[General = insights on human nature] People will accept your idea much more = readily if you tell them Benjamin Franklin said it first. People = will believe anything if you whisper it. People will buy anything = that is one-to-a-customer. People who complain about the way the = ball…

A young woman = was trying to decide whether of not to date a wealthy man several years = her senior.   “Do you = think he’s too old to be considered eligible?” she asked her = mother.   With a wink, = her mom replied, “Darling, he’s too eligible…

I asked a = single gal what would be the “perfect man”.  She told = me that the man she’d marry would “be like a robust fine = wine”.   I wondered = what she meant and must have had a quizzical = expression.   “Actually= ,” she added, “he…

My wife wanted = me to try to describe her. So I = simply said, “To me, you are A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, = K”. She asked, = “But what does that mean?” So I = listed them off for her. “You are: Adorable…

A small boy at = the lingerie counter timidly outlined his = problem.   “I want = to buy Mom a slip for her birthday, but I don’t know what size she = wears.”   “Is she = tall or short, fat or thin?” the clerk asked = sympathetically.  …

[The first = weekday of each month brings assorted words at play. Drive = carefully.]   Is rioting and = looting a drugstore in Portland defined as = pillaging?   When elephants = have dry skin, do they see a Pacadermatologist?   When I = realized the word “goodest” was…

What is Reformation Day? – Stephen = Nichols, Ligonier Ministry A single event = on a single day changed the world. It was October 31st, 1517. = Brother Martin, both a monk and a scholar, had struggled for years with = his church, the church in Rome. He had been…

It’s = confession time.  I’m  beginning to think I may be = getting too old for this trick-or-treat business. Why? 10. I get = out of breath just walking to the first house on the = block. 9. I have to = have our dog soften up the candy for…

**On my = wedding day my mother told the groom, “Sorry. No refunds or = exchanges on sale items.”  Thanks, = Mom.   **I told my = mom she was standing too close and invading my personal space, so she = answered, “You came out of my personal space. This…

One day a = little girl was sitting and watching her mother do the dishes at the = kitchen sink. She suddenly noticed that her mother had several = strands of white hair sticking out in contrast to her brunette = head. She looked at her mother and inquisitively asked,…

It always = bothered my single friend that our local grocery store didn’t = carry eggs in packages of six, but only by the dozen or 18 or more. =   One day she = walked by the dairy case and her wish came true.  There was a = display…

Did you know = that Ghosts say “boo”, which is a Latin verb?. . present = active “boo” =3D I cry aloud or I am yelling. . present = infinitive “boare” . . perfect = active “boavi” . . perfect = passive “boatum”   Why do they = choose to…

Driving by the church on Sunday, from the outside looking = in,There are those inside and there = are those out here dealing with their sinRainbow-colored windows made me = realize at lastNo matter what side of the wall = you’re on, we’re all stained glass Now I don’t come…