It Is Good To Be A Woman & More ... :) Shangy! >Here are the details on our Yahoo ShangyFunList: To Subscribe send a blank email to ShangyFunList-subscribe@yahoogroups.com Group home page: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ShangyFunList or Web Site: http://www.ShangralaFamilyFun.com/ShangyFunList.html Group email address: ShangyFunList@yahoogroups.com or email me here: bcrsystems@earthlink.net =========================== >-->In The 'Shangy' News: I've been working more on the Bible Pages. Over the weekend I got another dozen of them done. Here are a few you may not have seen before: BibleStudy: Law Of Believing Part #1 http://www.ShangralaFamilyFun.com/BibleStudy/lawofbelieving1.html BibleStudy: Law Of Believing Part #2 http://www.ShangralaFamilyFun.com/BibleStudy/lawofbelieving2.html | | | | | | | .-, ,, ,-. | _ \(::)/ _ / | \ ( '.3 E.' ) ;_/,L-,\_; /'__'\ \._/3 E\_./ ARV ( ) \_./(::)\._/ '' BibleStudy: FEAR: Feeling Kind Of Buggy [story] http://www.ShangralaFamilyFun.com/BibleStudy/fearfeelingkindofbuggy.html ---------------------- >I added photos to our group here: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ShangyFunList ** Also be sure to check our group files - Little Brother is new! Thank You Doug & Patty, And STEVE for Sharing With Us!! -<>- >Hot Off The 'Shangy' Press! .--. .-, .-..-.__ .'(`.-` \_.-'-./` |\_(_"\__ __.>\ '; _;---,._| / __/`'--) /.--. : |/' _.--.<| / | | _..-' `\ /' /` /_/ _/_/ >_.-``-. `Y /' _;---.`|/)))) '` .-''. \|: \.' __, .-'"` .'--._ `-: \/: /' '.\ _|_ /.'`\ :; /' `- `-|-` -` | | | :.; : | .-'~^~`-. |: | .' _ _ `. |:. | | |_) | |_) | :. : | | | \ | | | .jgs. : ; | | -."-/\\\/:::. `\."-._'."-"_\\-| |///."- " -."-.\\"-."//.-".`-."_\\-.".-\\`=.........=`//-". TRICKS FOR TREATS #1 http://www.shangralafamilyfun.com/tricksfortreats.html TRICKS FOR TREATS #2 http://www.shangralafamilyfun.com/tricksfortreats2.html AND NOW - - This one is SMOKING! Thanks goes to Patty & Doug for this inspiration: They made me go look for some photos! HORSE COSTUMES http://www.shangralafamilyfun.com/horsecostumes.html Here's Their newsletter... ------------------- >-->From our Friends Patty & Doug :) (\w/) (.. \ _/ ) \______ (oo /'\ )`, `--' (v __( / || ||| ||| || //_| //_| jv Happy Fall everyone! Next Sunday the 28th is our 2nd annual "Scary Horse Show". This is a fun, social event that YOU and YOUR horse are costumed. (You do not need to participate in the costume to come and have fun). It will be a potluck affair so bring your best "ghoulish" dish. As far as costumes go it's up to you...keep it simple and if you have any questions please call me and I'll help you out. WHERE: The Hill's (map attached) [see group photos] RSVP: PLEASE; I need a count for the meat and sodas START TIME: 10:30 (arrival time) END TIME: 3:00 or so EVENTS: People costume contest Horse costume contest Best "ghoulish dish" PRIZES: You bet!!! Since some of our hoofed friends may be concerned about the "dressed up" equine next to them, this will be unmounted, just to keep things safe. Latter you are more than welcome to ride your horse safely on our property. Our Chapter supplies the meat, water and soft drinks. Plenty of room for any size trailers. Last year we had some great costumes and a wonderful time. Join in on the fun or come and laugh with us. Hope to see you there! Patty Hill ======================================================================= >-->From The FunnyBone: ___ (___) Carjacking Foiled: /` `\ / /"\ \ An elderly lady did her shopping and upon \_/o o\_/ return found 4 males in her car. She dropped ( _ ) her shopping bags and drew her handgun, `\ /` proceeding to scream at them at the top of /\\V//\ her voice that she knows how to use it and / /_ _\ \ that she will if required.... so get out of \ \___/ / the car. \/===\/ || || The 4 men didn't wait around for a second || || invitation but got out and ran like mad, ||___|| where upon the lady proceeded to load her |_____| shopping bags into the back of the car jgs ||| and got into the drivers seat. Small / Y \ problem, her key wouldn't fit the ignition. `"`"` Her car was identical and parked four or five spaces further down. She loaded her bags into her car and drove to the police station. The sergeant that she told the