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,Indiana
U.S.A.  Welcome to The Funnies "Friends
are God's way of taking care of
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These are clean jokes. However, They are, PG - Not intended for younger readers - PG An apology is the superglue of life. It can repair almost anything. Welcome New
Subscribers TUESDAY JANUARY
30,2007 As a distinguished matron approached the church entrance,
a He said "My mother is mean and short-tempered.
I
think she is going through her mental pause." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A young Jewish boy starts attending public school in a small town. The teacher of the one-room school decides to use her position to try to influence the new student. She asks the class, "Who was the greatest man that ever lived?" A girl raises her hand and says, "I think George Washington was the greatest man that ever lived because he is the Father of our country." The teacher replies, "Well...that's a good answer, but that's not the answer I am looking for." Another young student raises his hand and says, "I think Abraham Lincoln was the greatest man that lived because he freed the slaves and helped end the civil war." ... "Well, that's another good answer, but that is not the one I was looking for." Then the new Jewish boy raises his hand and says, "I think Jesus Christ was the greatest man that ever lived." The teacher's mouth drops open in astonishment. "Yes!" she says, "that's the answer I was looking for." She then brings him up to the front of the classroom and gives him a lollipop. Later, during recess, another Jewish boy approaches him as he is licking his lollipop. He says, "Why did you say, 'Jesus Christ'?" The boy stops licking his lollipop and replies, "I know it's Moses, and YOU know it's Moses, but business is business." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ An elderly couple was attending church services when about halfway through she leans over and says to him, "I just had a silent passing of gas, what do you think I should do?" He leans over to her and replies, "Put a new battery in your hearing aid..." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BLOOPERS The eighth graders will be presenting Shakespeare's Hamlet in the church basement on Friday at 7 p.m. The congregation is invited to attend this tragedy. The concert held in Fellowship Hall was a great success. Special thanks are due to the minister's daughter, who labored the whole evening at the piano, which as usual fell upon her. 22 members were present at the church meeting held at the home of Mrs. Marsha Crutchfield last evening. Mrs. Crutchfield and Mrs. Rankin sang a duet, The Lord Knows Why. On a church bulletin during the minister's illness: GOD IS GOOD. Dr. Hargreaves is better. Pastor is on vacation. Massages can be given to church secretary. 8 new choir robes are currently needed, due to the addition of several new members and to the deterioration of some older ones. The choir invites any member of the congregation who enjoys sinning to join the choir. Weight Watchers will meet at 7 p.m. Please use large double door at the side entrance. Scouts are saving aluminum cans, bottles, and other items to be recycled. Proceeds will be used to cripple children. The outreach committee has enlisted 25 visitors to make calls on people who are not afflicted with any church. The Ladies Bible Study will be held Thursday morning at 10. All ladies are invited to lunch in the Fellowship Hall after the B.S. is done. Evening massage - 6 p.m. The Pastor would appreciate it if the ladies of the congregation would lend him their electric girdles for the pancake breakfast next Sunday morning. The audience is asked to remain seated until the end of the recession. Low Self-Esteem Support Group will meet Thursday at 7:00 to 8:30 p.m. Please use the back door. Ushers will eat latecomers. The third verse of Blessed Assurance will be sung without musical accomplishment. The Rev. Merriwether spoke briefly, much to the delight of the audience. The pastor will preach his farewell message, after which the choir will sing, "Break Forth Into Joy." Next Sunday Mrs. Vinson will be soloist for the morning service. The pastor will then speak on "It's a Terrible Experience." Due to the Rector's illness, Wednesday's healing services will be discontinued until further notice. The music for today's service was all composed by George Friedrich Handel in celebration of the 300th anniversary of his birth. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ GROANER Far away in the tropical waters of the Caribbean, two prawns were swimming around in the sea - one was called Justin and the other was called Christian. The prawns were constantly being harassed and threatened by sharks that patrolled the area. Finally one day, Justin said to Christian, "I'm bored and frustrated at being a prawn, I wish I was a shark, then I wouldn't have any worries about being eaten." As Justin had his mind firmly on becoming a predator, a mysterious cod appears and says, "Your wish is granted," and lo and behold, Justin turned into a shark. Horrified, Christian immediately swam away, afraid of being eaten by his old mate. Time went on and Justin found himself becoming bored and lonely as a shark. All his old mates simply swam away whenever he came close to them. Justin didn't realize that his new menacing appearance was the cause of his sad plight. While out swimming alone one day he sees the mysterious cod again and can't believe his luck. Justin figured that the fish could change him back into a prawn. He begs the cod to change him back so, lo and behold; he is turned back into a prawn. With tears of joy in his tiny little eyes, Justin swam back to his friends and bought them all a cocktail. Looking around the gathering at the reef, he searched for his old pal. "Where's Christian?" he asked. "He's at home, distraught that his best friend changed sides to the enemy and became a shark," came the reply. Eager to put things right again and end the mutual pain and torture, he set off to Christian's house. As he opened the coral gate the memories came flooding back. He banged on the door and shouted, "It's me, Justin, your old friend, come out and see me again." Christian replied "No way man, you'll eat me. You're a shark, the enemy, and I'll not be tricked." Justin cried back "No, I'm not. That was the old me. I've changed. I've found Cod, I'm a prawn again, Christian!" