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[Most are familiar with “Peter piper picked a peck of pic= kled peppers; a peck of pickled peppers Peter piper picked. If Peter piper = picked a peck of pickled peppers, how many pickled peppers did Peter piper = pick?” Here are a few more tongue-tangling tales to make your…

With all my h= eart I praise the LORD! With all that I am I praise His holy name!  With all my heart I praise t= he LORD!   I will never forget how kind the LORD has been: >He forgave our sins. >He healed us when we = are…

[I always thought I was smart. Even my dad agreed; he kept tell= ing me I had a ‘smart mouth’. I’ll let you be the judge.]= Supervisor: Can I ask you a question?Me: I don’t know. Ca= n you?.   Supervisor again: May I ask you a question? Me: You’ll…

My therapist says I have a preoccupation with vengeance. We&#82= 17;ll see about that.   I doubt, therefore I might be.   I used to have an “hourglass= ” figure, but then the sand shifted.   I am thankful for people explaining = the word “many” to me. It means…

I went to see the doctor about my short-term memory problems &#= 8212; the first thing he did was make me pay in advance.   I won’t spell pa= rt backwards. It’s a trap. =  = I replaced our bed with a trampoline, and my wif= e hit the roof.…

[Thanksgiving is just a few days away. Gratitude is not about a= one-time meal, family gathering, day off, or bonus. It is a culture&n= bsp;of thankfulness. Creating such a culture begins when we see the value o= f regularly expressing appreciation to one another, and what a positive imp= act such…

SUCCESS IS THE S= AME WHETHER YOUNG OR OLD   When I was young, I found that . . . = At age 5 success is . . . Not piddling in your pants.= At age 10 succ= ess is . . Having friends. At age 17 success is .…

First day of the new term, and a sarcastic tea= cher asked, "If there are any idiots in the room, will they pleas= e stand up?" After a long silence, one freshman rose to his fee= t. "Now then miste= r, why do you consider yourself an idiot?", inquired the teacher…

1. What was used= to make the first artificial Christmas tree?   2. What 1927 fil= m effectively ended the silent movie era by introducing synchronized talkin= g and singing?    3. What is the land of the giants called = in Gulliver’s Travels?   4. What is the only…

[Here are more entries for ‘Best Dad Joke of 2023’]=   >&= gt; Came home and saw me wife with tears in her eyes yelling at the TV, &#8= 220;Don’t go in there. Don’t go to church.” Thought she w= as watching a soap opera but turns out it was…

[Here are some of the entries for ‘Best Dad Joke of 2023&= #8217;]   >> Some say Steve Jobs would have been a better President than Dona= ld Trump.  I think that’s comparing apples to oranges.   >> I just= locked eyes with a spider.  But instead of killing him,…

On the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 1= 1th month of 1918, an armistice ended the fighting of the &#8220= ;war to end all wars”. Maps pulled down on the chalk board said it wa= s the “Great War”. As the son of a World War II…

[Retiring in Wisconsin brought us down to earth – plowed,= tilled, fertilized, and harvested – and in touch with life on the fa= rm. And really lame farm humor.] =  = >>If you hear it from the horse’s mouth, y= ou might not want to believe it.  You’re listening to…