The Meanings Of Love... :) Shangy! >Here are the details on our Yahoo ShangyFunList: To Subscribe send a blank email to ShangyFunList-subscribe@yahoogroups.com To UnSubscribe send a blank email to ShangyFunList-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com Group home page: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ShangyFunList Through no fault of my own we suddenly became an adult club in the love and romance directory so you will have to confirm that you are an adult when you go here. I still have no idea how to change this back as it sends me around in a circle when I try! or Web Site: http://www.ShangralaFamilyFun.com/ShangyFunList.html Group email address: ShangyFunList@yahoogroups.com or email me here: bcrsystems@earthlink.net ================ *~* A REMINDER: PLEASE Send me sweet, interesting, funny, inspiring, family type forwards ANY TIME here... bcrsystems@earthlink.net I Need them, Love them, Use them, and Share them! THANK YOU!! AND For Facebook Users: Please Friend Me / Like Me here... http://tinyurl.com/cma6all AND Please Share This email with All Your Friends And Family! ^~^ May God SUPER BLESS You As You Do! THANK YOU! :) -<>- * NOTE: An easy way to adjust the size of print in email or any page is to hold down the Ctrl tab while moving the scroll button on the mouse. You can also use the keyboard to change the font size in your web browser or emails. Hold down the Ctrl key while pressing the + key for larger text or the - key for smaller text! ================ >-->In The 'Shangy' News :) We are less than two weeks away from Easter! Knowing this, I decided to get busy and make an Easter Index for the web site. Check it out here... __ /_/\/\ \_\ / /_/ \ \_\/\ \ \_\/ unknown Easter Index http://www.shangralafamilyfun.com/easterindex.html -<>- >HOT Off The 'Shangy' Press :) This scorcher comes from our friend Jo Ann. A pretty awesome detailed work. Most stunning! Check this one out here... _|_ | _|_ //_/\ __| ||____ ////////////\ /////////////\\ |^^^^^^^^^^||+| | # # # |||| .... ....". ||||||||||||||||| unknown LEGO Church http://www.shangralafamilyfun.com/legochurch.html --- ...Amazing! My grandkids love this! Thank You Jo Ann! ======================================================= >-->From TheFunnyBone: Two Free Tickets To The Show _ mMm _[_]_ A young couple got married and went away on /(")\ (") their honeymoon. After two weeks they came //)^(\\//:\\ back and finally put away all of the presents /(/&@&\\/|~|/ they received from friends and family. Since / /-~`~-\ ||| this was a new home, the process took some `/ \||| time. `----------'-- The silver went into the closet, items were put on the walls for display and some of the more intimate apparel was put in the bedroom drawers. A week later, they received in the mail two tickets for a popular show where tickets were impossible to get. They were very excited and warmed by the gesture of the person who sent this. Inside the envelope, however, was only a small piece of paper with a single line. "Guess who sent them." The pair had much fun trying to identify the donor, but failed in the effort. They went to the theatre, and had a wonderful time. On their return home late at night, still trying to guess the identity of the unknown host, they found the house stripped of every article of value. And on the bare table in the dining-room was a piece of paper on which was written in the same hand as the enclosure with the tickets: "Now you know!" ======================================================= +------------ BIZARRE HOLIDAYS ------------+ March 23 is National Chip and Dip Day and Near Miss Day March 24 is National Chocolate Covered Raisin Day March 25 is Pecan Day and Waffle Day March 26 is Make Up Your Own Holiday Day and National Spinach Day March 27 is National "Joe" Day March 28 is Something on a Stick Day March 29 is National Mom and Pop Business Owners Day ======================================================= >-->From GoodCleanFun: z z Z .--. Z Z / _(c\ .-. __ | / / '-; \'-'` `\______ \_\/'/ __/ ) / ) | \--, | \`""`__-/ .'--/ /--------\ \ \\` ///-\/ / /---;-. '-' jgs (________\ \ '-' >Diet Tips A few friends and I were discussing diet tips. When it was mentioned that getting enough exercise and sleep were just as important as watching food intake, someone responded with surprise that sleep was a factor. Another replied: "Of course sleep has a lot to do with dieting. The only time I'm not eating is when I'm sleeping!" -<>- >Fancy Restaurant While on vacation, our family went to dine at a fancy restaurant. Our young girls were quietly playing under the table while we ate. A nearby couple kept staring at us, which annoyed me because the kids were not being disruptive. Finally the woman leaned over and said, "You should know that your girls are picking gum off the bottom of the table and eating it." -<>- >Hair Curlers My wife still uses curlers in her hair after she washes it. The other night she came into the Family Room as I was watching TV. I guess I stared at her funny because she said, "I just set my hair." The last thing I remember saying was, "Oh, really? And what