There was a ten dollar bill and it's friend the hundred dollar bill. One day they were separated and went off on their own way. About a year later they ran into one another. They were excited to see each other. The ten dollar bill asked the hundred dollar bill, "Where have you been this whole year that I haven't seen you?" The hundred dollar bill excitedly told the ten dollar bill, "I've been to New York,to all of the best shows there, took a cruise ship to Europe, then went to Japan, flew on a fancy jet, came back to America and went to LA-to some fancy restaurants, met some famous movie stars.I have been to fancy homes and also ended up in Las Vegas in the fanciest casinos. I have been all over the world! "Say, ten dollar bill, where have you been since I saw you last?" The ten dollar bill replied, "Oh, you know, church, church, church, church, church......."
A very holy Vicar was walking down the road one day when he heard a voice say "Pssst! can you help me?" looking around the Vicar couldn't see anyone. Then he heard the voice again "Pssst! can you help me?" looking down he saw a frog sitting on the road. Looking around, because he didn't want anyone to see him talk to a frog, he asked;
"How can I help you?"
"I'm not really a frog." said the frog. "Really I'm a choir boy. A wicked fairy turned me into this frog and the only way the spell can be broken is if I am placed where a holy man has laid his head."
So the Vicar took the frog home and placed him on his pillow.
The very next day, a miracle! the spell was broken and there lay the choir boy in bed with the Vicar.
"That your Honor and members of the Jury, is the case for the defence."
Dermot McCann opened the morning newspaper and was dumbfounded to read in the obituary column that he had died. He quickly 'phoned his best friend Reilly. 'Did ye see the paper?' asked Dermot. 'They say I died.'
'Yes, I saw it.' replied Reilly. 'Where are ye callin' from?'
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O'Malley was leaving his favourite bar when he was run over by a bus. He gets to the gates of heaven and St. Peter tells him he cannot enter unless he passes a test. What choice did he have, O'Malley agrees to try as he never was the brightest bulb in the box. St. Peter decides to go easy on him, 'What has 5 fingers and is made of black leather?' he asks.
O'Malley scratches his head, thinks hard and finally gives up.
'It's a glove says St. Peter.' Let's try again. 'What has 10 fingers and is made of black leather?' asks St. Peter.
O'Malley is clearly stumped. After a few minutes of pacing in a circle and scratching his head, O'Malley gives up.
'Why it's 2 gloves - don't you see 10 fingers, black leather, says St. Peter amazed.' Being in a generous mood, St. Peter decides to give O'Malley yet another chance but thinking of an even easier question. 'Who is the patron Saint of Ireland?' asks St. Peter, thinking he can't miss this.
'It wouldn't be 3-gloves, would it?' says O'Malley.
Hey Mike, I promised myself that I would not come back to the forums after my 6 week leave of absense from Hubpages....BUT...I just wanted to say "Hi". So.... HI
I also finished the hub about The Knight's of Columbus and the 4TH Degree if you are still wanting to take a look at them.
Carry On with your humor. They are funny!
Debbie
God and St Peter were having lunch on there favorite cloud.God says"I've been working to hard.I need a vacation".ST Peter says"I heard Earth is a fun place,maybe you should go there".God says"No way,I went there two thousand years ago and met a nice Jewish girl,There still talking about it"...
Hi Debbie (LG). Long time, no see. I just looked at your hub. Very interesting and informative. Thanks.
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A little boy was listening to a long and excessively boring sermon in church. Suddenly the red sanctuary lamp caught his eye. Tugging his father's sleeve, he said, "Daddy, when the light turns green can we go?"
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An Irish priest is driving down to New York and gets stopped for speeding in Connecticut. The state trooper smells alcohol on the priest's breath and then sees an empty wine bottle on the floor of the car. He says, "Sir, have you been drinking?"
"Just water," says the priest, fingers crossed.
The trooper says, "Then why do I smell wine?"
The priest looks at the bottle and says, "Good Lord! He's done it again!"
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A guy walks into a bar wearing a Kansas City Chiefs jersey, and carrying a cat that also has a Chiefs jersey on with a little Chiefs helmet on his head, too. The guy says to the bartender, "Can my cat and I watch the Chiefs game here? My TV is broken and my cat and I always watch the game together."
The bartender replies, "Normally cats wouldn't be allowed in the bar, but its not very busy in here right now, so you and the cat can have a seat at the end of the bar. But, if there's any trouble with you or the cat, I'll have to ask you to leave."
The guy agrees, and he and his cat start watching the game. Pretty soon the Chiefs kick a field goal. The excited cat jumps up on the bar, walking up and down it and giving everyone a high five.
The bartender says, "Hey, that's pretty cool! What does he do for a touchdown?"
