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I was concerned as I heard of a kickback or something about having to be more carefull with a chainsaw. So in comes this from Viv. Right on cue as if from God directly. Here is a man that uses a chainsaw not only to cut wood, but makes beautiful objects of art using only it! Amazing! Check it out here... __. ________/o |) {_______{_rs| Chainsaw Wood Art! http://www.shangralafamilyfun.com/woodcarving.html --- ...Really neat! Thanks Viv! ============================================================= >-->From TheFunnyBone: America To Dip Into Strategic Humor Reserves Following the recent announcement that all available humor has been used, and is now being recycled, a very unexpected reaction has occurred in Congress. Responding to a flood of calls and letters, members of both houses of Congress have come together to attempt to resolve the problem. In a rare show of bipartisan cooperation, a majority of Senators and Representatives signed a letter to the President asking him to release some of the US strategic reserves of humor. ============;===========;() It is a little known fact, but the United # # # #:::::: States keeps a large reserve of humor, in a manner # # # #:::::: similar to that in which oil reserves are stored. # # # #:::::: Located in abandoned salt caves buried deep in # # # #:::::: Louisiana, the humor is stored for times of nation- # # # # # # # al emergency and general unhappiness. # # # # # # # # # # # # # # Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich, in a statement # # # # # # # made during a press conference to announce the # # # # # # # letter stated: # # # # # # # "The American people have spoken. The vast majority of the comments we have all received have been from people who are tired of hearing the same jokes over and over again. Granted, there are some that are true classics, and one never grows tired of hearing them, but too many are marginal the first time one hears them, and they do not get any better with time. I would urge Mr Obama to act swiftly, and to release some of the humor that has been stored away for years. It is in the best interest of the country to do so." Providing counter point, alan Greenspan, once Chairman of the Federal Reserve, responded. "Few know this, but one of my duties as Fed chairman was to be the honorary Commissioner of Comedy. It is my belief that there is sufficient humor in the economy, and that an infusion of additional humor could lead to comedy inflation. Currently, we now enjoy the lowest rate of comedy inflation in 30 years, and the Humor Retention Index HRI) is at the lowest that it has ever been. Just look at Al Gore. His hRI is so low that after he hears a joke, he forgets it before it reaches his brain. Releasing humor reserves at this time is ill-advised." When asked for comment, Al Gore responded "What's a joke? What's a brain?" All of the arguments were made moot when it was reported by the FBI that the humor reserves had all disappeared. During an unrelated investigation, the FBI had received information that there might be an attempt made to obtain American humor by the Chinese, and when a check was made of the vaults, they were empty. Addressing a Senate Investigating Committee, Attorney General Janet Reno stated: "Our investigation initially centered on the Chinese government, but we quickly exonerated them. Our investigation found that the humor in the strategic reserves had been secretly removed by President Obama, and sold to the Indonesians. For a donation of $25,000 and a pair of jogging shoes, Indonesian nationals were given a night in the Lincoln bedroom and all of the humor that they could remember. Evidently, this went on for some time. We finally got a break when one of our agents made the connection with large numbers of laughing Indonesians found in the vicinity of the White house, not wearing shoes, and carrying armloads of towels monogrammed with 'LB'. " _ A white House spokesman (_) read a statement from Mr |_________________________________________ Obama. "I don't see |* * * * * |##########################| anything illegal or impro- | * * * * *| | per about telling a few |* * * * * |##########################| jokes