time does it go off?" -<>- >Mathematically Speaking A high-school geometry teacher started a lesson on triangles by reading a theorem. "If an angle is an exterior angle of a triangle, then its measure is greater than the measure of either of its corresponding remote interior angles." He noticed that one student wasn't taking notes and asked him why. "Well," the student replied sincerely, "I was waiting for you to start speaking English." -<>- >Zero Tolerance Bonehead Award The "Zero Tolerance Bonehead Award" goes to the (name removed) Elementary School in Ohio for seeking the suspension of a 6-year-old student on a "dangerous weapons violation" because he took a plastic butter knife from the school cafeteria and put it in his backpack so he could take it home and show his mother that he can butter his toast by himself. Now the boy faces a 6-month suspension. In response, the parents have hired a lawyer, and say that if the school continues to seek a suspension, then they will seek in return to have criminal charges brought against the school for "supplying dangerous weapons to children." ========================================================= >-->From Our Friend LouiseA :) ,--. ,-({ })-. ({ \,./,---. ,---. ,`--{##,--. })({ }) ,--.({ ,-(( })--.\,. /--. ,-({ ),-.({__\ /__ )#,--. ) ({_ \ /__ })' ',.' `:_( })' .' `,.' `.( {##} })_\ /---. (( {##} })-..-`'.__,' ',.'__ ) `._,,`'`._,' ({ )_) {##} `: '.({ )_,'._ `---' (`--/`'\ )) `--' `._`.\|//,';`-( )--' ,--.__`,`,'--._ `--' ; _, / \| \- \ ;_,'_,-'__||\ ,\ | ;---' ,' _/\|'._\' ; _, /|| jrei ;_'_,-'||| >SMILES "Take a bunch of flowers home for your wife, sir," urged the street vendor. "I haven't got a wife," replied the young man. "Then buy a bunch for your sweetheart." "I don't have a sweetheart, either." "Well then, buy a couple of bunches to celebrate your luck." -------- The elderly woman was at the gynecologist's office for her checkup appointment. The doctor was having a hard time getting his gooseneck lamp to stay in one place so that he could see well. Finally he told the nurse, "Well, that thing's just worn out!" The old lady sat up and said, "I can't help it, doctor! I'm OLD!" -------- A man is recovering from surgery when the surgical nurse appears and asks him how he is feeling. "I'm okay but I didn't like the four-letter words the doctor used in surgery," he answered. "What did he say??" asked the nurse. "'Oops!'" -------- The local sheriff pulled up next to the guy unloading garbage out of his pickup into the ditch. The Sheriff asked, "Why are you dumping garbage in the ditch? Can't you see that sign right over your head." "Yep," he replied. "That's why I'm dumpin' it here. The sign says: 'Fine For Dumping Garbage.'" -------- A commercial traveler was passing through a small town when he came upon a huge funeral procession. "Who died?" he asked a nearby local. "I'm not sure," replied the local gent, "but I think it's the one in the coffin." ------- Taxiing down the tarmac, the jetliner abruptly stopped, turned around and returned to the gate. After an hour long wait, it finally took off. A concerned passenger asked the flight attendant, "What was the problem?" "The pilot was bothered by a noise he heard in the engine," she explained. "It took us awhile to find a new pilot." -------- Some guy bought a new fridge for his house. To get rid of his old fridge, he put it in his front yard and hung a sign on it saying "Free to good home, You want it -- you take it." For three days the fridge sat there without even one person looking twice at it. He eventually decided that people were too un-trusting of this deal - looks to good to be true - so he changed the sign to read "Fridge for sale $50." The next day someone stole it. -------- Blonde to Help Desk: "My printer won't print." "Are you running it under Windows?" "No, my desk is next to the door. But that's a good point. The guy in the cubicle next to me is under a window and he can print just fine." ------- The Vacation Bible School theme for the day was "God's All-Star Champions," so they had sports-related activities. To get in the sports spirit, and since Denver has several professional sports teams, the minister asked, "What is the name of the place where the Colorado Avalanche play hockey?" One of the children answered, "Pepsi Center." "And where do the Denver Broncos play?" "Invesco Field at Mile High." "And where do the Colorado Rockies play?" "Coors Field." "And finally, where do the Nuggets play?" "McDonalds!" -------- A certain little girl, when asked her name, would reply, "I'm Mr. Sugarbrown's daughter." Her mother told her this was wrong, she must say, "I'm Jane Sugarbrown." The Vicar spoke to her in Sunday School and said, "Aren't you Mr. Sugarbrown's daughter?" She replied, "I thought I was, but mother says I'm not." -------- An American football coach walked into the locker room before a game, looked over to his star player and said, "I'm not supposed to let you play since you failed math, but we need you in there. So, what I have to do is ask you a math question, and if you get it right, you can play." The player agreed, so coach looked