story to nearly tore himself in two with laughter and pointed to the other end of the counter where four pale white males were reporting a car-jacking by a mad, elderly, white woman......no charges were filed. ====================================================================== +----------------- Bizarre Entertainment ------------------+ FACTS Captain Jean-Luc Picard's fish was named Livingston. Chocolate syrup was used for blood in the famous 45 second shower scene in Alfred Hitchcock's movie, Psycho, which actually took 7 days to shoot. Donald Duck's middle name is Fauntleroy. George Harrison, with "My Sweet Lord," was the first Beatle to have a Number 1 hit single following the group's break- up. In 1920, 57% of Hollywood movies billed the female star above the leading man. In 1990, only 18% had the leading lady given top billing. In 1969, Midnight Cowboy became the first and only X-rated production to win the Academy Award for Best Picture. (Its rating has since been changed to R.) In Disney's Fantasia, the Sorcerer's name is Yensid, which is Disney spelled backward. Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, and Jim Morrison were all 27 years old when they died. Mickey Mouse is known as 'Topolino' in Italy. Movie detective Dirty Harry's badge number is 2211. ================================================================== >-->From Our Friend Steve :) >CATS RULE . . :"-. .-"; |:`.`.__..__.'.';| || :-" "-; || :; :; / .==. .==. \ : _.--._ ; ; .--.' `--' `.--. : : __;` ':__ ; ; ' '-._:;_.-' ' : '. `--' .' ."-._ _.-". .' ""------"" `. http://www.metacafe.com/watch/866891/300_cats_parody/ -<>- >FUN one Page: Goofy http://tafmaster.com/taf/14142/252307/?referrer_url=http%3A//www.flashfunpages.com/goofy.htm -<>- >HOW THE FIGHT STARTED: .-"""-. / \ \ / .-"""-.-`.-.-.< _ / _,-\ ()()_/:) This is what happened! \ / , ` `| '-..-| \-.,___, / \ `-.__/ / jgs `-.__.-'` She rear-ended a car this morning. So there they were alongside the road and slowly the other driver gets out of his car . . . and you know how you just-get-sooo-stressed and life-stuff seems to get funny? Yeah, well, she could NOT believe it . . . he was a DWARF! He storms over to her car, looks up at her and says, "I AM NOT HAPPY!" So, She looks down at him and says, "Well, which one are you then?" . . . and that's when the fight started . . . "Obviously he was "Grumpy" -<>- ____ .' `". / | \ | \__.-, (_, \ /` 9 `\ / ,_ )| 9 . |` \'. '.\ ,_/ / _\ \.--.'.___.' `'. .-' _` a \.--, .' | `""` \ a K ; ,-'\ _.;_ '.__,. (__.'`-._ ) (_/\ '-. /_ ;-._)-._/ _) / `` \ '-._______.-' |_ |_ | | | | |__|__/ jgs .-"'-'|--| '.___,_|""| \__/ Due to a power outage, only one paramedic responded to the call. The house was very, very dark, so the paramedic asked Kathleen, a 3-year-old girl, to hold a flashlight high over her Mommy so he could see while he helped deliver the baby. Very diligently, Kathleen did as she was asked. Heidi pushed and pushed, and after a little while Connor was born. The paramedic lifted him by his little feet and spanked him on his bottom. Connor began to cry. The paramedic then thanked Kathleen for her help and asked the wide-eyed 3-year old what she thought about what she had just witnessed. Kathleen quickly responded, 'He shouldn't have crawled in there in the first place........ smack his butt again.' If you didn't laugh on this one, there's no help for you.. --- ..A Good Ones! Thanks Steve! =============================================================== >-->From JokeCentral: Price of Oranges Mrs. Goldberg was shopping at a produce stand in her neighborhood. She approached the vendor and asked, "How much are these oranges?" "Two for a quarter," answered the vendor. "How much is just one?" she asked. "Fifteen cents," answered the vendor. "Then I'll take the other one," said Mrs. Goldberg. -<>- A Hot Dog Please ______________ .