to the gardener or | * * * * *| | cook. If he wants to |* * * * * |##########################| give me the shoes off his | * * * * *| | feet, who am I to turn |* * * * * |##########################| down a friendly gesture |~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | like that. And if that |#########################################| same cook or gardener | | wants to donate $25,000 |#########################################| to my campaign, he has | | every right to do so. |###################################JGS###| As for the Lincoln |~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ bedroom, these people | have to sleep somewhere, | and the Lincoln bedroom is not for sale. However, renting it for | the night is not out of the question." | | | -<>- We secured this one from the vault for your humor ration today: One reason the Services have trouble operating jointly is that they don't speak the same language. For example, if you told Navy personnel to "secure a building," they would turn off the lights and lock the doors. Army personnel would occupy the building so no one could enter. Marines would assault the building, capture it, and defend it with suppressive fire and close combat. The Air Force, on the other hand, would take out a three-year lease with an option to buy. ================================================================= +-------------- More Bizarre April Holidays ---------------+ April 11 is Eight-Track Tape Day April 12 is Look Up At The Sky Day April 13 is Blame Somebody Else Day April 14 is National Pecan Day April 15 is Rubber Eraser Day April 16 is National Stress Awareness Day and National Eggs Benedict Day April 17 is National Cheeseball Day April 18 is International Jugglers Day April 19 is Garlic Day April 20 is Look Alike Day ====================================================== >-->From Our Friend Becky :) ,~~~~~~~~~~~~~,,~~~~~~~~~~~~~,,~~~~~~~~~~~~~,,~~~~~~~~~~~~~, : :: :: ._ :: /\ : : :: ,~ :: o\ \ :: /__\ : : :: .n_,_.-- :: .-------/| :: | | : : .--'_-`-, :: :[_____|_| :: '---\ \---~ :: /| |\ : : '-o---o-' :: /_o0==000 :: o`_` :: /_|__|_\ : : :: :: :: ;;;; : :Post-net V::Post-net V::Post-net V::Post-net V: `~~~~~~~~~~~~' `~~~~~~~~~~~~' `~~~~~~~~~~~~' `~~~~~~~~~~~~' valkyrie Payback is fun!!!!!!!!!!!!! WRITE IT ON THE BACK OF YOUR ENVELOPES or front _________ |~~ @| | ==== | | ==== | |_________|ldb WE THINK THIS IS A GREAT IDEA. WE'LL START WRITING IT ON THE FRONT OF OUR ENVELOPES, TOO! ----------Including Bills You may have heard in the news that a couple of Post Offices in Texas have been forced to take down small posters that say 'IN GOD WE TRUST ,' The law, they say, is being violated. Anyway, we heard proposed on a radio station show, that we should all write 'IN GOD WE TRUST' on the back of all our mail. After all, that's our National Motto, and ----- all the money we use to buy stamps. We think it's a wonderful idea. We must take back our nation from all the people who< /I> think that anything that offends them should be removed. If you like this idea, please pass it on and DO IT. The idea of writing or stamping......... 'IN GOD WE TRUST ' on our envelopes sounds good to us . SOME PEOPLE ARE HAVING A STAMP MADE TOO........ lets use it as our signature on e-mails, too! It's been reported that 86% of Americans believe in God. Therefore, we have a very hard time understanding why there's such a mess about having ' In God We Trust!' on our money and having God in the pledge of Allegiance. Could it be that WE just need to take action and tell the 14% to 'sit down and shut up'? If you agree, pass this on, if not, delete!!! --- ...Oh Yeah! Thanks Becky! ======================================================== >-->From Our Friend Jo Ann :) Hands \ | / -- * -- / | \ /') ./') ('\. ('\ /' /.--''./'') (''\.''--.\ '\ :--'' ; ''./'') (''\.'' ; ''--: : ' ''./') ('\.'' ' : : ''./' '\.'' : :--''-..--'''' ''''--..