in one month with 7,031 miles. "This was a fantastic milestone to achieve during the challenge of getting around the world in eighty days. I hope it is used as a marker for other cyclists to go and smash in the near future," he said. *- World's first Sand Hostel open in Australia -* A handful of lucky winners were given the opportunity to stay in a hostel made entirely out of sand in Australia. Mad Max and The Blue Lagoon World production designer Jon Dowding designed the "Sand Hostel" on The Gold Coast, Kurrawa Terrace. "Hostelworld North America and Destination Gold Coast have transformed beautiful Broadbeach into a hostel made out of sand - featuring everything your dream hostel would include: an outdoor bar, beach volleyball, comfy beds, good vibes, DJs and live music," the hostel's Facebook page states. Denis "Sandman" Masoud used 24 tons of sand to craft the unique hostel featuring an eight-bed dorm and a private double room. A total of 10 people were chosen to stay at the pop-up hostel, complete with free food, drinks and other luxuries. *------------ Euro Turning to Crap ------------* Prosecutors in Switzerland are investigating mysterious instances involving thousands of euro bills turning up in toilets. The first bundle of 500 euro bills turned up several months ago in a bathroom near a UBS Group AG bank vault at a branch in Geneva. Days later even more banknotes appeared inside toilets at nearby restaurants causing damage that required expensive repairs to unclog the pipes. Police have collected tens of thousands of euros -- many apparently cut with scissors -- from the pipes and are working to determine where the mystery bills came from. "We are not so interested in the motive but we want to be sure of the origin of the money," Vincent Derouand, of the Geneva prosecutor's office, said. Derouand added neither throwing away the bills, nor clogging the toilet are considered crimes and there was no reason to believe the money was obtained nefariously. *-- Dumbbell Gets 'Manhood' Caught in Dumbell --* Firefighters in a German city said it took about three hours to free a man who had "a very sensitive part of the body" stuck in the center hole of a dumbbell weight. The Feuerwehr Worms Fire Department said in a Facebook post that fire- fighters responded to a hospital in the appropriately named city of Worms after a man at a local gym ended up with a dumbbell disc stuck around his part. The firefighters said it took them about three hours to break through the 5.5-pound weight using tools including a grinder and a hydraulic saw. The post included a photo of the dumbbell weight broken into five pieces. "Please do not imitate such actions!" the Facebook post said. ========================================================= >-->From Our Friend BrendaC :) @@@@@@@@ @@_ _@@ @ o\ /o @ ( > ) \ == / .--\____/--. .---\ '----' /----. jgs / `-. .-' \ >(An Et-Ahem) LENA and OLE --- Lena is pregnant with Ole's child. Late one night, Lena vakes Ole and says, 'I tink it's time!' So Ole fired up the Yohn Deere tractor and took her to the hospital to have their first baby. She had a little boy, and the doctor looked over at Ole and said, 'A son! Ain't dat Great!' Well, Ole got excited by dis, but yust den the doctor spoke up and said, 'Hold on! We ain't finished yet!' The doctor den held up a little girl. He said, 'Hey, Ole! You got you a daughter!' She's a pretty little ting, too.' Ole got kind of puzzled by this, an then the doctor said, 'Holey Moley, Ole we still ain't done yet!' The doctor then delivered another boy and said, Ole, you yust had yourself another boy!' Ole was flabbergasted by this news! A couple days later, Ole brought Lena and their three Children home in the self-propelled combine. He was real serious and he asked Lena, 'How come we got tree on the first try?' Lena said, 'You remember dat night we ran out of Vaseline and You vent out in the garage and got dat dere 3-in-1 Oil?' Ole said, 'Yeah, I do. Uffda! It's a dam good ting I didn't get the WD-40!! --- ...Oh Gee! HaHa! Thanks BrendaC! -<>- \\///// |. .| ( _\ | | = | |\___/ ___/| \__ /` | '----' |`\ \\\\\\, / | | \ _/'' \\\ /~% | ; \ \ D / /\/ |`\ \ \_ / \ \ | | / / <\ />,_ `\ \| |/ /` / \Y/ /` \ `\; |/` || # | | (| |) || # | | |_________| || # | | | | | ||=[]=| | | | | || |__| |____|__| //| | /||\ \ | | | | | | ) ) | | | / | | ( ( | |___|__| | | | \===|==| | | | / `-.