The guy answers, "I don't know. I've only had him for 3 years."
This is not Christian humour but it's funny.
Hillbilly Medical Dictionary
Artery......................... The study of paintings
Bacteria....................... Back door to cafeteria
Barium........................ What doctors do when patients die
Benign........................ What you be, after you be eight
Caesarean Section........ A neighborhood in Rome
Cat scan........................ Searching for Kitty
Cauterize...................... Made eye contact with her
Colic.......................... A sheep dog
Coma........................... A punctuation mark
Dilate......................... To live long
Enema..........................Not a friend
Fester......................... Quicker than someone else
Fibula......................... A small lie
Impotent.......................Distinguished, well known
Labor Pain................... Getting hurt at work
Medical Staff................. A Doctor's cane
Morbid......................... A higher offer
Nitrates....................... Cheaper than day rates
Node........................... I knew it
Outpatient..................... A person who has fainted
Pelvis......................... Second cousin to Elvis
Post Operative............ A letter carrier
Recovery Room.......... Place to do upholstery
Rectum......................... Nearly killed him
Secretion...................... Hiding something
Seizure........................ Roman emperor
Tablet......................... A small table
Terminal Illness............ Getting sick at the airport
Tumor........................ One plus one more
Urine.......................... Opposite of you're out
Not so much a joke as a true story;
I was about 14 years old back in Wales when my confidence in Sunday school teachers was irrevocably broken. My parents used to send me and my brother to Sunday School. Years later I discovered that the reason was so they could have a little afternoon delight without the kids being around.
Anyway; The Sunday School teacher told us that girls who smoked had no morals. I thought this was very good news because a girl on my street had just started smoking. So, believing my teacher, I took her for a walk to a nearby farm.
She beat the snot outta me. I touched one of her errogenous zones and she brought her knee up into one of mine.
I never believed anything I heard in Sunday School after that.
That must have been a while ago iantoPF. So you misunderstood the Sunday School teacher. I guess when the Sunday School teacher said that girls who smoked had no morals she didn't mean that you could touch one of their erogenous zones. Sorry for laughing about her beating the snot outta you. Those tough little Welsh girls.
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Brain Transplant
In the hospital the relatives gathered in the waiting room, where their family member lay gravely ill. Finally, the doctor came in looking tired and somber. "I'm afraid I'm the bearer of bad news," he said as he surveyed the worried faces. "The only hope left for your loved one at this time is a brain transplant. It's an experimental procedure, very risky but it is the only hope. Insurance will cover the procedure, but you will have to pay for the brain yourselves."
The family members sat silent as they absorbed the news. After a great length of time, someone asked, "Well, how much does a brain cost?"
The doctor quickly responded, "$5,000 for a male brain, and $200 for a female brain."
The moment turned awkward. Men in the room tried not to smile, avoiding eye contact with the women, but some actually smirked. A man unable to control his curiosity, blurted out the question everyone wanted to ask, "Why is the male brain so much more?"
The doctor smiled at the childish innocence and explained to the entire group, "It's just standard pricing procedure. We have to mark down the price of the female brains... because they've been used."
(The girl that posted this in the social network that I found it ended it by saying "Forgive me, I couldn't help myself!")
Jesus and Satan got into an argument over which of them was the better computer programmer. Finally God got tired of the bickering and told them that he would judge a contest between them. They each had four hours to write the best program they could, and then God would decide the winner. They both got down to business and wrote lines and lines of code.
But just before the four hours were up there was a flash of lightning and a tremendous clap of thunder. The lights flickered, the power faltered, and both computer screens went dead. When power was restored, God declared that time was up and asked to see the results of their work.
Jesus flipped on his computer and displayed the most elegant program you could imagine, with beautiful architecture and wonderful syllogisms, triumphs of multimedia sound and pictures -- all kinds of bells and whistles.
God asked Satan what he had created, but Satan said, "I've got nothing, absolutely nothing! My program was twice as good as that, but I lost it all when the power went out. Jesus must have cheated. How could he still have such a great program?"
God replied, "Everybody knows -- Jesus Saves."
Limerick fun:
There once was a slimmer named Steen
Who grew so phenomenally lean
And flat, and compressed, That his back touched his chest,
So that sideways he couldn't be seen.
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An elderly man called Keith
Mislaid his set of false teeth
They'd been laid on a chair, He'd forgot they were there,
Sat down, and was bitten beneath.
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There once was a fellow named Sarge
who married a psychic named Marge.
The weight soon appeared, and just as he feared,
his medium became extra-large.
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A tutor who tooted her flute
Tried to tutor two tooters to toot
Said the two to the tutor
Is it harder to toot
Or to tutor two tooters to toot?
