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Mary’s = mother: "I’m not upset that your lamb followed you to school, Mary, = but I would like to know how he got a better grade than you did in = poetry?" ~~Batman&#8= 217;s mother: "Yes, it is a nice car, Bruce, but do you realize how = much…

[True account = from Joyce P of Pennsylvania]   My = six-year-old daughter, Rona, listened intently as the speaker visiting = our church for our missionary conference told of the hardships of the = people in the region she was serving.  This was the day after = Rona’s birthday, and…

On Armistice = Day, we remember. Remembrance honors those, the veterans who = served to defend our democratic freedoms and way of life. =   Remembrance = unites across faiths, cultures and backgrounds to remember the service = and sacrifice of the Armed Forces against tyranny and = hate.  …

Our church song-leader was out of town for a Sunday and a = dear (tone-deaf) brother volunteered to fill in. After the first = song he asked the church pianist, “What key did I sing that = in?”   She sweetly replied, “Most of = them.”    ~~ Dr Bob…

I have team = pix of when I was a basketball player in high school. I asked my dad why = he didn’t have pix of me out on the floor actually playing. He = answered, “Son, nobody wants to remember = that.”   Wife wanted me = to pick…

Here are some = proper terms for fears related to weather events.  I admit most = were unfamiliar to me (and meteorology was one of my favorite undergrad = classes at UW).  How will you do MATCHING these seldom-used = official weather terms with their commonly labeled = conditions?  …

Adele T = confessed, “My math teacher called me average.  How = mean.”   Bob C shared, = “I’m a social vegan. I avoid = meet.”   Sue W said, = “I always start running in the fall. Not all of me. Just my = nose.”   Keith C =…

Keep = Going by Edgar Guest = (March 3, 1921)   When things go = wrong, as they sometimes will,When the road you’re trudging = seems all up hill,When the funds are low and the debts are = high,And you want to smile, but you have to sigh,When care is…

President = Lincoln’s mother: "Again with the stovepipe hat, Abe? Can’t = you just wear a baseball cap like the other = kids?"       = ~~Columbus&= #8217; mother: "I don’t care what you’ve discovered, Christopher. = You still could have written!" ~~Babe = Ruth’s mother: "Bambino, how many times have I…

A friend = was in a couple’s = home trying to fix their Internet connection. The husband called out to = his wife in the other room for the computer password.   “Start with a capital S, then 123,” she = shouted back.   We tried S123 several times, but…

[Source of = these admissions will remain anonymous, as I want to remain = married.] “Spit up is my new favorite accessory; no = outfit is complete without it.”   “I hate = when I’m waiting for mom to cook dinner and then I remember I am = the mom, and…

[Fun with = words, Tom Swifty style humor – letter “L” this = month]   "I want = to be carried in a covered couch," said Tom literally.   "Choir = up!" commanded the church conductor loftily.   "No, you = have to do it again," reiterated Tom loopily.  …

I wanted to be = a good sport for the festivities, so told the grandkids I was going to = dress up in a costume and they could guess what I was supposed to = be.   I got an old = white sheet and had my wife cut two…