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hillary Clinton called President Bush's explanation strange and far- fetched. Let me tell you something, if anyone has heard strange and far-fetched explanations from a president of the United States, it is Hillary, so she knows what she's talking about. (Jay Leno) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Southern California beaches were battered by high waves Thursday. Geologists blame it on seismic activity several miles inland. It's the clearest evidence yet that John Wayne is spinning in his grave ever since Brokeback Mountain came out. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Halliburton Co. said Friday it plans to spin off a minority stake in its engineering and construction unit KBR, which has generated enormous controversy over how it has become the largest U.S. contractor in Iraq. If things get any worse, they may spin off their biggest subsidiary- the White House. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Thanks to the new way it intends to deliver cars, Ford will produce just as many vehicles as ever despite its plan to slash up to 30,000 jobs. Buyers will get the doors, wheels, hood, trunk lid, and bumpers in separate packages along with a window sticker announcing, "Some assembly required." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ If you're an American when you're out of the bathroom, what are you when you're IN the bathroom? European! (You're a Peein') ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Great truths about life: 1. Raising teenagers is like trying to nail Jell-O to a tree. 2. There's always a lot to be thankful for if you take time to look for it. For example, I am sitting here thinking how nice it is that wrinkles don't hurt. 3. Reason to smile: Every seven minutes of every day, someone in an aerobics class pulls a hamstring. 4. The best way to keep kids at home is to make the home a pleasant atmosphere...and let the air out of their tires. 5. Families are like fudge...mostly sweet with a few nuts. 6. Middle age is when you choose cereal for the fiber, not the toy. 7. The more you complain, the longer God lets you live. 8. If you can remain calm, you don't have all the facts. 9. Eat a live toad first thing in the morning, and nothing worse can happen to you the rest of the day. 10.You know you're getting old when you stoop to tie your shoes and wonder what else you can do while you're down there. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A class from a nearby university was visiting a major drug manufacturer. The tour guide led the students to a glass-enclosed room. They could see several people in white lab coats. With her back to the glass, the guide announced: "In this room researchers are actively searching for a cure for cancer." She stopped short as the group broke out laughing. Puzzled, the guide turned to look. Through the glass she saw three scientists in animated debate, flipping through the Yellow Pages ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Still not grasping just how important hockey was to my new husband, I plunked myself down next to him on the couch while he watched a game and began to chat. After being shushed a few times, I gave him a look. Immediately contrite, he picked up the remote. "I'm sorry, honey," he apologized. "I'm being rude. You go ahead and talk--I'll just turn up the volume." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ An Oldie but Goodie A man, his wife, and his mother-in-law went on vacation to the Holy Land. While they were there, the mother-in-law passed away. The undertaker told them, "You can have her shipped home for $5,000, or you can bury her here in the Holy Land for $150.00." The man thought about it and told him he would just have her shipped home. The undertaker asked, "Why would you spend $5,000 to ship your mother-in- law home, when it would be wonderful to have her buried here and spend only $150.00?" The man replied, "A man died here 2,000 years ago, was buried here, and three days later he rose from the dead. I just can't take that chance." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ At a press conference, President Bush admitted that he had not seen 'Brokeback Mountain.' However, he did express interest in drilling for oil there. (David Letterman) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Jim was just falling off to sleep when his wife nudged him and said the telephone was ringing. At this hour it was probably for him, she said, closing her eyes. Jim rolled out of bed and trundled downstairs. When he returned, his wife was asleep. He woke her. "Wasn't for me, after all," he said. She crawled out of bed and pulled on a robe and was half way to the door when he added, "It was a wrong number." **** Quickies **** I love Blonde Jokes It's as hard to get a man to stay home after you've married him as
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EVERY SO OFTEN, we come across
stories from the news of Weird Events, supposedly real happenings.