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A man was sleeping soundly when his wife shook him and said, "Wake up, someone is breaking in!"
The man had gone through this same scenario almost every night of his marriage, and he knew that the only way he would get any rest was to get up and go check it out. This time, however, he found that there really was a man with a gun who entered to rob the house! As the thief was about to flee the man said, "Stop! You have to come with me and meet my wife."
Surprised, the thief turned around abruptly and said, "Why would you want ME to meet your wife?"
The man replied, "She's been expecting you for 20 years."
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Mr. and Mrs. Frobisher had just reached the airport in the nick of time to catch the plane for their two-week's vacation in Majorca. "I wish we'd brought the piano with us too," said Mr. Frobisher.
"What on earth for?" asked his wife.
"I've left the tickets on it."
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A couple of hours into a visit a mother noticed her son hadn't once lit up a cigarette. "Are you trying to kick the habit?" she asked.
"No," the son replied. "I have a cold, and I don't smoke when I'm not feeling well."
"You know," she observed, "you'd probably live longer if you were sick more often."
A priest, a rabbi and a minister go fishing on a rare day off. They row their boat out a ways from shore and put down an anchor. The boat moves just a little bit here and there. They are enjoying being "away" from their jobs, the fishing is very relaxing, and they exchange funny stories about their lives. The priest says: "Well, I have to go and use nature's rest room." He steps out of the boat, and walks on top of the water to shore, does his thing and walks on top of the water back to the boat and gets back in. The rabbi is astonished but says nothing.
A while later, the minister says: "Well, I guess it's my turn now." He gets out of the boat, walks on the water to shore, and does his thing and returns to the boat by walking on the water and gets back in the boat. The rabbi is again amazed, saying nothing.
When it comes time for the rabbi to "do his thing", he tells himself that if they can do it so can he. So he steps out of the boat, and plunges into the water. The priest and the minister help him back into the boat. They look at each other, and the minister says: "Shall we show him where the rocks are?"
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What did the fish say when he hit a concrete wall?
"Dam."
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What do Eskimos get from sitting on the ice too long?
Polaroids.
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What did the instructor at the school for Kamikaze pilots say to his students?
Watch closely. I'm only going to do this once.
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Why should you never iron a 4-leaf clover?
You don't want to press your luck!
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What did the horse say when he fell?
I've fallen and I can't giddy up!
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Has anyone seen Quasimodo?
I have a hunch he's back!
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If you are wondering where the 'Go ahead say Merry Christmas" thread went to it's been moved to the Holidays & Celebrations forum. You can go to it from here,
Go ahead say Merry Christmas
Shipwrecked - I am one of 8%
A voyaging ship was wrecked during a storm at sea and only two of the men on it were able to swim to a small, desert like island.
The two survivors, not knowing what else to do, agree that they had no other recourse but to pray to God.
However to find out whose prayer was the most powerful they agreed to divide the territory between them and stay on opposite sides of the island.
The first thing the first man prayed for was food..
The next morning, the first man saw a fruit-bearing tree on his sides of the island.
The other man's parcel of land remained barren.
After a week, the first man was lonely and he decided to pray for a wife.
The next day, another ship was wrecked, and the only survivor was a woman who swam to his side of the island..
On the other side of the island there was nothing.
Soon the first man prayed for a house, clothes, more food.
The next day, like magic all these were given to him.
However, the second man still had not a thing.
Finally, the first man prayed for a ship, so that his wife and he could leave the island.
In the morning, he found a ship docked at his side of the island.
The first man boarded the ship with his wife and decided to leave the second man on the island....
He considered the other man unworthy to receive God's blessings, since none of his prayers had been answered.
As the ship was about to leave the first man heard a voice from Heaven booming,'Why are you leaving your companion on the island?'
'My blessings are mine alone, since I was the one who prayed for them.'the first man answered. 'His prayers were all unanswered, and so he does not deserve anything.'
'You are mistaken!' the Voice from heaven rebukede him...
'He had only one prayer that I answered.
If not that, you would not have received any of my blessings.'
'Tell me,' the first man asked the Voice,'what did he pray for that I should owe him anything?'
'He prayed that all your prayers would be answered.'
For all we know, our blssings are not the fruits of our prayers alone, but those of another praying for us.
When Jesus died on the cross he was thinking of you!
If you are one ofthe 8% who stand up for him forward this with the title, 'I am one of 8%.
92% of people won't forward this
'GOD SAW THE WORLD AT IT'S WORSE AND GAVE US HIS BEST - JESUS CHRIST
The Lionswhelp
Good one Lionswhelp. I'll bump this thread up with another bit of humour so I can be part of the 8% too.
