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There was once a very influential farmer in a remote part of China, who had a problem. His chickens were losing their feathers and dying. He sought the counsel of the two wisest men in town – Hing, who was scientist, and Ming, who was a sorcerer. Hing, who has…

While crossing the US-Mexican border on his bicycle, a man was stopped by a guard who pointed to two sacks the man had on his shoulders. “What’s in the bags?” asked the guard. “Sand,” said the cyclist. “Get them off – we’ll take a look,” said the guard. The cyclist…

Every day a peddler pulled his cart of wool from his home to the village market. It was a long trip. He had to travel around the perimeter of a large lake that was owned by the town tycoon, a modern-day scrooge. One day during the winter the lake frozen…

I was out of the country when all this hoopla happened, and found out the Chicago did not get the Olympic bid in spite of both the President and First Lady making personal appeals. “To The Point News” had this funny bit of a “top ten list” 10. Dead people…

[A friend forwarded this touching story] I spent the week before my daughter’s June wedding running last minute trips to the caterer, florist, tuxedo shop, and the church about forty miles away. As happy as I was that Patsy was marrying a good Christian young man, I felt laden with…

An old codger was sitting on his porch this morning, enjoying his rocking chair on one of the last nice days of Autumn. A young man walked up with a pad and pencil in his hand and asked to come up on the porch. “Are you a day early for…

[Unless more “imponderables” that are far from the ordinary oft-repeated fare pop up in my mail box, this is the end. Maybe. When you put a sheet over your head for Halloween, are you a ghost or a mattress? What makes cheese so confidential that we actually need cheese shredders?…

[Another day, even MORE unanswerable questions] If you’re a kleptomaniac, is there something you can take for it? Is drilling for oil boring? Is the nose the scenter of the face? If space is a vacuum, who changes the bags? If a candle factory burns down, does everyone just stand…

[After Monday’s bad food questions, I’m getting inundated with more . . . ] Can you get cavities in your dentures if you use too much artificial sweetener? Are part-time band leaders semi-conductors? Are you breaking the law if you drive past those road signs that say “Do Not Pass”?…

If white wine goes with fish, do white grapes go with sushi? Do donuts have holes to remind you of the nutrition you’re missing? Who first discovered they could get milk from cows, and what did they think they were doing? Why does Jell-O have a smell when you add…

[Terry Pluto wrote this about a recent visit to Wyoming and it made my heart thump] There are some images of heaven with angels floating on clouds and playing harps, or perhaps of heaven as a never-ending church service where people sing and pray until they drop. I don’t know…

You Know You’re Drinking Too Much Coffee When… You answer the door before people knock. Juan Valdez named his donkey after you. You just completed another sweater and you don’t know how to knit. You have to watch videos in fast-forward. You can jump-start your car without battery cables. You…

You Might Be a Bad Cook if . . . Your microwave display reads “TILT!” You know dinner is ready when the smoke alarm goes off. Your dog goes to the neighbors’ to eat. Your family automatically heads for the dinner table every time they hear a fire truck siren.…