-' `-. (____________________) ( ) jgs ( `----------------' ) `------------------' A local fast food restaurant had just started offering chili dogs. My grandson does not like chili so I ordered a hot dog. I was told they did not have hot dogs. I said, "But you have chili dogs." The lady thought about it a moment then said, "Oh well, I can't give you a hot dog, but I can give you a chili dog without chili!" She turned to the kitchen behind her and said, "One chili-dog, hold the chili." It really happened at Krystal in Tupelo, Mississippi. -<>- Drug Shirt My kindergarten-aged daughter suddenly announced just before school that she needed to take a clean tee shirt to class. She told us the teacher was going to iron an anti-drug message on it. My wife frantically swept through my daughter's room, finding nothing usable but one tee shirt that already had something printed on one side. She sent it off to school with my daughter. That afternoon, my daughter returned and happily showed off her shirt. On one side it said, "Families are Forever." And on the other, "Be Smart, Don't Start." -<>- Four Letter Words A young couple got married and left on their honeymoon. When they got back, the bride immediately called her mother. Her mother asked, "How was the honeymoon?" "Oh, mama," she replied, "the honeymoon was wonderful! So romantic..." Suddenly she burst out crying. "But, mama, as soon as we returned Sam started using the most horrible language...things I'd never heard before! I mean, all these awful 4-letter words! You've got to come get me and take me home.... Please mama!" "Sarah, Sarah," her mother said, "calm down! Tell me, what could be so awful? What 4-letter words?" "Please don't make me tell you, mama," wept the daughter, "I'm so embarrassed they're just too awful! Come get me, please!" "Darling, baby, you must tell me what has you so upset. Tell your mother these horrible 4-letter words!" Still sobbing, the bride said, "Oh, mama...words like DUST, WASH, IRON, COOK...!" -<>- New Services A church congregation that decided to have four worship services each Sunday. There was one for those new to the faith. Another for those who liked traditional worship. One for those who'd lost their faith and would like to get it back. And another for those who had bad experiences with churches and were complaining about it. The church came up with names for each of the services: FINDERS, KEEPERS, LOSERS, WEEPERS -<>- Military Computer The Pentagon recently unveiled its new super computer to the top brass. This fantastic device, capable of making bazillions of decisions in split nanoseconds, is designed to solve all military problems with the greatest of ease. To test its capabilities, the brass poses a tactical problem to it and then asks for a decision, "Attack or Retreat?" The computer hums a bit, blinks a myriad of lights and answers, "Yes." The brass, somewhat confused by this answer, replies, "Yes what?" The computer instantly replies, "Yes, sir!" -<>- Cheap Lesson Weary of constantly picking clothes up from the floor of her son's room, a mother finally laid down the law: each item of clothing she had to pick up would cost her son 25 cents. By the end of the week, he owed her $1.50. She received the money promptly, along with a 50- cent tip and a note that read, "Thanks, Mom; keep up the good work!" -<>- >It is good to be a woman: . L\ .-""-. |\_ / (--> \ \ \'--.)_>_=/_( \ )`-._/|_,( _. |_\ (_ ( \ /.- .' `\ ) \_/\ \.'/ _.','\ _/\ ( '._/ /_/` \ / jgs '-..-'] 1. We got off the Titanic first. 2. We can scare male bosses with the mysterious gynecological disorder excuses. 3. Taxis stop for us. 4. We don't look like a frog in a blender when dancing. 5. No fashion faux pas we make, could ever rival the Speedo. 6. We don't have to pass gas to amuse ourselves. 7. If we forget to shave, no one has to know. 8. We can congratulate our teammate without ever touching her rear end. 9. We never have to reach down every so often to make sure our privates are still there. 10. We have the ability to dress ourselves. 11. We can talk to the opposite sex without having to picture them naked. 12. If we marry someone 20 years younger, we are aware that we will look like an idiot. 13. We will never regret piercing our ears. 14. There are times when chocolate really can solve all your problems. 15. We can make comments about how silly men are in their presence because they aren't listening anyway. --- Judi Burns (What did she say? - J.R.) ============================================================ >-->From Out Friend Fig :) ___ ___ .'` `""--.._..--""` `'. / .-""-"-""-. \ | / \ | \, | .--.-.--. | ,/ (_'- |` > `| -'_) / | < | \ | (__..