into his eyes intently and asked, "Okay, now concentrate hard and tell me the answer to this. What is two plus two?" The player thought for a moment and then answered, "4?" "Did you say 4?" the coach exclaimed, excited that he had got it right. Suddenly all the other players on the team began screaming..., "Come on coach, give him another chance!" -------- One Sunday morning, the pastor noticed little Alex standing in the foyer of the church staring up at a large plaque. It was covered with names and small American flags mounted on either side of it. The six-year old had been staring at the plaque for some time, so the pastor walked up, stood beside the little boy, and said quietly, "Good morning, Alex." "Good morning, Pastor," he replied, still focused on the plaque. "Pastor, what is this?" The pastor said, "Well son, it's a memorial to all the young men and women who died in the service." Soberly, they just stood together, staring at the large plaque. Finally, little Alex's voice, barely audible and trembling with fear asked, "The 8:30 or the 10 AM service?" ------- >Not everything he's cracked up to be... My furniture goes back to Louis the 14th (It will, if Louis doesn't get paid before the 14th). I have a big following (Five finance companies, 3 department stores, 2 landlords and one collection agency). My ancestors go back as far as Columbus. (Some of them even went back as far as Chicago.) I dabble in oils. (He's a gas station attendant.) My brother occupied a chair of applied electricity in a famous institution. (He went to the electric chair in the state pen.) ------- ///"\ |6 6| \ - / .@@@. __) (__ @6 6@/ \./ \ @ = @ : : : \ _) (_'| : |) ) /' \./ '\ : |_/ / /\ _ /\ \=o==|) \ \ ) (/ /%|%%' '7/ \7%%|%%' | |`%%|%%' | |`%%|%%' | | %%|%% |_.._| /_|_\ pjb You might not have known this, but a lot of non-living objects are actually either male or female. Here are some examples: FREEZER BAGS: They are male, because they hold everything in, but you can see right through them. PHOTOCOPIERS: These are female, because once turned off; it takes a while to warm them up again. They are an effective reproductive device if the right buttons are pushed, but can also wreak havoc if you push the wrong Buttons. TIRES: Tires are male, because they go bald easily and are often over inflated HOT AIR BALLOONS: Also a male object, because to get them to go anywhere, you have to light a fire under them. SPONGES: These are female, because they are soft, squeezable and retain water. WEB PAGES: Female, because they're constantly being looked at and frequently getting hit on. TRAINS: Definitely male, because they always use the same old lines for picking up people. EGG TIMERS: Egg timers are female because, over time, all the weight shifts to the bottom. HAMMERS: Male, because in the last 5000 years, they've hardly changed at all, and are occasionally handy to have around. THE REMOTE CONTROL: Female. Ha! You probably thought it would be male, but consider this: It easily gives a man pleasure, he'd be lost without it, and while he doesn't always know which buttons to push, he just keeps trying Send this to all the women you care about...and to any men who appreciate a good laugh ! --- ...LOL! Thanks LouiseA! ======================================================= >-->In The Worldly News: >From BizarreNews: Remember the scare film from 1939; Reefer Madness? It was propaganda designed to show parents that if they let their kids smoke 'Mary-Jane' they would turn into s@#-addicted, violent sociopaths. Even back then the movie was laughable to all but the most naive audiences, and now we are able to look back on it as the ignorant paranoia that it is... except that it totally isn't! A recent incident in South Dakota makes the mayhem depicted in Reefer Madness look like mischievous hijinks. The story starts with a teenager smoking pot with two friends in the basement of his father's house. Mistake no. 1; don't smoke pot indoors if there is a risk of being detected. That smell is impossible to hide. So the father discovered them and ordered the two friends to leave, but when his son wanted to leave with his friends his father refused to let him go. That's when a scuffle broke out. Dad was able to hold both of them while he called the police, but no arrests or report was made because he just wanted his son's friends to leave. You would think that narrowly avoiding arrest for possession and consumption of marijuana would be enough adventure for a couple of teens for one night, but these two, cranked up on the sticky-icky, immediately went to round up 20 of their watery-eyed friends and laid in wait for the dad. When he went outside to move a car parked in his driveway, the mob surrounded the car and started beating on it and smashing the windows. Finding himself in a scene out of a horror movie, the victim threw that hooptie in gear and took off across the lawn. One neighbor said, "All of a sudden, I saw a car going 30 to 40 mph hit the curb. All you could see is headlights and kids running all over, then I saw a kid get hit while he was coming off the curb. That's when they switched to