-''--: dp I've never given much thought to my hands and what they've done all these years. An old man, probably some ninety plus years, sat feebly on the park bench. He didn't move, just sat with his head down staring at his hands. When I sat down beside him he didn't acknowledge my presence and the longer I sat I wondered if he was ok. Finally, not really wanting to disturb him but wanting to check on him at the same time, I asked him if he was ok. He raised his head and looked at me and smiled. "Yes, I'm fine, thank you for asking," he said in a clear strong voice. "I didn't mean to disturb you, sir, but you were just sitting here staring at your hands and I wanted to make sure you were ok?" I explained to him. "Have you ever looked at your hands?" he asked. "I mean really looked at your hands." I slowly opened my hands and stared down at them. I turned them over, palms up and then palms down. No, I guess I had never really looked at my hands as I tried to figure out the point he was making. Then he smiled and related this story: "Stop and think for a moment about the hands you have, how they have served you well throughout your years. These hands, though wrinkled, shriveled and weak have been the tools I have used all my life to reach out and grab and embrace life. They braced and caught my fall when as a toddler I crashed upon the floor. They put food in my mouth and clothes on my back. As a child my mother taught me to fold them in prayer. They tied my shoes and pulled on my boots. They dried the tears of my children and caressed the love of my life. They held my rifle and wiped my tears when I went off to war. They have been dirty, scraped and raw, swollen and bent. They were uneasy and clumsy when I tried to hold my newborn son. Decorated with my wedding band they showed the world that I was married and loved someone special. They wrote the letters home and trembled and shook when I buried my parents and spouse and when I walked my daughter down the aisle. Yet, they were strong and sure when I dug my buddy out of a foxhole and lifted a plow off of my best friends foot. They have held children, consoled neighbors, and shook in fists of anger when I didn't understand. They have covered my face, combed my hair, and washed and cleansed the rest of my body. They have been sticky and wet, bent and broken, dried and raw. And to this day when not much of anything else of me works real well these hands hold me up, lay me down, and again continue to fold in prayer. These hands are the mark of where I've been and the ruggedness of my life. But more importantly it will be these hands that God will reach out and take when he leads me home. And He won't care about where these hands have been or what they have done. What He will care about is to whom these hands belong and how much He loves these hands. And with these hands He will lift me to His side and there I will use these hands to touch the face of Christ." No doubt I will never look at my hands the same again. I never saw the old man again after I left the park that day but I will never forget him and the words he spoke. When my hands are hurt or sore or when I stroke the face of my children I think of the man in the park. I have a feeling he has been stroked and caressed and held by the hands of God. I, too, want to touch the face of God and feel his hands upon my face. Thank you, Father God, for hands. ~Author Unknown~ --- ...Sweet! Thank You Jo Ann! Makes me think of the bible where it was taking about us - the body of Christ... 1 Corinthians 12:18-27 "18": But now hath God set the members every one of them in the body, as it hath pleased him. "19": And if they were all one member, where were the body? "20": But now are they many members, yet but one body. "21": And the eye cannot say unto the hand, I have no need of thee: nor again the head to the feet, I have no need of you. "22": Nay, much more those members of the body, which seem to be more feeble, are necessary: "23": And those members of the body, which we think to be less honourable, upon these we bestow more abundant honour; and our uncomely parts have more abundant comeliness. "24": For our comely parts have no need: but God hath tempered the body together, having given more abundant honour to that part which lacked: "25": That there should be no schism in the body; but that the members should have the same care one for another. "26": And whether one member suffer, all the members suffer with it; or one member be