---..__) | | (`|\o_/ \_o/|`) | | \( > )/ | | [>=| --- |=<] | | ,\__\ /__/, | |.____.|\==='-'===/|.____.| \_____;_\=======/_;_____/ | _)'.===.'(_ | ; \-._\_/_.-/ ; /\_\_\_\ () /_/_/_/\ '-.._____.-'-._____..-' | /`\ | |_ | | _| _.;____ | | ____;._ jgs /` `| |` `\ '------'--' '--'------' >You know you are too old to Trick or Treat when: 10. You get winded from knocking on the door. .-. .-. /___\ /___\ /.....\ /.....\ /:::::::\ .-. /:::::::\ /#########\ /___\ /#########\ ########### /.....\ ########### `"""""""""`/:::::::\ `"""""""""` /#########\ jgs ########### `"""""""""` 9. You have to have another kid chew the candy for you. 8. You ask for high fiber candy only. .--. .--. | = o\ | = o\ \= =_/ \= =_/ )= \____ )= \____ ; = _|__-\ ; = _|__-\ |= ----.\ |= ----.\ ('.==| ('.==| / \=\=\ / \=\=\ _.' /=/\=\_ _.' /=/\=\_ _jgs_..-' /__) \__)__..-' /__) \__) 7. When someone drops a candy bar in your bag, you lose your Balance and fall over. .-"""". / \ __ / .-. .\ / `\ / \/ \ | _ \/ .==.==. | ( \ /____\__\ \ \ (_()(_() \ \ '---._ \ \_ /\ |` (__)________/ / \| /\___/ | \ \||VV | \ \|"""", | \ ______) \ \ /` jgs \( 6. People say: "Great Boris Karloff Mask," And you're not wearing a mask. 5. When the door opens you yell, "Trick or ." And can't remember the rest. 4. By the end of the night, you have a bag full of restraining orders. .-. heehee /aa \_ __\- / ) .-. .-. (__/ / heehee _/oo \ _/ ..\ / \ ( \v /__ ( \ u/__ / \__ \/ ___) \ \__) \_.-._._ ) .-. / \ / \ `-` / ee\_ / \_ __/ \ __\ o/ ) \_.-.__ ) ( _._.-._/ hoho (___ \/ '-' jgs '-' / \ _/ \ teehee ( __.-._/ '-' 3. You have to carefully choose a costume that won't dislodge your hairpiece. 2. You're the only Power Ranger in the neighborhood with a walker. And the number one reason Seniors should not go Trick Or Treating... * * * .:\:/:. .:\:\:/:/:. :.:\:\:/:/:.: :=.' - - '.=: '=(\ 9 9 /)=' ( (_) ) /`-vvv-'\ / \ / /|,,,,,|\ \ /_// /^\ \\_\ WW( ( ) )WW __\,,\ /,,/__ jgs (______Y______) 1. You keep having to go home to pee. .-----. .' - - '. / .-. .-. \ | | | | | | \ \o/ \o/ / No matter, _/ ^ \_ | \ '---' / | have a HAPPY HALLOWEEN anyway. / /`--. .--`\ \ / /'---` `---'\ \ '.__. .__.' `| |` | \ \ '--. '. `\ `'---. | jgs ,__) / `..' (if the shoe fits, uh, uh, I forgot!) --- ...TeeHee! Thanks Fig! =================================================================== >-->In The Worldly News: My Brother is a Boy Scout Leader - so of course this bugs me: >From AFA: Philadelphia punishes Boy Scouts because of their beliefs The city of Philadelphia has decided to punish the Boy Scouts of America because it will not allow homosexuals to serve as Scout Leaders. City officials said they will charge the Cradle of Liberty Scouts Council $200,000 a year to use the city-owned headquarters. The Council was paying $1 per year (since 1928). The city owns the land on which the Council's 1928 Beaux Arts building sits. The city says it is charging the scouts $200,000 a year because the scouts discriminate against homosexuals. But the city finds nothing wrong with their discrimination against the scouts because of the scouts' belief. The action by city officials means that 30 new Cub Scout packs won't be organized, and that 800 needy kids will not be going to the Council's summer camp if the city charges them $200,000. The Supreme Court ruled in 2000 that the scouts, as a private group, have a First Amendment right to bar homosexuals from membership. Philadelphia officials, in an effort to appease the homosexual activists, began searching for a way to punish the scouts. The rent increase was the vehicle to do that. The Cradle of Liberty Council serves about 64,000 scouts in Philadelphia and its suburbs. Take Action * Send an e-mail to Philadelphia officials protesting their discrimination against the Boy Scouts: http://tinyurl.com/37vb7m * Forward this to friends and family and ask them to send the e-mail. Sincerely, P.S. Please help us get this information into the hands of as many people as possible by forwarding it to your family and friends. -<>- >From BizarreNews: _ /_\ )" ' ,\ ./.'\ _.`-; ' .'/ / .\ .' / / // __/_.' |(\`\ --jgs''-- /'_.]--''- _\| `-| ---''''---....