`-. [_[___] jgs \______)__) (_(____| >5 More Minutes :- A woman sat down next to a man on a bench near a playground at West Coast park one fine Sunday Morning. "That's my son over there," she said, pointing to a little boy in a red T-shirt who was gliding down the slide. "He's a fine looking boy," the man said. "That's my son on the swing in the blue T-shirt." Then, looking at his watch, he called to his son. "What do you say we go, Jack?" Jack pleaded, "Just five more minutes, Dad. Please?" "Just five more minutes." The man nodded and Jack continued to swing to his heart's content. Minutes passed and the father stood and called again to his son. "Time to go now?" Again Jack pleaded, "Five more minutes, Dad. Just five more minutes." The man smiled and said, "O.K." "My, you certainly are a patient father," the woman responded. The man smiled and then said, "My older son John was killed by a drunk driver last year while he was riding his bike near here. I never spent much time with John and now I'd give anything for just five more minutes with him. I've vowed not to make the same mistake with Jack. He thinks he has five more minutes to swing. The truth is, I get Five more minutes to watch him play." Life is not a race. Life is all about making priorities. What are your priorities? Give someone you love, 5 more minutes of your Time no matter how busy and you will have no regret forever. Once you lost it, it will be forever.... Life can only be understood backwards; But it must be lived forwards. Life is an uncompromising reconciliation of uncompromising extremes. Life is real! Life is earnest! And the grave is not its goal. LIVE LIFE BEFORE YOU LEAVE LIFE --- ...Great Lesson! Thanks BrendaC! ================================================================ >-->From Our Friend Geniann :) .-""-.--. ( ? ) ( ) '--'--' () /""""" O | (')') o C _) \ _| \__/ <___Y> / \ :\\ / | :|\ |___| :|/\ | | :|\ \ \ \ :| \ \_ \ \==L| \\\ ///` || | || | || | || | || | || | || [___]] jgs (____)) >Some thoughts! 1. One tequila, two tequila, three tequila......Floor. 2. Atheism is a non-prophet organization. 3. If man evolved from monkeys and apes, why do we still have monkeys and apes? 4. The main reason that Santa is so jolly is because he knows where all the bad girls live. 5. I went to a bookstore and asked the saleswoman "where's the self- help section?" She said if she told me, it would defeat the purpose. 6. What if there were no hypothetical questions? 7. If a deaf child signs swear words, does his mother wash his hands with soap? 8. If someone with multiple personalities threatens to kill him self, is it considered a hostage situation? 9. Is there another word for synonym? 10. Where do forest rangers go to "get away from it all?" 11. What do you do when you see an endangered animal eating an endangered plant? 12. If a parsley farmer is sued, can they garnish his wages? 13. Would a fly without wings be called a walk? 14. Why do they lock gas station bathrooms? Are they afraid someone will break-in and clean them? 15. If a turtle doesn't have a shell, is he homeless or naked? 16. Can vegetarians eat animal crackers? 17. If the police arrest a mute, do they tell him he has the right to remain silent? 18. Why do they put braille on the drive-through bank machines? 19. How do they get deer to cross the road only at those yellow road signs? 20. What was the best thing before sliced bread? 21. One nice thing about egotists: they don't talk about other people. 22. Does the little mermaid wear an algebra? 23. Do infants enjoy infancy as much as adults enjoy adultery? 24. How is it possible to have a civil war? 25. If one synchronized swimmer drowns, do the rest drown too? 26. If you ate both pasta and antipasto, would you still be hungry? 27. If you try to fail, and succeed, which have you done? 28. Whose cruel idea was it for the word 'lisp' to have an 's' in it? 29. Why are hemorrhoids called hemorrhoids instead of "assteroids"? 30. Why is it called tourist season if we can't shoot at them? 31. Why is there an expiration date on sour cream? 32. If you spin an oriental man in a circle three times, does he become disoriented? 33. Can an atheist get insurance against acts of god? ---- ...LOL! Great! Thanks Geniann! ========================================================== >-->From CleanLaffs: / .