start chasing each other in their cars." The neighbor called police to report the incident. He tried to get the plates of the vehicles the teens were in but was unsuccessful. "Then it was just constant cars flying down these roads. They were hitting and swerving at each other. You don't even see this stuff on TV." Eventually, the mob dispersed. The victim was able to identify a few of the teens but didn't know most of them. One witness said he thinks both the teens and the victim should be arrested. He said the victim was trying to run the teens over and could have handled the situation better. *-- Parents climb walls in India to help students cheat --* PATNA, India (UPI) - Parents in India's Bihar state were caught on camera scaling school walls to help 10th grade students cheat on their exams. Officials said more than 600 students -- possibly up to 1,600 -- were expelled in Bihar after being caught cheating on exams Wednesday and Thursday as 1.4 million 10th grade students sat for the tests. Education officials said many students smuggled in textbooks and notes, while pictures and video shot outside several of the state's schools recorded parents and other family members scaling walls to pass cheat sheets to students. Education minister PK Shahi said it would be impossible to completely eradicate cheating without the cooperation of parents in the state. "It is impossible to hold completely fair examination without the cooperation of the parents. There are over 1.4 million examinees and with each of them there are usually three-four people. Managing six to seven million people is not a cup of tea for any administration. It requires parental and societal support as well," Shahi told the Hindustan Times. Prasad Sinha, who formerly served as chair of the Bihar School Examination Board, said part of the problem is the low quality of instruction in schools. "After all, unless they are taught in schools, how can they be expected to answer? Just passing the test should not be the goal, but unfortunately that is the mindset," Sinha said. Bihar, one of India's poorest states, has only a 64 percent literacy rate, compared to 74 percent for the country as a whole. *-- Fire extinguisher factory burns down in Chicago --* CHICAGO (UPI) - More than 150 Chicago firefighters were called to fight flames at a building housing one of the department's closest allies -- a fire extinguisher factory. Chicago Fire Department officials said the building in the Archer Heights neighborhood on the southwest side of the city ignited Thursday night and the fire worsened to three alarms about 9:30 p.m., leading to a total 156 firefighters responding with 26 pieces of equipment. A portion of the building, which firefighters said housed a fire extinguisher manufacturing business, collapsed as a result of the intense fire, the department said. First Deputy Fire Commissioner Charles Stewart III said the nature of the blaze made it difficult to reach the flames with water. "We had one engine feed another engine to another engine until we got water on the fire," he told WMAQ-TV. Firefighters said no injuries were reported and the cause of the fire remained under investigation Friday. *-- Bride backs out of marriage to math-challenged groom --* RASOOLABAD, India (UPI) - A mathematically-challenged groom in India was dumped by his bride-to-be when he failed to correctly answer a basic addition problem just prior to the ceremony. Police in Uttar Pradesh said they were called to mediate between the bride and groom's families Wednesday in Rasoolabad after Lovely Singh backed out of plans to wed Ram Baran when she discovered her intended husband could not add 15 and six. Baran gave the answer as 17 instead of the correct 21. Mohar Singh, the father of the bride, said Baran's family failed to disclose his lack of education before the marriage plans were arranged. "Any [first grade] student must be able to solve the simple problem asked by us. The family of the groom had kept us in dark about the youth's qualification," Singh said. "It was a very embarrassing situation for all of us as we had come with all preparations and it was a matter of social prestige as well. We have been cheated," he told The Times of India. Police mediated between the families and both sides agreed to return all gifts they received in advance of the wedding. *-- French man allegedly hid Russian wife in suitcase at Polish border crossing --* TERESPOL, Poland (UPI) - A Frenchman was detained by Polish border guards after a search of his suitcase revealed shocking contents -- his Russian bride. Polish Border Guard officers at the Terespol border crossing from Belarus said they searched the luggage of a French train passenger in his 60s and discovered his large suitcase was concealing his Russian wife, who is in her 30s. The guards said the couple told them the woman was hiding in the suitcase because they feared she would not be allowed to cross the border from Belarus to Poland due to her lack of European Union citizenship. Dariusz Sienicki, spokesman for Polish Border Guard, said the woman "was in good shape and wasn't in need of any medical attention." Sienicki said the man was unaware that his wife would have been allowed to cross the border because he possessed the proper documentation showing their marital ties. "If she had traveled sitting next to her husband, she would have gone through smoothly," Sienicki said. The man and woman were detained on a charge of attempting to evade border control. They could each face up to three years in prison if convicted. "This was the first time I've seen someone travel like this. She very well could have been a victim of human trafficking," Sienicki said. ========================================================= >-->From Our Friend Karen :) .