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Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson go on a camping trip. After a good dinner and a bottle of wine, they retire for the night, and go to sleep. Some hours later, Holmes wakes up and nudges his faithful friend. “Watson, look up at the sky and tell me what you see.”
“I see millions and millions of stars, Holmes” replies Watson.
“And what do you deduce from that?”
Watson ponders for a minute. “Well, Astronomically, it tells me that there are millions of galaxies and potentially billions of planets. Astrologically, I observe that Saturn is in Leo. Horologically, I deduce that the time is approximately a quarter past three. Meteorologically, I suspect that we will have a beautiful day tomorrow. Theologically, I can see that God is all powerful, and that we are a small and insignificant part of the universe. But what does it tell you, Holmes?”
Holmes is silent for a moment. “Watson, you idiot!” he says. “Someone has stolen our tent!”
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When NASA first started sending up astronauts, they quickly discovered that ballpoint pens would not work in zero gravity. To combat the problem, NASA scientists spent a decade and $12 billion to develop a pen that writes in zero gravity, upside down, underwater, on almost any surface including glass and at temperatures ranging from below freezing to 300°C. The Russians used a pencil.
REAL SIGNS FROM AROUND THE WORLD:
On the trucks of a local plumbing company in NE Pennsylvania:
"Don't sleep with a drip, call your plumber."
Pizza shop slogan:
"7 days without pizza makes one weak."
At a tire shop in Milwaukee:
"Invite us to your next blowout."
Door of a plastic surgeons office:
"Hello, can we pick your nose?"
At a Towing Company:
"We don't charge an arm and a leg. We want tows."
On an electricians truck:
"Let us remove your shorts."
In a Nonsmoking Area:
"If we see smoking we will assume you are on fire and take appropriate action."
On Maternity Room Door:
"Push, Push, Push."
At an Optometrists Office:
"If you don't see what you're looking for, you've come to the right place."
On a Taxidermist's window:
"We really know our stuff."
In a Podiatrist's office:
"Time wounds all heels."
At a Car Dealership:
"The best way to get back on your feet - miss a car payment."
Outside a Muffler Shop:
"No appointment necessary, we hear you coming."
On a desk in a reception room:
"We shoot every third salesman, and the second one just left."
In a Veterinarians waiting room:
"Be back in 5 minutes, Sit! Stay!"
In the front yard of a funeral home:
"Drive carefully, we'll wait."
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Puns for fun!
1. If you step onto a plane and recognize a friend of yours named Jack don't yell out Hi Jack!
2. One of the first things you'll notice at the Beijing airport is a whole lot of Chinese checkers.
3. During his air test a young pilot flew through a rainbow. He passed with flying colors.
4. An astronaut who fails on a weightlessness experiment must be aware of the gravity of the situation.
5. Ms. Earhart's loss to aviation could never be ameliorated.
6. England doesn't have a kidney bank, but it does have a Liverpool
7. The Irish should be rich because their capital is always Dublin.
8. Italian building inspectors in Pisa are leanient.
9. To write with a broken pencil is pointless.
10. Math teachers have lots of problems.
Pastor Painting The Church
It seems that there was a little old church out in the countryside: painted white and with a high steeple. One Sunday, the pastor noticed that his church needed painting. He checked out the ads and found a paint sale. The next day, he went into town and bought a gallon of white paint. He went back out to the church and began the job. He got done with the first side. It was looking great. But he noticed he had already used a half gallon. He didn't want to run back in town and being the creative person that he was, he found a gallon of thinner in the shed out back, and began to thin his paint. It worked out great. He finished the remaining three sides with that last half gallon of paint. That night, it rained hard. The next morning when he stepped outside of the parsonage to admire his work, he saw that the first side was looking great, but that the paint on the other three sides had washed away. The pastor looked up to the sky in anguish and cried out, "What shall I do?" A voice came back from the heavens saying, "Repaint, and thin no more!"
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A young boy is going door-to-door looking for a job to do. A rich man takes him up. "You need to paint my porch bright white," he explained. The boy got right to it. Later, the boy rang the doorbell and said "I'm done sir. But, I noticed your car is a Ferrari, not a Porsche!"
The Pope and Nancy Pelosi are on the same stage in front of a huge crowd. (We all know who the Pope is but for those who haven't heard of Nancy Pelosi here is a short history of her exploits. She is a member of the USA House of Representatives, 14th District of the State of California and Speaker of the US House of Representatives and is also a Socialist Democrate. She is pushing Barack Obama's Health Care Program. In this program she wants to use Government Tax money to pay for abortions in the USA.)
The Pope leans towards Mrs. Pelosi and says, "Do you know that with one little wave of my hand I can make every person in this crowd go wild with joy? This joy will not be a momentary display, like that of your followers, but go deep into their hearts and they'll forever speak of this day and rejoice!"