- |/,-'` _.-'''-._ _.;.--._.--.;._ .oOo0Oo./( O / \ O )\ ` _oOoOoO0o '-' '-' ; _//|||||||| (_) | / __)|||||| . . | | __)|||||| `-.___.-' | .-. _ | ___)|||||| \.-./ ; | | / | |~~\\|||||||\ `-` / __| |/ /_ | |`====;__'._ _.'__ (_ _) \ /\"""""/\ `\ `| .'` '----------.`-`\^/`-`. \ |~~| | /~\ |`\ \ | | | |\| | \ `y | jgs | |\| | \ / | |\| | '.__.' |___|\|___| |===\_/===| | | | L | | | | | | | < < | | | | |____|____| .---' / \ / /| | '.______.' | | | | \__/ A man walks into a bar and orders three beers. The bartender brings him the three beers, and the man proceeds to alternately sip one, then the other, then the third, until they're gone. He then orders three more and the bartender says, "Sir, don't you like your beer cold? Why don't you start with one, and I'll bring you a fresh one as soon as you're low." The man says, "You don't understand. I have two brothers, one in Austria and one in Ireland. We made a vow to each other when they moved away that every Saturday night, we'd still drink together. So right now, my brothers have three beers too, and we're drinking together." The bartender thinks it's a wonderful tradition, and every week he sets up the guy's three beers. Then one week, the man comes in and orders only two. He drinks them and then orders two more. The bartender says sadly, "Knowing your tradition, I'd just like to just say that I hope nothing has happened to one of your brothers." The man replies, "Oh, my brothers are fine -- I just quit drinking." -<>- Mary and her friend Jill are sitting by themselves in a bar having a drink. Mary says, "Jill, did you notice there are two guys sitting alone at the bar over there?" "So?" Jill asks. "Well, we're two women sitting alone over here at a table, and there are two men sitting alone at the bar. What do you think that adds up to?" Jill shruggs her shoulders, "Four losers?" -<>- At a boat rental concession, the manager went to the lake's edge and yelled through his megaphone, "Number 99, come in, please. Your time is up." Several minutes passed, but the boat didn't return. "Boat number 99," he again hollered, "return to the dock immediately or I'll have to charge you overtime." "Something is wrong here, boss," his assistant said. "We only have 75 boats. There is no number 99." The manager thought for a moment and then raised his mega- phone: "Boat number 66," he yelled. "Are you having trouble out there?" -<>- I spotted several pairs of men's Levi's jeans at a garage sale. They were sizes 30, 31, and 32, but I was looking for size 33. So I asked the owner if he had a pair. He shook his head. "I'm still wearing the 33s," he said. "Come back next year." -<>- My sister didn't do as well on her driver's ed test as she'd hoped. It might have had something to do with how she completed this sentence: "When the ___ is dead, the car won't start." She wrote: "Driver." -<>- A Baptist pastor was presenting a children's sermon. During the sermon, he asked the children if they knew what the resurrection was. Asking questions during children's sermons is crucial. Asking children questions in front of a congregation can also be very dangerous. After the pastor asked the children if they knew the meaning of the resurrection, a little boy raised his hand. The pastor called on him And the little boy said, "I'm not sure, but I know that if you have a resurrection that lasts more than four hours you are supposed to call the doctor." ========================================================= >-->From The Jokester: .--..--. / V \ __|__________|__ '--/// \\\--' (|/ 6 6 \|) \\ _,)._ // \\\ == /// \\)\//(/ jgs ))))))) (((((( )))) (( >Signs You are Getting Old(er) In a hostage situation you are likely to be released first. Neighbors borrow your tools. No one expects you to run--anywhere. People call at 9 o'clock in the evening and ask, "Did I wake you?" People no longer view you as a hypochondriac. The end of your tie doesn't come anywhere near the top of your pants. There is nothing left to learn the hard way. Things you buy now won't wear out. You answer a question with, "Because I said so!" You are proud of your lawn mower. You buy a compass for the dash of your car. You can eat dinner at 4 pm. You can go bowling without drinking. You can live without sex but not