-. | | |=| |=| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |=| jgs |=| |_| .=/I\=. ////V\\\\ |#######| ||||||||| ||||||||| ||||||||| ||||||||| >A tale of two brooms Two brooms were hanging in the closet and after a while they got to know each other so well, they decided to get married. One broom was, of course, the bride broom, the other the groom broom. The bride broom looked very beautiful in her white dress. The groom broom was handsome and suave in his tuxedo. The wedding was lovely and all the kitchen utensils had a great time! After the wedding, at the wedding dinner, the bride-broom leaned over and said to the groom-broom, "I think I am going to have a little whisk broom!!!" "IMPOSSIBLE !!" said the groom broom. "WE HAVEN'T EVEN SWEPT TOGETHER!" --- ...LOL! A great classic! Thanks Karen! ========================================================= >-->From Our Friend Geniann :) __ @@;, ( ; ? : ); _| |_ | | || | | _| |_ | \ \ \/ || \/ ___ / / | __| |\ __||____||___||______/| | ||| | |_______ _________| | ||| ||| |____ | | ____| ||| Design by \ \______ ) | | / ______/ / || | | | | | /___| || Samule J. Neptune || | | |_ /| | |\ _| || || || | \__, / | | | \<__/ | || A young man called his mother and announced excitedly that he had just met the woman of his dreams. Now what should he do? His mother had an idea: “Why don’t you send her flowers, and on the card invite her to your apartment for a home- cooked meal?” He thought this was a great strategy, and arranged a date for a week later. His mother called the day after the big date to see how things had gone. “The evening was a disaster,” he moaned. “Why, didn’t she come over?” asked his mother. “Oh, she came over, but she refused to cook….” --- ...HaHaHa! Thanks Geniann! ========================================================= >-->From Our Friend PatDeE :) .-----. //, `-- (/// _ (// / ) .-- ( \ (/ / \_\_)/ \ \ VK \ \ (_) >The Hypnotist at the Senior Citizens' Center It was entertainment night at the Senior Citizens' Center. After the community sing-along led by Alice at the piano, it Was time for the star of the show - Claude the Hypnotist! Claude explained that he was going to put the whole audience into a trance. "Yes, each and every one of you and all at the same time," said Claude. The excited chatter dropped to silence as Claude carefully withdrew, from His waistcoat pocket, a beautiful antique gold pocket watch and chain. "I want you to keep your eyes on this watch,"said Claude, holding the watch High for all to see. "It's a very special and valuable watch that has been in my family for six Generations," said Claude. He began to swing the watch gently back and forth while quietly chanting, "Watch the watch -- Watch the watch -- Watch the watch" The audience became mesmerized as the watch swayed back and forth. The lights were twinkling as they were reflected from its gleaming surfaces. A hundred and fifty pairs of eyes followed the movements of the gently Swaying watch. They were hypnotized. And then, suddenly, the chain broke!!! The beautiful watch fell to the stage and burst apart on impact. "S#!T,"said Claude. It took them three days to clean the Senior Citizens' Center and Claude was never invited there again.* --- ...Oh For Goodness sakes! Thanks PatDeE! ========================================================= >-->From CleanLaffs: __i |---| |[_]| |:::| |:::| `\ \ \_=_\ jsm A wife called her husband as she was driving to an appointment. She arrived, and the husband could tell from her voice that she was getting frustrated. Finally she said, "I know I had my cell phone with me. And now I can't find it!" The husband replied, "Aren't you talking on it!?" There was a solid period of stunned silence as the reality of the situation sank in - followed by, "You are NOT going to tell anybody about this!" -<>- The topic for my ninth-grade class was palindromes, words or sentences that are the same read forward and backward. I asked the question "What is the first thing Adam said to Eve?" I was expecting the answer "Madam, I'm Adam," but one student had a better reply: "Wow." -<>- A woman visited a psychic of some local repute. In a dark and gloomy room, gazing at the Tarot cards laid out before her, the Tarot reader delivered the bad news: "There is no easy way to say this so I'll just be blunt: Prepare your- self to be a widow. Your husband will die a violent death this year." Visibly shaken, the woman stared at the psychic's lined face, then