honoured, all the members rejoice with it. "27": Now ye are the body of Christ, and members in particular. =============================================================== >-->From TheJokester: ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo 8 .d88 8 oooooooooooooooooooooooooooood8888 8 8888888888888888888888888P" 8888 oooooooooooooooo 8 8888888888888888888888P" 8888 8 8 8 8888888888888888888P" 8888 8 d8 8 8888888888888888P" 8888 8 d88 8 8888888888888P" 8888 8 d888 8 8888888888P" 8888 8 d8888 8 8888888P" 8888 8 d88888 8 8888P" 8888 8 d888888 8 8888oooooooooooooooooooooocgmm8888 8 d8888888 8 .od88888888888888888888888888888888 8 d88888888 8888888888888888888888888888888888888 8 d888888888 8 d8888888888 ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo 8 d88888888888 d ...oood8b 8 d888888888888 d ...oood888888888888b 8 d8888888888888 d ...oood88888888888888888888888b 8d88888888888888 dood8888888888888888888888888888888888b >Computer Proverbs * Home is where you hang your @. * The E-mail of the species is more deadly than the mail. * A journey of a thousand sites begins with a single click. * You can't teach a new mouse old clicks. * C: is the root of all directories. * Don't put all your hypes in one home page. * Pentium wise; pen and paper foolish. * The modem is the message. * Too many clicks spoil the browse. * The geek shall inherit the earth. * A chat has nine lives. * Don't byte off more than you can view. * Fax is stranger than fiction. * What boots up must come down. * Windows will never cease. * Virtual reality is its own reward. * Modulation in all things. * A user and his leisure time are soon parted. * Know what to expect before you connect. * Oh, what a tangled website we weave when first we practice. * Speed thrills. * Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day, teach him to use the Net and he won't bother you for weeks. -<>- >Signs Your Co-worker is a Hacker You ticked him off once and your next phone bill was $20,000. He's won the Publisher's Clearing House sweepstakes three years running. When asked for his phone number, he gives it in hex. Seems strangely calm whenever the office LAN goes down. Somehow he/she gets HBO on his PC at work. Mumbled, "Oh, puh-leeez" 95 times during the movie "The Net" Massive RRSP contribution made in half-cent increments. Video dating profile lists "public-key encryption" among turn-ons When his computer starts up, you hear, "Good Morning, Mr. President." You hear him murmur, "Let's see you use that Visa card now, jerk." -<>- Best 'Out of Office' Automatic Email Replies I am currently out of the office at a job interview and will reply to you if I fail to get the position. Please be prepared for my mood. You are receiving this automatic notification because I am out of the office. If I was in, chances are you wouldn't have received anything at all. Sorry to have missed you, but I'm at the doctor's having my brain and heart removed so I can be promoted to our management team. I will be unable to delete all the emails you send me until I return from vacation. Please be patient, and your mail will be deleted in the order it was received. Thank you for your email. Your credit card has been charged $5.99 for the first 10 words and $1.99 for each additional word in your message. The email server is unable to verify your server connection. Your message has not been delivered. Please restart your computer and try sending again. (The beauty of this is that when you return, you can see who did this over and over and over.) Thank you for your message, which has been added to a queuing system. You are currently in 352nd place, and can expect to receive a reply in approximately 19 weeks. Hi, I'm thinking about what you've just sent me. Please wait by your PC for my response. I've run away to join a different circus. I will be out of the office for the next two weeks for medical reasons. When I return, please refer to me as 'Lucille' instead of Steve. -<>- This proves we have become far too dependent on our computers. Are you male or female? To find out the answer, look down.... Look down, not scroll down!!!! ============================================================== >-->In The Worldly News: >From Our Friend Viv :) [Politics] FoxNews: Obama Attacks America http://www.foxnews.com/video-search/m/22068039/obama_attacks_america.htm BIG Brother” OBAMA Coming After The INTERNET http://tinyurl.com/dmtosl Of the four wars in my lifetime none came about because the U.S. was too strong. -- Ronald Reagan Socialism is the philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance and the gospel of envy. -- Winston Churchill From WebCommentary http://www.webcommentary.com/index.php --- ...Very interesting reading - Thanks Viv! -<>- >From BizarreNews: -- County board meeting stops for poo ------------ CHICAGO - Officials with the Cook County Board in Illinois said a discontented audience member at a recent meeting may have left feces behind in the boardroom. The officials said board members smelled the feces during Wednesday's meeting and County Board President Todd Stroger called a half-hour recess while boardroom staff removed the offend- ing substance, the Arlington Heights (Ill.) Daily Herald reported Thursday. Officials said they have not ruled out the idea that the feces may have been dropped by a child, but witnesses said they did not see any children in the area where the waste was discovered. Some occupants of the room said a group of political activists in matching shirts were seen leaving the area before the feces were discovered, but officials said the group may have just been moving to escape the smell. "Today we eliminated waste in Cook County," board secretary Matt DeLeon said after the room was cleaned. __ ..a hangover is like.. / /| /_/ \ <---<< six inch nail ~\~\ \ \ \ \ / _ \ \ \ \_ \_ \ \ \_/ \ / \_\_\/ <---<< in the brain / _/ _| \_ _/ / \ / \ \ / cjr -- Man coughs up nail, doctors stunned ----------- COLORADO SPRINGS - Doctors at a Colorado clinic said a nail coughed up by a patient may have been lodged up the man's nose for 30 years. The Old Colorado City family clinic said Prax Sanchez arrived complaining of a sharp pain in his face under his right eye, KKTV, Colorado Springs, reported. Doctors and staff at the clinic said they were shocked when, after a magnetic resonance imaging test, Sanchez began coughing and a 1-inch nail fell out of his nose. "To us, he's a medical miracle. It's amazing. We've never seen anything like this," medical receptionist Cheryl Paterson said. Doctors said the nail may have been lodged in Sanchez's nose for up to 30 years. "Once it's in the nasal cavity like that, a little membrane forms around it and it becomes a foreign object," one doctor said. Sanchez told the television station is didn't know how the nail got into his nose. -- Cat rides on roof of news truck ------------- NEW YORK - A New York state TV station said it had to call emergency responders after a stray cat became stuck inside the satellite dish base of a news truck. The WCBS-TV, New York, news crew said they were driving to Nassau County Police headquarters for a news conference when other motor- ists pointed out that a cat was wedged under the satellite dish, WCBS reported Thursday. "When you guys came in to our press conference we thought it was an April Fool's joke, so we didn't take it seriously at first. But then all of a sudden you were insistent that there was a cat stuck in the truck so we immediately called our emergency service responders," Detective Sgt. Anthony Repalone said after the incident. An emergency services unit arrived at the scene and freed the animal by dismantling a panel on the satellite dish. The cat was adopted on the spot by CBS radio reporter Sophia Hall. "I am a cat lover, I have to bring him home," she said. "I already have two others at home. I couldn't pass up this opportunity!" ========================================================= >-->From Our Friend Viv :) `==..) ._}} , ,' /.\ ,} " - _ . ._`=:,;'.( / ', )`v;' " - _- . ) \,;' `-.`.,' ' /_,',/ - - . _ - " . \ / ``< // ) `. ';.-' " -.--*-- `.`V/ _.' , , ;' ^ / \ \ \ .-' .- ,-') / \ . } V ' ,-' )`( ^ /\ ' ` ^ \ `., / ^ ( ( ) / \ '` ^/ \ \ ^ , _^ / `' '^/ \ )` ( ' `/ Y ' ! ` ` /^ ^ -"""--....___.-" /,' ,' ' / ' ` (=)=) ' \ `/ \ \ ! . - ' . . /_...--. ||| ` \ / , ` \"` _ ' ' /' ,'__.--,'_`.|| ` `.' ! ` ! , , ,-'--.--,' (_) `: __.-/, `\ ','__..