--' `"""' `"" ` - Burglar not-so-merry maid before arrest -------- MONTGOMERY, Ala. - A Montgomery, Ala., couple fussed with a burglar who messed up their house, making the intruder tidy up at gunpoint. When the couple, Adrian and Tiffany McKinnon, returned home from a trip, they discovered thieves had cleaned out their residence of almost every- thing the family of five owned, the Montgomery Advertiser reported. "Tears just rolled down my face as I walked in and saw everything gone and piles of trash all over my home," said the woman. Her husband was walking through the house when a man walked through a door, wearing Adrian McKinnon's hat. McKinnon held the suspect -- Tajuan Bullock, 33, of Montgomery -- at gunpoint while trying to decide what to do, his wife said. "We made this man clean up all the mess he made," while waiting for police, she said. When the police arrived, the wife said Bullock "had the nerve to raise sand about us making him clean up." The officers laughed. \\\\\\, /.. \\\ < D \_-'_/ <\ (>,_ / \Y/ /` \ || # | | -- Man rescued from septic tank -------------- FRANKFORT SPRINGS, Pa. - An elderly western Pennsylvania man was rescued from his septic tank after he fell in while trying to do repair work. Red Davidson, 77, of Frankfort Springs was rescued after about 45 minutes in the tank Wednesday, The Beaver County Times reported. Davidson lives behind the County Line Pizza & Deli, which his son, Paul, owns. The two men had been planning to work on the tank together, but Davidson decided to start on his own. When Paul arrived, he heard his father calling for help but could not see him. Firefighters used Davidson's backhoe to widen the opening to the tank and then pulled him out with a safety harness. Paramedics removed Davidson's clothes and washed him down before he was flown to a hospital in Pittsburgh. Paul Davidson said his father remains active. "He takes too many risks," he said. "He does stuff now that 20 years ago, he would've yelled at me for doing." _ .-=-. .-==-. { } __ .' O o '. / -<' ) { } .' O'. / o .-. O \ / .--v` { } / .-. o\ /O / \ o\ /O / \ `-` / \ O`-'o / \ O`-`o / jgs `-.-` '.____.' `.____.' - New York woman finds python in toilet ----------- NEW YORK - There were no clues Thursday as to how a 7-foot python came to be lodged in the toilet of a New York woman's apartment. Nadege Brunacci, 38, told the New York Daily News she thought she was hallucinating Monday morning when she went into the bathroom and saw the serpent looking up at her from the toilet bowl. Brunacci said she slammed the lid down, put a heavy box on top of it and called the fire department, WABC-TV, New York, reported. She then flushed the toilet, which drove the reptile to an apartment downstairs, the report said. Her landlord, fire officials and several plumbers converged and began cutting pipes and retrieved the python. It was taken to a Brooklyn animal rescue center, which was searching for a home for it, WCBS-TV, New York, said. City bylaws forbid keeping pythons as pets. ============================================================== >-->From Our Friends Del, Casey, & Mr.Wu :) >INTERESTING OBSERVATION 1. The sport of choice for the urban poor is BASKETBALL. .-""""""-. .' :'. / : \ :`. . : | ' . | : ` . : \ : / '. . .' jgs '-......-' 2 The sport of choice for maintenance level employees is BOWLING .-. \ / .-. |_| .-. \ / |=| \ / |_| / \ |_| |=| / (@) \|=|/ \ ____ | / \@) \ .' '. / (@) \ | / # \ | | | | o o |'='| | / \ o / \ /'=' jgs '.____.' '=' 3 The sport of choice for front-line workers is FOOTBALL. _.-=""=-._ .'\\-++++-//'. jgs ( || || ) '.// \\.' `'-=..=-'` 4 The sport of choice for supervisors is BASEBALL. _ ____ __ / \ .' '. ____......------""""""""````` `\ | `::-/'-....-'\--""``` | | :: | | | | ,:'-\.-''''-./--..___ / jgs \_/ '.____.' ````````````"""""""------------' 5 The sport of choice for middle management is TENNIS. ,-"""-. /\ /\ | | | | \/ \/ jgs '-...