at the single flickering candle, then down at her hands. She took a few deep breaths to compose herself. She simply had to know. She met the Tarot reader's gaze, steadied her voice and asked, "Will I get away with it?" -<>- In one of my classes, they were discussing the qualifications to be president of the United States. It was pretty simple - the candidate must be a natural born citizen of at least 35 years of age. However, one girl in the class immediately started in on how unfair was the requirement to be a natural born citizen. In short, her opinion was that this requirement prevented many capable individuals from becoming president. The class was just taking it in and letting her rant, but everyone's jaw hit the floor when she wrapped up her argument by saying, "What makes a natural born citizen any more qualified to lead this country than one born by C-section?" -<>- [I know this list is supposed to be humorous...but some of these tips make a lot of sense to me.] Helpful Tips to Make Life Simple * Old telephone books make ideal personal address books. Simply cross out the names and addresses of people you don't know. * Fool other drivers into thinking you have an expensive car phone by holding an old TV or video remote control up to your ear and occasionally swerving across the road and mounting the curb. * Avoid parking tickets by leaving your windshield wipers turned to fast wipe whenever you leave your car parked illegally. * No time for a bath? Wrap yourself in masking tape and remove the dirt by simply peeling it off. * Apply red nail polish to your nails before clipping them. The red nails will be much easier to spot on your bathroom carpet. (Unless you have a red carpet, in which case a contrasting polish should be selected). * If a person is choking on an ice cube, don't panic. Simply pour a jug of boiling water down their throat and presto! The blockage is almost instantly removed. * Save on booze by drinking cold tea instead of whiskey. The following morning you can create the effects of hangover by drinking a thimble full of dish washing liquid and banging your head repeatedly on the wall. -<>- A hunter visited another hunter and was given a tour of his home. In the den was a stuffed lion. The visiting hunter asked, "When did you bag him?" The host said proudly, "That was three years ago, when I went hunting with my ex-wife." "What's he stuffed with," asked the visiting hunter. "My ex-wife." replied the hunter. ========================================================= >-->From AndyChaps: >Andy Says... Just Think About This! _____ / \ Hmmm... (____/\ ) Just thinking ... |___ U?(____ _\L. | \ ___ / /"""\ /.-' | |\ | ( / _/u | \___|_)_| \| \\ / / \_(___ __) | \\ / / | | | | ) _/ / ) | | _\__/.-' /___( | | _/ __________/ \ | | // / ( ) | | ( \__|___\ \______ /__|____| \ (___\ |______)_/ \ |\ \ \ / \ | \__ ) )___/ \ \ )/ /__( ___ | /_//___| \_________ _/ ( / OUuuu \ `----'(____________) Michael Reeung It is not easy to straighten in the oak the crook that grew in the sapling. ================= If you love your child, you should discipline your child. -- Chinese Proverb ================= Love is not what makes the world go round. Love is what makes the trip worthwhile.~~~~~Franklin Jones ================= It doesn't matter where you live … you're going to have to pay it! You Know what I'm talking about -- UTILITIES! ================ When your wife asks, "Do I look fat?" The correct response is, "Do I look stupid?" ================ "To attract attractive people, you must be attractive. To attract powerful people, you must be powerful. To attract committed people, you must be committed. Instead of going to work on them, you go to work on yourself. If you become, you can attract.” Jim Rohn ================ "Success is neither magical nor mysterious. Success is the natural consequence of consistently applying basic fundamentals." Jim Rohn ================ A perfect guest is one who makes his host feel at home. -<>- >An American In London Some years ago, an American walking through the streets of London, was passing by London's tallest building. As he stood there looking up, a British lad came up beside him. After a while the American turned to the boy and said, "Do you realize son, that we have buildings like that in the States, only they're three times the size!". "I'm not surprised," said the boy. "That's a lunatic asylum!". -<>- >Short Takes! When a person assists a criminal in breaking the law before the criminal gets arrested, we call him an accomplice. When a person assists a criminal in breaking the law after the criminal gets arrested; we call him a defense lawyer. ====== I have learned that if you upset your wife she nags you. If you upset her even more you get the silent treatment. Don't you think it's worth the extra effort? ====== "The one thing that unites all human beings, regardless of age, gender, religion, economic status or ethnic background, is that, deep down inside, we ALL believe that we are above average drivers."