This issue of GGG is featuring a
few of these. WE think you will agree that yes indeed, TRUTH is Stranger
than Fiction. We can't attest to the authenticity, so we'll let you
decide....although, these have all been reported by the world's major news
sources.
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Town to pay for policeman's topless
stunt
MIAMI (Reuters) - A Florida city
has agreed to pay $35,000 to a
teenage girl who was forced by a
policeman to perform jumping
exercises while topless in order to
avoid arrest on an indecency
charge. Not happy with fruitcake?
Get what you really wanted
The Pensacola City Council approved
the payment on Thursday
night to settle a lawsuit the girl
filed against the city police department.
Officer Shawn Patrick Shields
approached a parked car and found
two partially dressed teenagers
inside in April 2003, according
to a police report. The officer put
the 16-year-old girl and 19-year
-old man into his police car and
threatened to arrest them for lewd
and lascivious behavior. The girl
said Shields suggested she instead
perform topless exercises as a
punishment and shined his flashlight
on her while she did five jumping
jacks. Shields resigned under
pressure, pleaded no contest to a
criminal charge of extortion
and was ordered to serve two years
on probation, police Lt. Randy
Stull said.
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Carjacker crashes, gets lost, calls
cops
BOCA RATON, Fla. - A carjacker
called 911 and turned himself in to
police after he crashed a stolen
SUV twice and got lost during his
escape from the crime scene. Claude
King, 31, called police from
a Palm Springs pay phone and
confessed to stealing the GMC Envoy
Tuesday night, The Palm Beach Post
reported. PUBLICIDAD "Um,
I committed a crime," he told the
police dispatcher. "I stole a vehicle."
He asked for officers to respond to
his location, but when the
dispatcher asked where the vehicle
was, King didn't have an answer.
"I couldn't even tell you," he
said. "I don't even know where I'm at."
Boca Raton police found King
waiting on a curb. He being was
held without bail in the Palm Beach
County Jail. "
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Man trades daughter's dog for
beer
BERLIN (Reuters) - A
thirsty German sold his 6-year-old step-daughter's
pet beagle to the owner of a bar to pay for beer, the Bild
newspaper
reported Friday. The unemployed man offered to take the
dog for a
walk and then stopped at a bar where he convinced the owner to
buy
the 3-year-old dog for 40 euros ($53). The man spent the
proceeds
quenching his thirst for beer. The bar owner has now returned
the
dog to its owner."
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German man sues teens over depressed
Ostrich
BERLIN (Reuters) - A
German ostrich owner is suing three youths
for allegedly making his bird impotent and depressed by
setting off
firecrackers next to it, a spokesman for a court in eastern
Germany
said on Thursday. The court in the town of Bautzen in
Saxony will
hear the case on January 15. The owner of the male
ostrich wants
5,040 euros (3,400 pounds) in damages from the youths,
one aged
17 and the others aged 18, because he was planning to
start an
ostrich farm. "The man claims that he lost out on the
possible births
of 14 chicks and he also wants compensation for the vet's
bills,"
the spokesman added."
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Police: Teen Seeking Kiss Rams Wrong
Car
BAY CITY, Mich. (AP) -- A lovers' quarrel and a case of
mistaken
identity has landed a teenager behind bars after police
say he
repeatedly rammed a teenage girl's car, thinking it was
his girlfriend.