--,'_________:. / / ` \ \ /__...--'|-----------|` '-._ ! _.-` _. .__. | ___ .--. | . 'T^T` _| L__| | [_] |[]| | . _________|.,,_..| '|,| . ' . . . .. >Pine Trees Know When It’s Easter! Pine trees start their new growth in the weeks before Easter – if you look at the tops of the Pine trees two weeks before, you’ll see the yellow shoots. As the days get close to Easter Sunday, the tallest shoot will branch off and form a cross. By the time Easter Sunday comes around, you will see that most of the Pine trees will have small yellow crosses on all of the tallest shoots... Check it out here: http://wandascountryhome.com/pinetrees/index --- ...Pretty Cool! Thanks Viv! -<>- This is a really funny video. Laughter is the best!!! _---~~(~~-_. _{ ) ) , ) -~~- ( ,-' )_ ( `-,_..`., )-- '_,) ( ` _) ( -~( -_ `, } (_- _ ~_-~~~~`, ,' ) Brains `~ -^( __;-,((())) ~~~~ {_ -_(()) `\ } { } http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxtUH_bHBxs -<>- Geoffrey Gallante is now 8 years old. He appeared on The Jay Leno Show when he was 5 and performed with Chris Botti on Morning TV. Click on the URL site below and Watch this. It is hard to believe... This young man is fantastic... All I can say is "Look out world" / | /| _______I_I_I_________/ | D====/ ____________________ | - - || __| | | |___ || \ | \\__[_=|_[[|_|==_]_// \| \_________________/ | \ = = = unknown http://www.trumpetherald.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=84937 --- ...Wowsers! What talent! Thank you Viv! It reminds me of the little 4 year old boy I saw on TV - he started in the womb! .-., ,--. ,--. `/|~\ \__/T`--' . x |`' __ ,-~^~-.___ ==I== | |--| / \__} | | | |{ /~\ } | /|\ \__/ \ \_/ /| /|\ / | \| | /`~-_-~'X.\ //| \ unknown The world's youngest talented drummer! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RE9WSeiubnw AND Another one I saw on the TV news... ,_____,_____, 6 __ T\ :. .^\,_/_\_I_ I ^T=====;=====T /| -Dylan Parker- I I _|_| The world's youngest pool player - 23 months old! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XQb4sOqUVo&feature=related ========================================================== >-->From ArcaMax Jokes: Newly Discovered Element Investigators at a major research institution recently discovered the heaviest element known to science and have tentatively named it Adminstratium. Administratium has no protons or electrons; thus it has an atomic number of 0. However, it has 1 neutron, 125 deputy neutrons, 75 assistant neutrons and 111 deputy assistant neutrons, giving it an atomic mass of 312. These 312 particles are held together by a force that involves the continuous exchange of meson-like particles called morons. It is also surrounded by vast quantities of lepton-like particles called peons. Since it has no electrons, Administratium is chemically inert. Nevertheless, it can be detected chemically, as it impedes every reaction with which it comes into contact. According to the discoverers, a minute amount of Administratium causes one reaction to take more than four days to complete, when it would normally have occurred in less than a second. Although Administratium has a normal half-life of three years, it does not decay, but instead undergoes a reorganization in which a proportion of the deputy neutrons, assistant neutrons and deputy assistant neutrons exchange places. In fact, an Administratium's sample mass will actually INCREASE over time, since with each reorganization some of the morons inevitably become neutrons, forming new isotopes. This characteristic of moron promotion leads some scientists to speculate that Administratium is spontaneously formed whenever morons reach a certain level of concentration. This hypothetical quantity is referred to as the "critical morass." You will recognize it when it occurs. -<>- Forgot The surgeon told his patient that woke up after having been operated: "I'm afraid we're going to have to operate you again. Because, you see, I forgot my rubber gloves inside you." "Well, if it's just because of them, I'd rather pay for them if you just leave me alone." -<>- Viewpoints A Brit, a Frenchman and a Russian are viewing a painting of Adam and Eve frolicking in the Garden of Eden. "Look at their