your glasses. You can't remember the last time you laid on the floor to watch television. You consider coffee one of the most important things in life. You constantly talk about the price of gasoline. You enjoy hearing about other people's operations. You get cable television for the Weather Channel. You get into a heated argument about pension plans. You have a dream about prunes. You have a party and the neighbors don't even realize it. You keep busy by sending e-mail to friends. You know what the word "equity" means. You make an appointment to see the dentist. You no longer think of speed limits as a challenge. You quit trying to hold your stomach in, no matter who walks into the room. You send money to PBS. You sing along with elevator music. You take a metal detector to the beach. You talk about "good grass" and you're referring to someone's lawn. You wear black socks with sandals. You would rather go to work than stay home sick. Your arms are almost too short to read the newspaper. Your back goes out more than you do. Your best friend is dating someone half their age and it isn't breaking any laws. Your ears are hairier than your head. Your eyes won't get much worse. Your investment in health insurance is finally beginning to pay off. Your joints are more accurate meteorologists than the national weather service. Your secrets are safe with your friends because they can't remember them either. Your supply of brain cells is finally down to manageable size. You're asleep, but others worry that you're dead. Kidnappers are not very interested in you. You can't remember who sent you this list. -<>- __ .' `'. / _ | #_/.\==/.\ (, \_/ \\_/ | -' | ,\ = / /| .-'|`-. __.' / | / | `-.__.' .-\ /-. | | { _/ \_ } | | `| | | | | '. | | .' jgs '-.| |.' `"` >How to Impress a Woman: Compliment her, Respect her, Honor her, Cuddle her, Kiss her, Caress her, Love her, Tease her, Comfort her, Protect her, Hug her, Hold her, Dance with her, Spend money on her, Wine and dine her, Buy things for her, Listen to her, Care for her, Stand by her, Support her, Hold her, Go to the ends of the Earth for her. -<>- \\\\/// _."" ""._ .' '. / \ | .=~~= =~~=. | | .-''-.-''-. | | /_____|_____\ | .--' (o ) (o ) '--. / _ / \ _ \ | (_ / \ _) | \ | | / '--. \'--\ /--'/ .--' \ \ '-----' / / \ '. .--.--. .' / \ `'-----'` / '-. .-' jgs )'---'( >How to Impress a Man: Show up naked. Bring food. -<>- (Et-Ahems Follow:) ..@@@@@@@.. .@@@@@@@@@@/@@@@. @@@@@@@@@@@/@@@@@@@ @@@@@@@@@@@' '@@@@@ @@@@@@'=. .===. `@@@ @@@' .--. .--. @@ @ (()__) (_()_) @ (( / \ )) | (_ _) | jgs \ __.-. / '._ '--' _.' `-------' >To My Dear Wife, During the past year, I have tried to make love to you 365 times. I have succeeded 36 times, which is an average of once every ten days. The following is a list of why I did not succeed more often: 54 times the sheets were clean 17 times it was too late 49 times you were too tired 20 times it was too hot 15 times you pretended to be asleep 22 times you had a headache 17 times you were afraid of waking the baby 16 times you said you were too sore 12 times it was the wrong time of the month 19 times you had to get up early 9 times you said you weren't in the mood 7 times you were sunburned 6 times you were watching the late show 5 times you didn't want to muss your new hairdo 3 times you said the neighbors would hear us 9 times you said your mother would hear us Of the 36 times I did succeed, the activity was not satisfactory because: 6 times you just laid there 8 times you reminded me that there's a crack in the ceiling 4 times you told me to hurry up and get it over with 7 times I had to wake you and tell you I had finished 1 time I was afraid I had hurt you because I felt you move -<>- _._ .' '. | / //\\\ \ | ( ( -\- ) ) | '-\_=_/-' // .