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| Skeleton Dance
Q: Why didn't the skeleton go to the dance?
A: Because it had no body to go with.
| Humor |
| Really???
Kite flying is a professional sport in Thailand
| Sports Facts |
| Gun Control Policy
I have a very strict policy on gun control: If there's a gun around, I want to be in control of it.
-- Clint Eastwood
| Philosophy |
| Choosing Who to Teach
Proverbs 9:7-8
7 Criticize a person who is rude and shows no respect, and you will only get insults. Correct the wicked, and you will only get hurt.
8 Don’t correct such people, or they will hate you. But correct those who are wise, and they will love ...
| Bible |
| Counting Babies
Four expectant fathers pace in a hospital waiting room while their wives are in labor. The nurse enters and tells the first man, "Congratulations, you're the father of twins."
"What a coincidence," the man says. "I work for the Minnesota Twins baseball ...
| Humor |
| And The Award is...
The record for the most career innings in Major League Baseball is held by Cy Young with 7,356.
| Sports Facts |
| Enemy List
I can be very tough. If people think you're naive, they discover in the next second that they don't have heads. So love your enemy, but keep your blacklist updated.
-- Paulo Coelho
| Philosophy |
| Black and Brown
Q: What's black and brown and looks good on a lawyer?
A: A Doberman Pinscher.
| Humor |
| Peter Makes Believers of 3000
Acts 2:38-41
38 Peter: "... God will forgive your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
39 This promise is for you. It is also for your children and for the people who are far away. It is for everyone the Lord our God calls to himself.”
40 ...
| Bible |
| What a Heap
In 1986 Danny Heep became the first player in a World Series to be a designated hitter (DH) with the initials "D.H."
| Sports Facts |
| Electing the Best
It is not in the nature of politics that the best men should be elected. The best men do not want to govern their fellow men.
-- George MacDonald
| Philosophy |
| 2 Cat Jokes
Q: How does a cat count?
A: One, mew, three!
Q: How does a cat sing a musical scale?
A: Do-ri-me-ow!
| Humor |
| Peter's Pentecost Message
Acts 2:36-38
36 “So, all the people of Israel should know this for certain: God has made Jesus to be Lord and Messiah. He is the man you nailed to the cross!”
37 When the people heard this, they felt very, very sorry. They asked Peter and the other apostles, ...
| Bible |
| The Numbering System
The practice of identifying baseball players by number (corresponding to a player's position in the batting order) was started by the Yankees in 1929
| Sports Facts |
| An Homage to Reason
Fix reason firmly in her seat, and call to her tribunal every fact, every opinion. Question with boldness even the existence of a God; because, if there be one, he must more approve of the homage of reason, than that of blindfolded fear.
-- Thomas Jefferson ...
| Philosophy |
| The Polack Know-It-All
An Italian, an American, and a Polack were arrested by the French for their crimes and are taken to the guillotine. The executioner places the Italian on the block and asks if he has any last words. The Italian replies, "I pray to the Virgin Mary that I may ...
| Humor |
| A False Teacher
3 John 1:9-10
9 I wrote to the church, but Diotrephes, who loves to be first, will not welcome us.
10 So when I come, I will call attention to what he is doing, spreading malicious nonsense about us. Not satisfied with that, he even refuses to welcome ...
| Bible |
| Baseball is Odd
A forfeited game in baseball is recorded as 9-0. I guess that makes it more clear
| Sports Facts |
| Self-Belief
Believe in yourself and all that you are. Know that there is something inside you that is greater than any obstacle.
-- Christian Larson
| Philosophy |
| Redneck Girl Gets Dumped
Redneck Dad: "Why you crying?"
Redneck Girl: "My boyfriend dumped me!"
Her dad grabs his shotgun and rushes out the door shouting, "That son of a gun! I'll be back!"
An hour later he comes back looking much happier.
Girl: "Why did you go kill Billy ...
| Humor |
| David's Prophecy of Jesus
Acts 2:31-32
31 Peter: "Seeing what was to come, David spoke of the resurrection of the Messiah, that he was not abandoned to the realm of the dead, nor did his body see decay.
32 God has raised this Jesus to life, and we are all witnesses of it. " ...
| Bible |
| Kentucky Longevity
The Kentucky Derby is the oldest continually held sports event in the United States (1875), with the second being the Westminster Kennel Club Dog show (1876).
| Sports Facts |
| Personal Industry
To take from one because it is thought that his own industry and that of his father’s has acquired too much, in order to spare to others, who, or whose fathers, have not exercised equal industry and skill, is to violate arbitrarily the first principle of association—the ...
| Philosophy |
| Little Johnny and His Dad's Birthday
Little Johnny and his mother and her son were out shopping for his father's birthday present and she said, “Sweetie, look around for a birthday present for your father. He wants something electric.”
Little Johnny replied, “OK, mom. How about a chair?”
| Humor |
| What is Good
Ecclesiastes 7:1
A good name is better than precious ointment; and the day of death better than the day of one's birth.
| Bible |