-' and.... 6 The sport of choice for corporate executives and officers is GOLF. ____ .:'o o ':. // o o o \\ |o o o o|| \\o o o // ':.o_o_.:' `\__/` )( || || jgs || \/ THE AMAZING CO NCLUSION: The higher you go in the corporate structure, the smaller your balls become. --- ...Good one! Thanks Del! =============================================================== >-->From ScreamOfTheCrop: An old man was grocery shopping with his grandson. The toddler was crying and at times screaming at the top of his lungs. As the old gentleman walked up and down the aisles, people could hear him speaking in a soft voice. "We are almost done, Albert. Try not to cry, Albert... Life will get better, Albert..." As he approached the checkout stand, he carefully brushed the toddler's tears from his eyes and said again, "Try not to cry, Albert... We will be home soon, Albert..." As he was paying the cashier, the toddler continued to cry. A young woman in line behind him said, "sir, I think it is wonderful how sweet you are being to your little Albert." The old gentleman blinked his eyes a couple of times before saying, "Miss, my grandson's name is John. I'm Albert." -<>- Just before the funeral services, the undertaker came up to the very elderly widow and asked, "How old was your husband?" "98," she replied. "Two years older than me" "So you're 96," the undertaker commented. She responded, "Hardly worth going home, is it? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Reporters interviewing a 104-year-old woman: "And what do you think is the best thing about being 104?" the reporter asked. She simply replied, "No peer pressure." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The nice thing about being senile is you can hide your own Easter eggs. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I've sure gotten old! I've had two bypass surgeries, a hip replacement, new knees, fought prostate cancer and diabetes. I'm half blind, can't hear anything quieter than a jet engine, take 40 different medications that make me dizzy, winded, and subject to blackouts. Have bouts with dementia. Have poor circulation; hardly feel my hands and feet anymore. Can't remember if I'm 85 or 92. Have lost all my friends. But, thank God, I still have my driver's license. ==================================================================== >-->From Clean Laffs: '\ . . \ . ' . O>> . 'o \ . /\ . / / .' ^^^^^jgs^^^^^^^`^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ A nurse noticed a man in golf attire pacing up and down out- side the operating room where another golfer who had a golf ball driven down his throat, was being treated. "Is he a relative of yours?" the nurse, stepping outside the room, asked the pacing golfer. "No," replied the man, "That's my ball!" -<>- When I was a child my family used to sometimes take our vacations, in British Columbia. In those days all Canadians appreciated their American neighbors. We had a favorite place to visit, mostly because of the fine fishing. It was at a Lake that was about 30 miles long and a 1/2 mile wide. While we were around our campfire in the evening the local Indians would go from camp to camp selling their wares. They would also tell of the Legends of the area. This one Legend always stuck in my mind. It seemed that on this particular Lake two Indian Tribes made their homes. They were, however, at war, with one another from years before. There was an Indian Maiden in one Camp who was in love with a young Brave in the other Camp. They used to stand, on the shore, each on their respective side of the Lake, and chant Indian love calls to each other...even though they were warned by their Chiefs that nothing could ever come of it. One day they just could not stand being apart any longer. That evening, on a cold Fall night, they each jumped into the Lake and swam towards each other in the Moonlight. When they reached each other in the center of the Lake, they embraced and, very quickly, froze to death. This act so im- pressed the Brave's Tribe that they named the Lake after the young man. I will never forget those wonderful vacations that we spent at "Lake Stupid". -<>- One October my wife and I spent a vacation on Washington's Olympic Peninsula. We were eager to visit the rain forests near the coast, but we heard that snow slides had made some of the roads impassable. Although apprehensive about the conditions we might run into, we drove on. Sure enough, we had gone only a short way up the High Rain Forest road when we saw a sign: "Ice 10 miles." Five miles farther on there was another: "Ice 5 miles." The next one was: "Ice 1/2 mile." We practically crept that half-mile. We came to the