Pelosi replied, "I seriously doubt that. With one little wave of your hand? Show me."
So the Pope slapped her.
The Lionswhelp
Good one.
"A cheerful heart is good medicine..." (Proverbs 17:22)
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A man is in bed with his wife when there is a knock on the door. He rolls over and looks at his clock, and it's half past three in the morning. "I'm not getting out of bed at this time", he thinks, and rolls over.
Then, a louder knock follows. "Aren't you going to answer that?" says his wife. So he drags himself out of bed, and goes downstairs. He opens the door and there is a man standing at the door. It didn't take the homeowner long to realize the man was drunk. "Hi there." slurs the stranger, "Can you give me a push?" "No! Get lost! It's half past three. I was in bed," the man says and slams the door.
He goes back up to bed and tells his wife what happened. She says, "That wasn't very nice of you. Remember that night we broke down in the pouring rain on the way to pick the kids up from the baby-sitter and you had to knock on that man's house to get us started again? What would have happened if he'd told us to get lost?" "But the guy was drunk." says the husband. "It doesn't matter." says the wife. "He needs our help and it would be the Christian thing to help him."
So the husband out of bed again, gets dressed, and goes downstairs. He opens the door, and not being able to see the stranger anywhere he shouts, "Hey, do you still want a push?" He hears a voice cry out, "Yeah please." So, still being unable to see the stranger he shouts, "Where are you?" And the stranger replies, "I'm over here, on your swing."
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A first grade teacher collected well known proverbs. She gave each child in her class the first half of the proverb and asked them to come up with the remainder of the proverb.
* Better to be safe than.....punch a fifth grader.
* Strike while the...bug is close.
* It's always darkest before...daylight savings time.
* Never underestimate the power of......termites.
* Don't bite the hand that.....looks dirty.
* No news is.....impossible
* A miss is as good as a ......Mr.
* You can't teach an old dog new.....math
* If you lie down with dogs.....you stink in the morning
* Love all, trust.....me
* An idle mind is....the best way to relax
* Where there's smoke there's.....pollution
* Happy the bride who.....gets all the presents
* A penny saved is.....not much
* Laugh and the whole world laughs with you, cry and.....you have to blow your nose
* Children should be seen and not...spanked or scolded
* If at first you don't succeed.....get new batteries
* When the blind lead the blind.....get out of the way
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A little boy was in a relative's wedding. As he was coming down the aisle he would take two steps, stop, and turn to the crowd (alternating between the bride's side and the groom's side). While facing the crowd he would put up his hands like claws and roar...So it went, step step, ROAR, step step ROAR, all the way down the aisle. The crowd was near tears from laughing so hard by the time he reached the pulpit. The little boy, however, was getting more and more distressed from all the laughing, and was also near tears by the time he reached the pulpit. When asked what he was doing, the child sniffed and said, "I was being the RING BEAR."
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Letters received by the US Postal Service:
* Dear God, is it true that my father won't get in heaven if he uses his bowling words in the house? Anita
* Dear God, who draws the lines around the countries? Nan
* Dear God, thank you for the baby brother, but what I prayed for was a puppy. Joyce
* Dear God, please send me a pony. I never asked for anything before. You can look it up. Bruce
* Dear God, my brother is a rat. You should give him a tail. Danny
* Dear God, I want to be just like daddy when I get big, but not with so much hair all over. Sam
* Dear God, I didn't think orange went with purple until I saw the sunset you made on Tuesday. That was cool! Eugene.
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A priest is walking down the street one day when he notices a very small boy trying to press a doorbell on a house across the street. However, the boy is very small and the doorbell is too high for him to reach. After watching the boy's efforts for some time, the priest moves closer to the boy's position. He steps smartly across the street, walks up behind the little fellow and, placing his hand kindly on the child's shoulder, leans over and gives the doorbell a solid ring. Crouching down to the child's level, the priest smiles benevolently and asks, "And now what, my little man?" To which the boy replies, "Now we RUN!"
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A priest goes to visit the home of some parishioners. The children are home alone, but assure him that their parents will be home soon. As he waits, he notices a bowl of peanuts on the coffee table, and begins to eat them. He continues, and is embarrassed to realize that he ate the whole bowl. He apologized to the children. "That's o.k." they responded, "We only eat the chocolate covering".
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All the scientists were talking about the sounds coming out of Beethoven's grave. They came from far and wide to listen, ear to the ground. Then they gathered in a conference room to compare notes. Finally, after a long conference, they all came to the same conclusion: Beethoven was decomposing.
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The wise old Mother Superior was dying. The nuns gathered around her bed, trying to make her comfortable. They gave her some warm milk to drink, but she refused it. Then one nun took the glass back to the kitchen. Remembering a bottle of whiskey received as a gift the previous Christmas, she opened it and poured a generous amount into the warm milk.