State police told The Saginaw News that the victim - a
17-year-old
from Pinconning - called 911 early Sunday when the suspect
smashed
his car into the rear of hers. The 17-year-old suspect struck her
car
about 15 times and pushed it through stop signs at
intersections,
the victim told police. Dispatchers advised her to lead the
suspect
toward police units who were en route to intercept them,
police said.
State police troopers and Bay County sheriff's deputies caught
up
with the suspect and pursued the Bay City teen at speeds of up
to
90 miles per hour, police said. The teen told police he thought
the
driver was his girlfriend, who left a party after the
couple quarreled.
He said he wanted to talk to her and get his goodnight kiss, so
he
went searching for her, police said. He told police he
was talking
to his girlfriend on his cell phone, telling her to stop
her car.
She told him she was stopped and didn't know what he was
talking
about, officers said. The teen likely will face charges
including assault
with a vehicle, fleeing police and drunk driving."
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Man commits crime to get back in
jail
SOUTH DAYTONA, Fla. -
Danny Robert Villegas liked prison
so much he staged a robbery just to get back in, police say.
Officers were called to the Kennedy Space Center Federal
Credit
Union on Monday after Villegas allegedly walked inside, told
the
teller he was robbing her and said, "You might as well
call the police
now," according to a police report.
Police Lt. Ron Wright said Villegas then sat on a couch in the bank
lobby
to wait for police. "He said he wanted to rob a federal
bank because
he wanted to go back to a federal penitentiary," Wright
said.
"Apparently he robbed a bank in Fresno, California, 10
years ago,
was sentenced to 70 months in a federal penitentiary in Phoenix
and
he enjoyed his time there." Villegas told police he was a
roofer in
Texas for five years after he was released from prison,
but had
grown tired of the work, The Daytona Beach News-Journal
reported.
"Two days ago he said he decided to drive to Florida
because he
wanted to see the ocean," Wright said. "But he ran out of
money."
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When Pigs Attack!
LONDON (Reuters) - A
British farm worker needed hospital
treatment after being attacked by a herd of pigs, Norfolk
police
said Sunday. The 51-year-old man was knocked over by a
sow
at a Norfolk farm in eastern England, prompting the rest
of the
herd to attack him. "It seems that when he fell, he was
attacked
by one of the sows and then the other pigs joined in," a
Norfolk
police spokesman told Reuters. "He suffered bumps and
bruises
and a head injury though it is not considered to be
life-threatening.
The police spokesman said it was the first time he had heard of
a
pig attack in the area -- but it was unlikely the herd would
be
put down.
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Man kicked off flight for Bush bashing
T-Shirt
CANBERRA,(Reuters) -
An airline passenger barred from a flight for
wearing a T-shirt labeling President Bush a terrorist has
threatened legal
action against Australia's flag carrier Qantas. Allen
Jasson, 55, an
Australian IT expert who lives in Britain, was stopped
from boarding
a London-bound Qantas flight at Melbourne Airport last
Friday for
wearing what the airline said was an offensive T-shirt.
Airline staff
said the T-shirt of Bush with the tagline "World's number 1
terrorist"
could have upset other passengers and demanded it be
changed for
another. But Jasson, who had earlier traveled on a Qantas
domestic
flight wearing the Bush T-shirt, said his right to freedom of speech
had
been infringed by Qantas. "I am not prepared to go without the
T-shirt.
I might forfeit the fare, but I have made up my mind that
I would rather
stand up for the principle of free speech," Jasson told
Australian media
on Monday, adding he would seek legal advice. Qantas
issued a
statement saying comments made verbally or on a T-shirt
which had
the potential to offend other travelers or threaten the
security of
aircraft "will not be tolerated."