last sign. It was outside a small grocery, and it read: "Ice 75 cents." -<>- When I was a 20-something college student, I became quite friendly with my study partner, a 64-year-old man, who had returned to school to finish his degree. He confessed, with a wink, that he had once thought more than friendship might be a possibility between us. "So what changed your mind?" I asked him. "I went to my doctor and asked if he thought a 40-year age difference between a man and woman was insurmountable. He looked at my chart and said, 'You're interested in someone who's 104?'" -<>- I used to live in New Brunswick, New Jersey, the home of Rutgers University. The new flock of kids attending college always includes those who need a little help with everyday chores they themselves never did before, such as laundry or grocery- shopping. I was in the dairy aisle for some eggs. As usual, I opened the carton to check them over before putting them in my cart. Beside me, a young man did the same to his carton... then leaned toward me and asked, "What are we looking for?" -<>- The personnel office received an email requesting a listing of the department staff broken down by age and sex. The personnel office sent this reply... "Attached is a list of our staff. We currently have no one broken down by age or sex. However, we have a few alcoholics." -<>- >-->From The Jokester: A Trip to the Psychic A woman goes to the local psychic in hopes of contacting her dearly departed grandmother. The psychic's eyelids begin fluttering, her hands float up above the table, and she begins moaning. Eventually, a coherent voice emanates saying, "Granddaughter? Are you there?" The woman, wide-eyed and on the edge of her seat, responds, "Grandmother? Is that you?" "Yes granddaughter, it's me." "It's really, really you, grandmother?” the woman repeats. "Yes, it's really me, granddaughter." The woman looks puzzled, "You're sure it's you, grandmother?" "Yes, granddaughter, I'm sure it's me." The woman pauses a moment, "Grandmother, I have just one question for you." "Anything, my child." "Grandmother, when did you learn to speak English?" -<>- .===. / ,,, \ .===. ( /6.6\ ) ////\\\ .===. )( _ )( ((/6.6\)) /_____\__ .===. 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As she left the room, she heard the three-year-old say with a trembling voice, "Who was THAT?" -- A grandmother was telling her little granddaughter what her own childhood was like: "We used to skate outside on a pond. I had a swing made from a tire; it hung from a tree in our front yard. We rode our pony. We picked wild raspberries in the woods. The little girl was wide-eyed, taking this in. At last she said, "I sure wish I'd gotten to know you sooner!" -- My grandson was visiting one day when he asked, "Grandma, do you know how you and God are alike?" I mentally polished my halo while I asked, "No, how are we alike?" "You're both old," he replied. -- A little girl was diligently pounding away on her grandfather's computer. She told him she was writing a story. "What's it about?" he asked. "I don't know," she replied. "I can't read." -- I didn't know if my granddaughter had learned her colors yet, so I decided to test her. I would point out something and ask what color it was. She would tell me, and always she was correct. But it was fun for me, so I continued. At last she headed for the door, saying sagely, "Grandma, I think you should try to figure out some of this yourself!" -- When my grandson Billy and I entered our vacation cabin, we kept the lights off until we were inside to keep from attracting pesky insects. Still, a few fireflies followed us in. Noticing them before I did, Billy whispered, "It's no use, Grandpa. The mosquitoes are coming after us with flashlights." -- When my grandson asked me how old I was, I teasingly replied, "I'm not sure." "Look in your underwear, Grandma," he advised. "Mine says I'm four to six." -- A second grader came home from school and said to her grandmother, "Grandma, guess what? We learned how to make babies today." The grandmother, more than a little surprised, tried to keep her cool. "That's interesting," she said, "How do you make babies?" "It's simple," replied the girl. 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