Back at Mother Superior's bed, she held the glass to her lips. Mother drank a little, then a little more, then before they knew it, she had drunk the whole glass down to the last drop. "Mother, Mother" the nuns cried, "Give us some wisdom before you die!" She raised herself up in bed with a pius look on her face and pointing out the window, she said, "Don't sell that cow!".
New High School Exit Exam. you only need 4 correct to pass!!.
1. How long did the Hundred Years' War last?
2. Which Country makes Panama Hats?
3. From which animal do we get cat gut?
4. In which month do Russians celebrate the October Festival?
5. What is a camel's hair brush made of?
6. The Canary Islands in the Pacific are named after what animal?
7.What was King George VI's first name?
8. What color is a purple finch?
9. Where are Chinese gooseberries from?
10. What is the color of the black box in a commercial airplane?
"Remember, you need 4 correct answers to pass."
Check your answers below...
Answers To The Quiz
1. How long did the Hundred Years War last? 116 years
2. Which country makes Panama Hats? Ecuador
3. From which animal do we get cat gut? Sheep and Horses
4. In which month do Russians celebrate the October Revoluton? November
5. What is a camel's hair brush made of? Squirrel fur
6. The Canary Islands in the Pacific are named after what animal? Dogs
7. What was King George VI's first name? Albert
8. What color is a purple finch? Crimson
9. Where are Chinese gooseberries from? New Zealand
10. What is the color of the black box in a commercial airplane? Orange
What do you mean you failed? Me Too.
(And if you try to tell me you passed you Lied! (Ha,Ha.Ha)
Pass this on to some brillant friends, so they can feel useless too!
I failed too.
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A blonde went to the post office to buy stamps for her Christmas cards. She asked the clerk for fifty Christmas stamps. The clerk asked, ‘What denomination?’ The blonde exclaimed ‘God help us, Has it come to this? Give me 7 Catholic, 12 Methodist, 9 Lutheran and 22 Baptist!’
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Closing sermon words
A preacher was completing a temperance sermon: with great expression he said, "If I had all the beer in the world, I'd take it and throw it into the river."
With even greater emphasis he said, "And if I had all the wine in the world, I'd take it and throw it into the river."
And then finally, he said, "And if I had all the whiskey in the world, I'd take it and throw it into the river."
He sat down. The song leader then stood very cautiously and announced with a smile, "For our closing song, let us sing Hymn # 365: "Shall We Gather at the River."
Here are some facts about the 1500s:
Most people get married in June because they took their yearly bath in May, and still smelled pretty good by June... However, since they were starting to smell... brides carried a bouquet of flowers to hide the body odor. Hence the custom to carrying a bouquet when they get married today.
Baths consisted of a big bath tub filled with hot water. The man of the house had the privilege of the nice clean water, then all the other sons and men, then the women and finally the children. Last of all the babies. By then the water was so dirty you could actually lose someone in it. Hence the saying. "Don't throw the baby out with the bath water!"
England is old and small and the local folks started running out of places to bury people. So they would dig up the coffins and take the bones to a bone-house, and reuse the grave. When reopening these coffins, 1 out of 25 coffins were found to have scratch marks on the inside and they realized they had buried people alive. so they would tie a string on the wrist of the corpse, lead it through the coffin and up through the ground and tie it to a bell. Someone would have to sit out in the graveyard all night (the graveyatd shift) to listen for the bell; thus, someone could be, saved by the bell or was considered a dead ringer...
Back in the 1500's:
They used to us urine to tan animal skins, so families used to all pee in a pot & then once a day it was taken & sold to the tannery.... if you had to do this to survive you were "Piss Poor".
But worse than that were the really poor folk who couldn't even affoed to buy a pot........ they "didn't have a pot to piss in" & were consider the lowest of the low.
So the next time you are washing your hands and complain because the water temperature isn't how you like it, think about how things used to be. Her are some more facts about the 1500's:
Houses had thatched roofs - thick straw - piled high, with no wood underneath. It was the only place for animals to get warm, so all the cats and dogs and other small animals (mice, bugs) lived in the roof. When it rained it became slippery and sometimes the animals would slip and fall off the roof. hence the saying "Its raining cats and dogs.'
There was nothing to stop things from falling into the house. This posted a real problem in the bedroom where bugs and other droppings could mess up your nice clean bed. Hence, a bed with big posts and a sheet hung over the top afforded some protection. That's how canopy beds came into existence.