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Owner of two-headed calf plans to keep her RICHMOND, Va. (UPI) -- The Richmond, Va., owner of a
world famous two-headed calf says he would rather keep the animal as a pet than
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Komodo dragon has 'virgin birth' at zoo CHESTER, England (UPI) -- Through an unusual process of
asexual reproduction, a Komodo dragon recently hatched five offspring without a
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In Annapolis, wall becomes controversial ANNAPOLIS, Manitoba (UPI) -- In Annapolis, Md.,
dominated by its Historic Preservation Commission, a plan for an outdoor art
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Inebriated passenger crashes bus DIONYSOS, Greece (UPI) -- A suburban Athens bus driver
stopped his vehicle to deal with an unruly passenger but the young man allegedly
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Tiff over planned Dracula castle sale BRASOV, Romania (UPI) -- Dracula's Castle is on the
market in central Romania and a controversy has erupted over who has the right
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Judge: Gay alimony legal but marriage not NEW
YORK (UPI) -- A New York judge ruled the former same-sex partner of a
businessman can keep $780,000 in alimony even though their Massachusetts
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Florida officials getting heat over ice MIAMI (UPI) -- The Florida Emergency Response Team is
feeling some heat over $1.8 million worth of ice that's costing the state
$90,000 a month to store.
The
9 million pounds of ice cubes were meant for distribution to Florida residents
during power outages caused by hurricanes last year, The Los Angeles Times
reports.
No
one expected a season without sans hurricanes and it's doubtful the ice will
last until the 2007 hurricane season begins.
So
now, officials are putting out a call to non-profit groups in the hope one or
several are in need of 225 truck loads of ice -- and have the freezer space to
store it all.
Emergency Management spokesman Mike Stone said, of
course, there is a Plan B if no group happens to answer the
call.
"Eventually, at some point, we would find a way to
return it to the earth from whence it came," he said, adding it would most
likely end up in one of Florida's drought areas.
"On
one level, it would be the ultimate recycling project."
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Criminal chooses wrong home to burgle NEW
YORK (UPI) -- A convicted criminal allegedly tried to scam his way into the home
of a top New York police union official -- a decision that landed him in
jail.
Ex-con Anthony Genovese allegedly tried to enter the
home of Patrolmen's Benevolent Association President Patrick Lynch, the New York
Daily News reported.
Genovese's alleged attempt to enter Lynch's home was
foiled by the union official's dog and his wife, Cathy, who contacted her
husband to let him know someone was stealing their Volvo.
Police arrested Genovese and Laurie Kernahan, whose
appearance was similar to that of Lynch's wife, and took the suspects in for
questioning.
That's when Lynch got his chance to ask Genovese why he
had chosen his house to rob.
"Before the cops from the 111th Precinct pulled him out
of the car, I asked him why he had gone to that particular house," Lynch told
the Daily News. "He told me, 'The woman with the dog, I know her husband.' He
didn't before -- but he does now."
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New dog kilts come without underwear ALTADENA, Calif. (UPI) -- In keeping with Scottish
tradition, new kilts soon to be marketed for male dogs by an Altadena, Calif.,
company will not be sold with underwear.
The
British Punk Kilt is the brainchild of designer Carolyn Paxton, founder of pet
fashion house Chi Wow Wow, which last year unveiled a line of retro bellbottom
pants in "mod" prints for female dogs.
Prior to that, Paxton created lines of one-of-a-kind
T-shirts, hoodies and small dog carriers, using her own 8-year-old rescued male
Chihuahua, Elvis, as a fashion guinea pig.
The
kilts are a wool-blend red tartan with side pleats and are fully lined. They
will be available in double extra-small through large sizes when Paxton begins
shipping to suppliers in Los Angeles, Europe and Japan on Feb.
1.
The
chiwowwow.com Web site said kilts for female dogs will also be
available.
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Police foil third robbery in as many days NEW
YORK (UPI) -- New York police say they saved a laundromat from being robbed
three times in as many days after they arrested a man with an Uzi strapped to
his chest.
The
20-year-old man, who matched the description of the suspect in a pair of
robberies, was arrested Saturday by police officers, the New York Daily News
said.
A
man matching Jesse Stuckey's description, down to the identical clothing he wore
at the time of his arrest, had robbed the Jin Fang Laundromat Thursday and
Friday, police said.
Police reportedly arrested Stuckey as he appeared to be
en route to the laundromat, and in addition to the Uzi, they found the
20-year-old allegedly was carrying a fake police badge.
During the two robberies, the thief made off without
approximately $600 and a Sony laptop computer.
The
Daily News said Stuckey, who was previously arrested for drug possession, was
charged with three weapons counts and two first-degree robbery
counts.
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On Being the Mother of Twins
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