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| Shepherd's Logic
A few years ago, some folks from the Humane Society and the U.S. Forest Service were at a farm meeting presenting an alternative to Texas sheep producers for controlling the coyote population. It seems that after several years of the farmers using the tried ...
| Humor |
| Love's Fickle Favor
In debating with myself the contents of your letters I have been put to a great agony; not knowing how to understand them, whether to my disadvantage as shown in some places, or to my advantage as in others. I beseech you now with all my heart definitely to ...
| Philosophy |
| Small Strike Zone
Eddie Gaedel was the 3'7' midget who played in only one game against the St. Louis Browns and the Detroit Tigers. In the second inning of a double-header, St. Louis manager, Zach Taylor, sent 3'7', 65-pound Eddie Gaedel up to bat. Gaedel stood in a crouch ...
| Sports Facts |
| Christ Divided?
1 Corinthians 1:13-17
13 Is Christ divided? Was Paul crucified for you? Were you baptized in the name of Paul?
14 I thank God that I did not baptize any of you except Crispus and Gaius,
15 so no one can say that you were baptized in my name.
16 (Yes, ...
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| Pickle Philosophy
Q: What is the pickle's philosophy of life?
A: Never a dill moment.
| Humor |
| Forward to Victory
With stout hearts, and with enthusiasm for the contest, let us go forward to victory.
-- Bernard Montgomery, to the troops on the eve of D-Day
| Philosophy |
| Switch Swats
New York Yankee Mark Teixeira has switch-hit home runs 13 times in the same game, a major league record. Overall, Yankees' players have done this more than any other team, including 10 by former great Mickey Mantle.
| Sports Facts |
| A Church Divided
1 Corinthians 1:10-12
10 I appeal to you, brothers and sisters, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree with one another in what you say and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be perfectly united in mind and thought. ...
| Bible |
| 3 Chinese Tortures
A young man is wandering and lost in a forest when he comes upon a small house. Knocking on the door, he is greeted by an ancient Chinese man with a long gray beard.
"I'm lost," said the young man. "Can you put me up for the night?"
"Certainly," the ...
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| Corruption of Representatives
I weep for the liberty of my country when I see at this early day of its successful experiment that corruption has been imputed to many members of the House of Representatives, and the rights of the people have been bartered for promises of office.
-- Andrew ...
| Philosophy |
| Internal Rivalry
Because they both lost so many players to WWII military service, the Pittsburgh Steelers and Philadelphia Eagles combined to become the Steagles during the 1943 season.
| Sports Facts |
| Giving Thanks
1 Corinthians 1:4-9
4 I always thank my God for you because of his grace given you in Christ Jesus.
5 For in him you have been enriched in every way—with all kinds of speech and with all knowledge—
6 God thus confirming our testimony about Christ among ...
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| What Months Bring
Q: If April showers bring May flowers, what do May flowers bring?
A: Pilgrims!
| Humor |
| Facts
Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence.
-- John Adams
| Philosophy |
| Getting High
Ewa Wisnierska, a German paraglider, survived lightning, pounding hail, minus 40-degree temperatures and oxygen deprivation after a storm system sucked her to an altitude higher than Mount Everest.
Wisnierska passed out due to a lack of oxygen and flew ...
| Sports Facts |
| Dog Dictionary, Vol. 1
LEASH: A strap that attaches to your collar, enabling you to lead your person where you want him/her to go.
DOG BED: Any soft, clean surface, such as the white bedspread in the guest room or the newly upholstered couch in the living room.
DROOL: A liquid ...
| Humor |
| Courage Defined
Courage is... the knowledge of how to fear what ought to be feared and how not to fear what ought not to be feared.
-- David Ben-Gurion
| Philosophy |
| Soccer Hooligans
In 1969 a brief battle broke out between Honduras and El Salvador. Although tensions had been rough between the two countries for some time, the trigger for the skirmish was El Salvador's victory over Honduras in the World Cup Soccer playoffs. Emotions were ...
| Sports Facts |
| The End of Sodom
Genesis 19:27-29
27 Early the next morning Abraham got up. He returned to the place where he had stood in front of the Lord.
28 He looked down toward Sodom and Gomorrah and the whole valley. He saw thick smoke rising from the land. It looked like smoke ...
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| Tickling
Q: How do you tickle a rich girl?
A: Gucci Gucci Gucci...
| Humor |
| Giving Up Too Soon
Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.
-- Thomas A. Edison
| Philosophy |
| Maybe Being Lazy Isn't So Bad
While trying to get fit and lose weight, approximately 30,000 people are seriously injured by exercise equipment every year.
| Sports Facts |
| Lot's Wife Disobeys
Genesis 19:23-26
23 By the time Lot reached Zoar, the sun had risen over the land. 24 Then the Lord sent down burning sulfur. It came down like rain on Sodom and Gomorrah. It came from the Lord out of the sky.
25 He destroyed those cities and the whole ...
| Bible |
| Transparency
The liberties of a people never were, nor ever will be, secure, when the transactions of their rulers may be concealed from them.
-- Patrick Henry
| Philosophy |
| Tennessee Colors
Q: Do you know why Orange is the official color of the University of Tennessee?
A: So fans can hunt on Saturday, go to the game Sunday, and pick up trash along the roads on Monday.
| Humor |