~~~- Dave Barry ====== Someone asked us why our front door entranceway leads right into our dining room? I answered, 'So our in-laws don't have to waste any time.' ====== When I told my friend I wanted a Thesaurus for my birthday, he said, 'Don't be silly, the've been dead for millions of years!' ====== By the way, besides Washington and Lincoln, what other American presidents happened to have been born on American holidays? ====== More and more vegetarians are quitting because of the side effects. They found themselves starting to lean toward the sunlight when seated comfortably indoors. ====== Coming through the door after school one day, Little Johnny hollers out, "Okay, everyone in the house, please be advised that I, Little Johnny, have on this date made a complete fool of myself in sex education class by repeating stories concerning storks as told to me by certain parties residing in this house!" ====== "Oh my," sighed the wife one morning, "I'm convinced my mind is almost completely gone!" Her husband looked up from the newspaper and commented, "I'm not surprised: You've been giving me a piece of it every day for the last twenty years!" ====== @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@,""""""@@@@@@@@@@@@ @@@@@@@@@@@@"- "@@@@@@@@@@ "@@@@@@@@@@@ @@@@@@@@@@@( ^^^ )@@@@@@@@@ ' @@@@@@@@@@@ @@@@@@@@@@@( ( 0@@@@@@@@@, (@@@@@@@@@@@ @@@@@@@@@@@) ) _/@@@@@@@@@@@m "@@@@@@@@@ @@@@@@@@@@(__/ (@@@@@@@@@@@@@' @@@@@@@@ @@@@@@@@@@" )@@@@@@@@@@' @@@@@@@@ @@@@@@@@@' \@@@@@@@@' @@@@@@@@ @@@@@@@@@' )@@@@@@' A @@@@@@@@ @@@@@@@@@ ,@@@@@@@" /@@ @@@@@@@@ @@@@@@@@@, @_____" =, @@@@@@@@ @@@@@@@@@@ :',@@@@ `@@@@@@@ @@@@@@@@@' @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ M@@@@@@ @@@@@@@@' `@@@@@@@@@@@@@" ,@@@@@@@ @@@@@@@@ @@@@@@@@@@@@" / @@@@@@@@ @@@@@@@@ @@@@@@@@@@@" @@@@@@@@ @@@@@@@@| @@@@@@@@@@" / @@@@@@@@ @@@@@@@@| @@@@@@@@@" ," .@@@@@@@@ @@@@@@@@| @@@@@@@@' .@@ `@@@@@@@@ @@@@@@@@| @@@@@@@@m `@@@, @@@@@@@@ @@@@@@@@| :@@@@@@@@@m )@@. )@@@@@@@@ unknown >The Meanings of LOVE (n).....GCFL **Love: man's grand delusion that one woman differs from another **Love: a sea of emotions entirely surrounded by expenses **Love: what Plato described as "a grave mental disease" **something they say is blind; it's marriage which is the real eye opener **Love: that emotion which is not true until returned **that delightful interval between meeting a beautiful girl and discovering that she looks like a haddock [John Barrymore] **what rich countries have in common with the residents of all third-world countries **Love: is like measles; much worse when it comes late in life **Love: the most slippery word in the human language; used by knaves to seduce, by fools for comfort, and by most men to placate the female of the species **Love: the only fire for which there is no insurance **Love: an emotion, even if unreturned, that has its rainbow **Love: the crocodile in the river of desire [Bhartrihari c. 625] **Love: the only game that two can play and both can win **Love: the last and most serious of the childhood diseases **Love: what makes marriage possible **Love: a temporary insanity curable by marriage or the removing of the patient from the influences under which he or she incurred the disorder **Love: the tie that blinds **Love: consists of happiness, given back and forth **Love: the only thing that has changed over the millions of years of playing this game is that trumps have changed from clubs to diamonds **Love: that which makes the world revolve **Love: a situation which happens when you think almost as much of another as you do of yourself; **Love: is a fan club with only two members **Love: the only virtue that can be divided endlessly and still not be diminished **Love: the triumph of imagination over intelligence **Love: the child of illusion and the parent of disillusion **Love: a strange feeling that comes over a man; when he keeps wanting to call a girl by his last name **Love: is like war; simple to begin but the devil to stop **Love: is like the action similar to an hourglass: the heart fills as the brain empties; **Love: something which combines the two greatest powers on earth; war and peace **Love: the balm that heals the wounds that words make. -<>- '-. '-. _____ .-._ | '. : .. | : '-._+ | .-' / \ .'i--i / \ .-'_/____\___ .-' : fsc: >Seeing God In Commerials A fifth grade teacher in a Christian school asked her class to look at TV commercials and see if they could use them in some way to Communicate ideas about God Here are some of the results http://www.shangralafamilyfun.com/godislike.html -<>- >Advice From A Texas Cowboy: 1.Never slap a man who's chewin' tobacco. 2. Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment. 3. Lettin' the cat outta the bag is a whole lot easier 'n puttin' it back in. 4. If you're ridin' ahead of the herd, take a look back every now and then to make sure it's still there. 5. If you get to thinkin' you're a person of some influence, try orderin' somebody else's dog around. 6. Never kick a cow chip on a hot day. 7. There's two theories to arguin' with a woman. Neither one works. 8. If you find yourself in a hole, the first thing to do is stop diggin'. 9. Don't squat with your spurs on. 10. It don't take a genius to spot a goat in a flock of sheep. 