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| When men were men
Prior to 1900, prize fights lasted up to 100 rounds
| Sports Facts |
| Happy Man
The man who is happy is not he who is believed to be so but he who believes he is so.
-- Michel de Montaigne
| Philosophy |
| Wisdom's Call
Proverbs 8:1,3-
1 Does not wisdom call out? Does not understanding raise her voice?
3 at the entrance, she cries aloud:
4 “To you, O people, I call out; I raise my voice to all mankind.
5 You who are simple, gain prudence; you who are foolish, ...
| Bible |
| Blonde With Appendicitis
A blonde has sharp pains in her side. The doctor examines her and says, "You have acute appendicitis."
The blonde says, "That's sweet, doc, but I have a boyfriend and I came here to get medical help."
| Humor |
| Now all the covered stadiums makes sense
In the NFL, the home team must provide 36 footballs for outdoor games and 24 for indoor games
| Sports Facts |
| Democrats and Republicans
When a Republican doesn't like guns, he doesn't buy one.
When a Democrat doesn't like guns, he wants all guns outlawed.
If a Republican doesn't like a talk show host, he switches channels. Democrats demand that those they don't like be shut down.
-- ...
| Philosophy |
| God Scatters the Nations
Genesis 11:8-9
8 So the Lord scattered them from Babylonia over all the earth, and they stopped building the city.
9 That is why it was called Babel - because there the Lord confused the language of the whole world. From there the Lord scattered them ...
| Bible |
| Athletic College Exam, part 1
SEC FOOTBALL PLAYER COLLEGE ENTRANCE EXAM
1. What language is spoken in France?
2. Write a 10,000 word dissertation on the ancient Babylonian Empire with particular reference to architecture, literature, law and social conditions
-OR-
Give the ...
| Humor |
| How big???
The original Stanley Cup was only seven-and-a-half inches high. It has since grown to over 30 inches.
| Sports Facts |
| Future Spending
The principle of spending money to be paid by posterity, under the name of funding, is but swindling futurity on a large scale.
-- Thomas Jefferson
| Philosophy |
| God Creates the Languages
Genesis 11:5-7
The Lord came down to see the city of Babylonia and the tower the people were building.
6 The Lord said, “If as one people speaking the same language they have begun to do this, then nothing they plan to do will be impossible for them. ...
| Bible |
| Cannibal Meal
Over dinner, the cannibal said to his wife, "You know, I've tried, but I just don’t like your mother."
His wife replied, "Try the potatoes."
| Humor |
| Defying gravity
At 120 miles per hour, a Formula One car generates so much downforce that it can drive upside down on the roof of a tunnel
| Sports Facts |
| Committed Opposition
Never waste your time explaining yourself to people who are committed to misunderstanding you.
-- dream hampton
| Philosophy |
| Admitting Our Sins
1 John 1:8-10
8 If we claim we have no sin, we are only fooling ourselves and not living in the truth.
9 But if we confess our sins to him, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all wickedness.
10 If we claim we have ...
| Bible |
| Black and White
Q. What goes black and white, black and white, black and white?
A. A penguin rolling down a hill.
| Humor |
| Pulling your weight
Tug of war was an Olympic event between 1900 and 1920. Now why'd we get rid of that???
| Sports Facts |
| Beginning
Don't let life discourage you; everyone who got where he is had to begin where he was.
-- Richard L. Evans
| Philosophy |
| Speaking to All Nations
Acts 2:5-8, 12-13
5 At the time of Pentecost there were devout Jews from every nation living in Jerusalem.
6 When they heard the loud noise, everyone came running, and they were bewildered to hear their own languages being spoken by the believers.
...
| Bible |
| Praising the Lord
Waking up each morning, a religious women would open her front door, stand on the porch, and shout, “Praise the Lord!”
This infuriated her atheist neighbor and he often made it a point to counter back by yelling, “There is no Lord!”
One morning the ...
| Humor |
| Foul Passing
In 1910, an incomplete forward pass earned teams a 15-yard penalty.
If that were true today, Aaron Rodgers (league-leading 72.9 completion percentage) might be the only one with a job
| Sports Facts |
| Legitimate Rights
The principle of individual rights is the only moral base of all groups or associations. Any group that does not recognize this principle is not an association, but a gang or a mob.
-- Ayn Rand
| Philosophy |
| God is an Honest Judge
(As you may have noticed, one of the jokes from our Daily Humor app inadvertently slipped into the Daily Bible stream. We apologize for this mistake. Now, on to your Daily Bible Verse.)
Psalm 7:10-11
10 God is my shield, saving those whose hearts are ...
| Bible |
| Home Street
2 buckets of vomit were walking down the street when one of them says to the other, "I was brought up around here."
| Humor |
| You can stop counting now...
There are more than 350 dimples on a golf ball
| Sports Facts |