The floor was dirt... only the wealthy had something other than dirt. Hence, the saying, 'Dirt Poor." The wealthy had slate floors that could get slippery in the winter when wet. So they spread thresh (straw) on the floor to help keep their footing. As winter wore on, they added more thresh until, when you opened the door, it would all start slipping outside. A piece of wood was placed in the entrance way. Hence a thresh hold.
Have a nice day
the Lionswhelp
This is so interesting to me, I have often wondered about the history of these words and their original meanings. I feel I am being entertained! Thank you!
Mine wasn't dirty but it had The bad "S" word so I removed it.
Very cute though
Holy man have we ever come a long way since the 1500s.
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Walk on Water
All of his life, Len had heard stories of an amazing family tradition. It seems that his father, grandfather and great-grandfather had all been able to walk on water on their 21st birthday. On that day, they'd walk across the lake to the boat club for their first legal drink.
So, when Len's 21st birthday came around, he and his friend, Corky, took a boat out to the middle of the lake. Len stepped out of the boat and nearly drowned! Corky just managed to pull him to safety.
Furious and confused, Len went to see his grandmother.
"Grandma, it's my 21st birthday, so why can't I walk across the lake like my father, his father and his father before him?"
Granny looked Len straight in the eyes and said, "Because your father, grandfather and great- grandfather were born in January. You were born in July."
A little more from the 1500's
In those old days they cooked in the kitchen with a big kettle that was hung over the fire.. Every day they lit the fire and added things to the pot. They ate mostly vegatables and did not eat much meat. They would eat the stew for dinner, leaving left overs in the pot to get cold overnight and then start over the next day. Sometimes stew had food in it that had been there for quite a while. Hence the rhyme: "Peas porridge hot, peas porrige cold, peas porridge in the pot nine days old."
Sometimes they could obtain pork, which made them feel quite special. When visitors came over, they would hang up the bacon to show off. It was a sign of wealth that a man could, "bring home the bacon." They would cut off a little to share with guest and would all sit around and "chew the fat."
Those with money had plates made of pewter. Food with high acid content caused some of the lead to leach from the pewter plates onto the food, causing lead poisoning death. This happened most often with tomatoes, so for the next 400 years orso, tomatoes were considered poisonous.
Bread was divided according to status. Workers got the burnt bottom of the loaf, the family got the middle, and the guest got the top, or upper crust.
Lead cups were used to drink ale or whiskey. The combination would sometimes knock the imbibers out for a cuple of days. Someone walking along the road would take them for dead and prepare them for burial. They were laid out on the kitchen table for a couple of days and the family would gather around and eat and drink and wait and see if they would wake up. Hence the custom of holdind a "wake."
That's all folks!
The Bear and the Atheist
An atheist was walking through the woods one day, admiring all that evolution had created. Suddenly he heard a rustling in the bushes behind him. Turning to look, he saw an 8 foot grizzly bear beginning to charge toward him.
He ran as fast as he could down the path. He looked over his shoulder and saw that the bear was rapidly closing on him Running faster yet, he looked again and the bear was even closer. His heart was pounding in his chest. He tried to run faster. But alas, he tripped and fell to the ground.
As he rolled over to pick himself up, the bear was right over him, reaching for him with its left paw and raising its right paw to strike him. The atheist cried..."Oh GOD, no. Kill this bear!..."
Time stopped. The bear froze. The forest was silent. Even the river stopped moving. As a brilliant light shone upon the man, a thunderous voice came from the sky.
"YOU DENY MY EXISTENCE FOR ALL THESE YEARS, TEACH OTHERS THAT I DON'T EXIST AND EVEN CREDIT CREATION TO SOME COSMIC ACCIDENT. NOW, YOU EXPECT ME TO HELP YOU AND KILL THIS BEAR? AM I TO COUNT YOU AS A CHRISTIAN?"
The atheist looked directly into the light and said, "Why don't you try and make the bear a Christian?"
"VERY WELL," said the voice. The light went out. The river ran. The sounds of the forest resumed. ... and the bear dropped down to his knees, brought both paws together, bowed his head and spoke: "Lord, thank you for this food which I am about to receive."
A little late but this is funny.
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THE CHRISTMAS PAGEANT
My proudest moment came during the children's Christmas pageant. My daughter was playing Mary, two of my sons were shepherds and my youngest son was a wise man.
This was their moment to shine. My five-year-old shepherd had practiced his line, 'We found the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes.'
But he was nervous and said, 'The baby was wrapped in wrinkled clothes.' My four-year-old 'Mary' said, 'That's not 'wrinkled clothes,' silly. That's dirty, rotten clothes.'
A wrestling match broke out between Mary and the shepherd and was stopped by an angel, who bent her halo and lost her left wing. I slouched a little lower in my seat when Mary dropped the doll representing Baby Jesus, and it bounced down the aisle crying, 'Mama-mama.'