-'\ /'-. (|/ / '-' \ / / | \__ __/_/\/ /| | |\ / \ / \ \ \ '-' `\/\ ; |/|\ | | | | | | | |_______| | | | \ | / jgs /=|=\ (_/T\_) >To My Dear Husband, I think you have things a little confused. Here are the reasons you didn't get more than you did: 5 times you came home drunk and tried to mess with the cat thinking it was me 36 times you did not come home at all 21 times you didn't come at all 33 times you came but too soon 19 times you went soft on me 38 times you worked too late 10 times you got cramps in your toes 29 times you had to get up early to play golf 2 times you were in a fight and someone kicked you in the privates 4 times you got stuck in your zipper 3 times you had a cold and your nose was running 2 times you had a splinter in your finger 20 times you lost the notion after thinking about it all day 6 times you came while reading a dirty book 98 times you were too busy watching sports on t.v. Of the times we did get together, the reason I laid still was because you missed.... I wasn't talking about the crack in the ceiling. What I said was, "Would you prefer me on my back or kneeling?" The time you felt me move was because you farted, and I was trying to breathe. -<>- _ =( )= //"\\ (|^.^|) '\^/' /`\ /`\ /, Y ,\ / |\___/| \ /__|{___}|__\ () | | () | | | | | | | | jgs |___| " " >Chinese Laundry A woman was unhappy with the way her laundry was done at the local Chinese Laundry, so she wrote a note and put it in the bag with the next collection of soiled clothes : "USE MORE SOAP!" She got the clean laundry back, and was still dissatisfied with the results, so the following week she enclosed another note: "USE MORE SOAP ON PANTIES!" The Chinese laundryman became very annoyed, and when her clean laundry was delivered, it contained a note from HIM: "I USE PLENTY SOAP ON PANTIES!!! USE MORE PAPER!!" -<>- .="=. /\_ /|6 6|\ _/\ \_//O\_+_/O\\_/ \\\/`"""`\/// \ ($) / ./---/_\---\. /`"---------"`\ / / | \ \ / / | \ \ jgs `._._.-'-._.-'-.' >Creative Fortune Cookie Sayings "What? 3 servings of Moo Shoo Pork weren't enough for you, tubby?" "Your fullness will be short-lived. Like an hour, tops. "Put all your money and jewelry in egg roll and nobody get hurt." "Today's dog in alley is tomorrow's moo goo gai pan." "Patron who mocks waiter's accent will unwittingly consume chef's body fluids." "Man who look to stale cookie for advice probably make good busboy. Ask waitress for application." "Your strength lies in your continued belief that what you just ate was indeed duck." "Creative Chinese chef without utensils can still find ways to stir soup." -<>- ~~~; ;~~~ _/@@ ' ' @@\_ (_ .C C _) ""::' \<>/ jgs '' `' >Wise Counsel? Two men are out ice fishing at their favorite fishing hole, just fishing quietly and drinking beer. Almost silently, so as not to scare the fish, Rick says, "I think I'm going to divorce my wife - she hasn't spoken to me in over 2 months." Dave continues slowly sipping his beer, then thoughtfully says, "You better think it over - women like that are hard to find." -------- As many of you have brought to my attention, I inadvertently let through 3 emails that contained questionable material. I apologize - I routinely get 10-20 emails sent to the Groups email control center. 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This is so neat. You have to try it. Follow instructions Use your mouse to draw. http://www.drawastickman.com/index.htm --- ...I came, I saw, I Played, I conquered! TeeHee! Thanks Geniann! -<>- >Revisiting From Our Friend LouiseAu :) Dogs and baths are not a great mix. In nature, wolves just don't really spend much time bathing, they have other ways to get clean. Dogs just can't, for the life of them, understand why humans insist on dunking them in hot water time after time, while pouring weird liquids on them and then almost immediately washing them off. Sorry, my dear canine buddies, you'll still need to take that bath! http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=g-8CbXfKbZo This older cat has given up on trying to get rid of the new kitty addition to the family, and will now explain to the young kitten how life works in their home life with the humans. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4Sn91t1V4g&feature=player_embedded Another hilarious 'Dear Kitten' video, this time the older cat is patiently explaining the concept of the dog to the young new kitten that has just joined the household. Of course, being a cat, it has its own opinions of what kind of creature a dog is... and they are not that favorable... http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=3yNSF7ljOoU --- ...So Sweet! And FUNNY! Thanks LouiseA! ======================================================= >-->Quotes & Thunkers: "The government has unveiled a new website that predicts your financial worth after graduating college. 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