reserve, their calm," muses the Brit. "They must be British." "Nonsense," the Frenchman disagrees. "They're naked, and so beautiful. Clearly, they are French." "No clothes, no shelter," the Russian points out, "they have only an apple to eat, and they're being told this is paradise. They are Russian. -<>- A Plausible Explanation? One day, Adam sat outside the Garden of Eden shortly after eating the apple, and wondered about men and women. So looking up to the heavens he said, "Excuse me God, can I ask you a few questions?" God replied, "Go on Adam but be quick. I have a world to create." So Adam says, "When you created Eve, why did you make her body so curved and tender unlike mine?" "I did that, Adam, so that you could love her." "Oh, well then, why did you give her long, shiny, beautiful hair, and not me?" "I did that Adam so that you could love her." "Oh, well then, why did you make her so stupid? Certainly not so that I could love her?" "Well, Adam no. I did that so that she could love you." -<>- ////\\ //||\\ //\|\\ ///||\ /`O-O' ` @ @\ //o o// a a ] > ) | ( _) - - - ~ John Paul George Ringo unknown Yesterday, All those backups seemed a waste of pay. Now my database has gone away. Oh I believe in yesterday. Suddenly, There's not half the files there used to be, And there's a milestone hanging over me The system crashed so suddenly. I pushed something wrong What it was I could not say. Now all my data's gone and I long for yesterday-ay-ay-ay. Yesterday, The need for back-ups seemed so far away. I knew my data was all here to stay, Now I believe in yesterday. -<>- New Teeth Did you hear about the guy who went to the dentist to get new dentures? His insurance was denied and he only had a dollar on him... so he wound up with buck teeth. -<>- Which Virgin? A ten-year old, under the tutelage of her grandmother, was becoming quite knowledgeable about the Bible. Then one day she floored her grandmother by asking, "Which Virgin was the mother of Jesus? The virgin Mary or the King James Virgin?" -<>- Blind Animals Two animals meet in the woods, both blind since birth. Neither one knows what kind of animal it is, so they decide to feel each other to try to figure it out. "What do I feel like," the first animal asked. "You have soft fur all over you, strong back legs, big back feet, a puffy little cotton tail, two long ears, and a twitchy little nose." The first animal, full of joy, exclaimed, "I know what I am! I'm a bunny rabbit." "Now it's my turn," said the second animal. The bunny felt him, describing, "You're very long, narrow, and low to the ground. You're cold, and slimy. You have long, sharp fangs and a little forked tongue that keeps darting out of your mouth." /^\/^\ _|__| O| \/ /~ \_/ \ \____|__________/ \ \_______ \ `\ \ \ | | \ / / \ -Bob Allison- / / \\ / / \ \ / / \ \ / / _----_ \ \ / / _-~ ~-_ | | ( ( _-~ _--_ ~-_ _/ | \ ~-____-~ _-~ ~-_ ~-_-~ / ~-_ _-~ ~-_ _-~ ~--______-~ ~-___-~ "Darn," sobbed the second animal. "I'm a lawyer." ================================================================== >-->From Laugh&Lift: "The world takes its notions of God from the people who say that they belong to God's family. They read us a great deal more than they read the Bible. They see us; they only hear about Jesus Christ." - Alexander Maclaren The Lift "Slow Down Therapy" (Author Unknown) 1. Slow down; God is still in heaven. You are not responsible for doing it all yourself right now. 2. Set your own pace. When someone is pushing you, it's OK to tell them they're pushing. 3. Notice the sun and the moon as they rise and set. They are remarkable for their steady pattern of movement, not their speed. 4. When you talk with someone, don't think about what you'll say next. Thoughts will spring up naturally if you let them. 5. Take time just to mediate on the Lord's goodness and on His word. 6. Listen to the words you speak, especially in prayer. 7. Divide big jobs into little jobs. If God took six days to create the universe, can you hope to do any better? 8. Take time to read the Bible. When you do, you'll find you are refreshed to do all that needs to be done. 9. Pet a furry friend. 