11. Always drink upstream from the herd. 12. Never miss a good chance to shut up. 13. There are three kinds of people: The ones that learn by reading, The few who learn by observation, and the rest of them who have to touch the fire to see for themselves if it's really hot. ========================================================= >-->FUN Places To Net Visit :) Texas Rules Of Etiquette http://www.shangralafamilyfun.com/texas.html Real Eagle Story! http://www.shangralafamilyfun.com/eagle.html Beautiful Grand Canyon http://www.shangralafamilyfun.com/grandcanyon.html Statute Of Liberty http://www.shangralafamilyfun.com/statueofliberty.html Maxine On Jesus! http://www.shangralafamilyfun.com/maxineonjesus.html Wyoming Cowgirl! http://www.shangralafamilyfun.com/poems/cowgirl.html Feather Painting 2! http://www.shangralafamilyfun.com/feather2.html Texas Outhouse Art! http://www.shangralafamilyfun.com/outhouse.html Eagle Sculpture Art! http://www.shangralafamilyfun.com/eagleart.html Chainsaw Wood Carving! http://www.shangralafamilyfun.com/woodcarving.html Top Ways To Stay Healthy! http://www.shangralafamilyfun.com/stayhealthy.html -<>- >From Our Friend Melody :) Arise My Love Newsong Christian Music Video Arise My Love http://clickecards.com/videos/index.php/worship-songs/2335/arise-my-love/ Remembering Ruth Graham, wife of evangelist Billy Graham http://heavens-gates.com/ruthgraham/ Roadside America - Guide to Uniquely Odd Tourist Attractions http://www.roadsideamerica.com/ --- ...Good Info! Thanks Melody! -<>- >From Our Friend LouiseA :) She sent us one we have here... Amazing Trivia Facts http://www.shangralafamilyfun.com/triviafacts.html --- ...These are stunning - especially the Lego one! Thanks LouiseA! The Copper Clapper Caper skit featuring Jack Webb on "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson." I love watching Johnny try to keep from laughing as Jack puts him through this line of questioning to try and figure out the Copper Clapper Caper. Classic entertainment at it's finest! http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=sKGtb1t9iVw A close encounter of the Brown Bear kind filmed by Drew Hamilton at the McNeil River State Game Sanctuary in Alaska. The area is known for having a large brown bear population which is why Drew, a tech worker at the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, was camping and filming there. If you decide to venture into the Alaska wilderness be sure you are prepared for bear encounters and know how to handle them. http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=MVhrN2pI2X8 Husband and wife team Valo and Bobby have the audience on the edge of their seats with their aerial act at America's Got Talent 2014. https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=wx2A9URbZoQ Getting pulled over for a DUI Test is not something any driver wants to experience but this guy turns his into the best dui stop ever! The police office shows incredible patience and professionalism as she conducts the DUI Test on the suspected intoxicated driver. For his part the driver shows incredible skill in attempting to prove that he hasn't been drinking. http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=nts1QKJqA3w The Russian dance troupe "Berezka" seem to actually float over the floor at 1:30. https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=pQkmqK5U5Uo --- ...These are super! Thanks LouiseA! -<>- >From Our Friend PatDeE :) He sent us one we have here... Life Train http://www.shangralafamilyfun.com/lifetrain.html --- ...A Great inspiring one! Thanks PatDeE! -<>- >From our friend Karen :) THE REST OF THE STORY VIDEOS https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLgvK4f_kAjzjReIVOoAgKL0KVnWek4unZ --- ...Sweet! Thanks Karen! -<>- >From Our Friend Geniann :) The Black Hole https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5_Msrdg3Hk --- ...LOL! Serves him right! Thanks Geniann! ======================================================= >-->Quotes & Thunkers: "A woman in Florida crashed her car into a Target store. 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I think my dad's been wearing that cologne for 40 years." -Jimmy Fallon "A helping word to one in trouble is like a switch in a railroad track...an inch between wreck and smooth, rolling prosperity." -Henry Ward Beecher "All animals, except man, know that the principle business of life is to enjoy it." -Samuel Butler "All mankind is divided into three classes: those who are immovable, those who are movable; and those who move." -Benjamin Franklin >Updated FUN STUFF URLS - Oh Yeah :) Shangy! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ http://www.ShangralaFamilyFun.com/urls.html FUN URLS ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -->FULL LENGTH - FREE On line AUDIO MP3 Christian Foundational Class http://www.truthortradition.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=61 NEW LIFE IN CHRIST! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -->This is for all you who love food and DARE to make it at home Yep. 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