Mary grabbed the doll, wrapped it back up and held it tightly as the wise men arrived. My other son stepped forward wearing a bathrobe and a paper crown, knelt at the manger and announced, 'We are the three wise guys, and we are bringing gifts of gold, common sense and fur.'
The congregation dissolved into laughter, and the pageant got a standing ovation.
'I've never enjoyed a Christmas program as much as this one,' laughed the Pastor, wiping tears from his eyes. 'For the rest of my life, I'll never hear the Christmas story without thinking of gold, common sense and fur.'
'My children are my pride and my joy and my greatest blessing,' I said as I dug through my purse for an aspirin.
Author, Unknown
The pastor was taking donations for church improvements and told the congregation if someone donated $1,000 that person can choose three hymns. One older lady at the back raised her hand and said she will donate $1,000. The pastor called her to come to the front to choose the hymns for the next service. She stood in front of everyone and looking at 3 young guys she said: "I choose him, him, and him!"
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An IRS agent shows up at Father John's front door. the IRS agent asked "Did a Mr. Phil Smith donate $2000 to your church recently?" Father John replies, "He will."
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Four Catholic men and a Catholic woman were having coffee after mass. The first man tells his friends, "My son is a priest. When he walks into a room, every-one calls him 'Father'."
The second man chirps, "My son is a bishop. When he walks into a room people call him 'Your Grace'."
The third man says, "My son is a cardinal. When he enters a room everyone says 'Your Eminence'."
The fourth man says, "My son is the pope. When he walks into a room people call him 'Your Holiness'."
Since the lone Catholic woman was sipping her coffee in silence, the four men gave her a look and say, "Well ...?"
She proudly replies, "I have a daughter, slim, tall, 38 Double D breasts, 24" waist and 36" hips. When she walks into a room, people say, 'Oh My God'."
I have a really funny one about the pope, but I can't share it here.
I've enjoyed these, though!
Going to church no more makes you a Christian than standing in a garage makes you a car.
"Eager to improve his sermons, a young pastor bought a tape recorder and recorded one of his Sunday morning services. After dinner, he put the cassette in the recorder, sat on the sofa and listened to the tape.
The opening prayer, scripture readings and hymns came forth nicely. Then came the sermon.
When he awoke some time later, the choir was singing the closing hymn."
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The little daughter of a colonel living on an Army post was taken to church for the first time. The minister was one of the old-fashioned types who believed in illustrating his sermons with "vigor". She stared in awe at the old minister, shut up in a box pulpit, thumping the Bible and waving his arms wildly. Finally, unable to stand it any longer, she whispered to her father in a frightened voice "What'll we do if he gets out?"
Msgr. Arthur Tonne from "Jokes Priests Can Tell"
After hearing what Britt Hume said about Tiger Woods' religion, a Christian pastor talked to Tiger Woods about his sexual transgressions. A pastor said to Tiger, "Looking at cocktail waitresses with lustful eyes is just as bad as actually screwing them. You can look up Matt 5:27 & 28." Tiger said, "But, it's not as good. I think I will stay with Buddhism"
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A Minneapolis couple decided to go to Florida to thaw out during a particularly icy winter. They planned to stay at the same hotel where they spent their honeymoon 20 years earlier.
Because of hectic schedules, it was difficult to coordinate their travel schedules. So, the husband left Minnesota and flew to Florida on Thursday, with his wife flying down the following day.
The husband checked into the hotel. There was a computer in his room, so he decided to send an email to his wife. However, he accidentally left out one letter in her email address, and without realizing his error, sent the e-mail.
Meanwhile, somewhere in Houston , a widow had just returned home from her husband's funeral. He was a minister who was called home to glory following a heart attack.
The widow decided to check her e-mail expecting messages from relatives and friends. After reading the first message, she screamed and fainted.
The widow's son rushed into the room, found his mother on the floor, and saw the computer screen which read:
To: My Loving Wife
Subject: I've Arrived
Date:October 16, 2005
I know you're surprised to hear from me. They have computers here now and you are allowed to send emails to your loved ones. I've just arrived and have been checked in.
I've seen that everything has been prepared for your arrival tomorrow.
Looking forward to seeing you then! Hope your journey is as uneventful as mine was.
P. S. Sure is freaking hot down here!!!!
God speaks to Noah one day and says "Noah, I'd like you to build me another ark."
Noah - "Just like the last one, big with lots of levels?"
God - "Yes, but this time I want to fill it with water."
Noah - "With water?"
God - "Yes, then we'll stock it full of fish."
Noah somewhat confused - "Any particular kind of fish?"
God - "Carp. Yes lots of Carp"
Noah - "Why Lord?"
God - "Well I've always fancied a multi-storey carp-ark"
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