10. Once in a while, turn down the lights, the volume, the throttle, the invitations. Less really can be more. -<>- The Laugh The Cookies An elderly man lay dying in his bed. In death's agony, he suddenly smelled the aroma of his favorite chocolate chip cookies wafting up the stairs. He gathered his remaining strength, and lifted himself from the bed. Leaning against the wall, he slowly made his way out of the bedroom, and with even greater effort forced himself down the stairs, gripping the railing with both hands. With labored breath, he leaned against the door frame, gazing into the kitchen. Were it not for death's agony, he would have thought himself already in heaven: There, spread out upon newspapers on the kitchen table were literally hundreds of his favorite chocolate chip cookies. Was it heaven? Or was it one final act of heroic love from his devoted wife, seeing to it that he left this world a happy man? Mustering one great final effort, he threw himself toward the table, landing on his knees in a rumpled posture. His parched lips parted; the wondrous taste of the cookie was already in his mouth, seemingly bringing him back to life. The aged and withered hand made its way to a cookie at the edge of the table, when it was suddenly smacked with a spatula by his wife. "Stay out of those," she said, "they're for the funeral." SUBSCRIBE INFO Want to receive a Christian inspirational item AND great clean humor in an email to you each day of the week? It's easy and FREE! Read all about Laugh & Lift at http://www.laughandlift.com ================================================================= >-->From CleanLaffs: .===. _ _ / _/\ \ / )%.===.%( \ \/6.6\/ | // ,,, \\ | ( _ ) \/ \/6.6\/ \/ .===. _)---(_ /\ ( _ ) /\ / ,,, \ / `~` \ ^^ /()-()\ ^^ ( /6.6\ ) /\/ \/\ / /o o\ \ )( _ )( \ | | / (._\ Y /_.) (_/;---;\_) \|_____|/ (O_`&`_O) / `"*"` \ | L | / / \ \ ( (_.@._) ) |__|__| / ()/^\() \ /'._\|/_.'\ | | | /. . . . . . .\ /. . . . . .\ |_|_| `"`"`|`|`|`"`"` `"`"|"|"|"`"` jgs _|_|_|_ _|_|_|_ _|_|_|_ (___|___) (___|___) (___|___) I was in my wills and trusts course when the professor posed this question to the students: Why do people choose to have their children, rather than their siblings, inherit their estate? After students offered various theories, one fellow raised his hand. "This may be a bit off the point," he said, "but when I was little, when my brother and sister finished playing with me, they would put me into a drawer." -<>- One day while out on our fishing boat, we heard a woman calling for help. Pointing frantically toward a sinking row boat, she shouted to us, "My husband can't swim!" Although the water was up to his chest, the man remained a fisherman through and through: as we reached down to pull him aboard our boat, he lifted a large, still-struggling salmon in his hand, and yelled, "Take the fish!" -<>- Two fellows stopped into an English pub for a drink. They called the proprietor over and asked him to settle an argu- ment. "Are there two pints in a quart or four?" asked one. "There be two pints in a quart," confirmed the proprietor. They moved back along the bar and soon the barmaid asked for their order. "Two pints please, miss, and the bartender offered to buy them for us." The barmaid doubted that her boss would be so generous, so one of the fellows called out to the proprietor at the other end of the bar, "You did say two pints, didn't you?" "That's right," he called back, "two pints." -<>- ! T ....Well-l-l-l-! O _._ O . (_{}) ...Blow me down..Sweet Pea! T. . .\__\ \|/c- o that's not me spinach... U--=U- (_,_) ...it's SPAM! ...Uk Uk Uk Uk... ^_(/\)_^ /\ o /\ /\ / /| o |\ \ |/\| < \| o |/ > |\/| \ W\ o | W/ ******/ YUK! \ \_o_| \ ========= / )))) )))) | /| ~ | | | |______/| c")@/\ __ ____\ @ @__________| SPAM /|__________~/ \____. / _/ /_ |_______| \ \/ ) \___.. / /( ) ) | /| =(/ /( / ____)/D; ==-=== == ========= =( /--\______)/D; -Christopher Fenn- -<>- Hard to believe, but many of our customers at the bank still don't know how to swipe their card through the ATM card reader. Because of this, my fellow tellers and I often find ourselves having to explain how it's done. One teller complained that she kept getting odd looks every time she explained it. 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