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MONDAY NOVEMBER 26,2007
THOUGHT FOR TODAY:Conscience: the sixth sense that comes to our aid when we are doing
wrong and tells us that we are about to get caught.
IT'S AN OLDIE, BUT IT,S A GEM A truck drvier was
tooling down the highway when he sees a priest at the side of the raod.
Naturally, he stops to pick up the priest.
Farther down the road the
truck driver notices a lawyer on the side of the road. He aims his truck
directly at the lawyer. Then he thinks,
"Oh no, I've got a priest sitting
next to me in here. I can't run down this lawyer." So, at the last second,
the truck driver swerves to miss the lawyer.
But the truck driver
hears a THUMP outside of the truck. He looks in his rearview mirror but
doesn't see anything. He turns to the priest and says,
"Sorry about
that, Father, I just missed that lawyer at the side of the road."
And
the priest replies. . . . "Don't worry
about it, my son, I got him with my door." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A
Texan and his wife were on a trip to New York. She had
just finished showering to dress for dinner and noticed that
she had neglected to pack her bras. She asked her husband to
go down to the dress shop in the lobby and pick up a couple
of 36-C bras. He said, "Ah'l go down raht now." So he
put on his ten gallon hat and went to the shop. The
saleslady said, "May I help you, sir?" When he told her that he
wanted two 36-C bras, she asked, "Would you like two
Playtex?" He answered, "Ah'd luv ta little lady, but mah wife's
a'waitin fur me up in the
room." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A man walks into a very posh
Rodeo Drive furrier with a gorgeous blonde on his arm."Show the lady your
finest mink!" the fellow exclaims.So the owner of the shop goes in the back
and comes out with an absolutelygorgeous full-length coat. As the lady tries
it on, the furrier sidles up to the guy and discreetly whispers, "Ah, sir,
that particular fur goes for $65,000.""No problem! I'll write you a
check!" "Very good, sir." says the shop owner. "Today is Saturday. You may
come by on Monday to pick it up, after the check has cleared." So the man
and the woman leave. On Monday, the fellow returns. The store owner
is outraged, "How dare you show your face here! There wasn't a single
penny in your checking account!! "I just had to come by," grinned the guy,
"to thank you for the most wonderful weekend of my
life!" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Two blondes got together on a
regular basis, and they usually discussed families or local gossip. One
day, they decided to change things a bit, and discuss important political
issues like the Middle
East, Afghanistan,
North Korea,
etc. One blonde said, "But what
about Red China?"
The other responded, "Fantastic... it looks especially good on a white
tablecloth!" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
A long time ago, Britain and France were at
war. During one battle, the French captured an English major. Taking the
major to their headquarters, the French general began to question
him. The French general asked,
"Why do you English officers all wear red coats? Don't you know the red
material makes you easier targets for us to shoot
at?" In his bland English way, the
major informed the general that the reason English officers wear red coats is
so that if they are shot, the blood won't show and the men they are leading
won't panic. That is why from that
day to now all French Army officers wear brown
pants. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ How to tell the weather: Go to your back door
and look for the dog. If the dog is at the door and he is wet, it's probably
raining. But if the dog is standing there really soaking wet, it is probably
raining really hard. If the dog's fur looks like it's been rubbed the wrong
way, it's probably windy. If the dog has snow on his back, it's
probably snowing. Of course, to be able to tell the weather like this, you
have to leave the dog outside all the time, especially if you expect
bad weather. Sincerely, The CAT ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A man was
taking it easy, laying on the grass and looking up at the clouds. He was
identifying shapes when he decided to talk to God. "God", he said, "how long
is a million years?" God answered, "In my frame of reference, it's about a
minute." The man asked, "God, how much is a million dollars?" God answered,
"To me, it's a penny." The man then asked, "God, can I have a penny?" God
answered, "In a minute." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Three men were
found in the wildrness by civilized cannibals. The men were led to a grave
site next to the water.
The chief told them,
"We will kill you as
cowards, or we will let you die honorable deaths. You choose the weapon.
Either way, your skins will be used to make our canoes."
The first
man, a soldier at heart, asked for a handgun, shot himself, and was carried
off by the cannibals.
The second man, asked for a sword. A warrior at
heart, he committed 'seppuku' as would a Japanese man. He, too, was carried
off by the cannibals.
The last man asked for a fork.
"A fork?"
asked the chief, scratching his head at this rather
unusual request.
But it was his dying wish, so.... they handed him a
fork. He then proceeded to stab himself repeatedly all over, and
yelled,
"I hope your canoe
sinks!" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The small girl had recently received a
new watch and some perfume for her birthday, which she was very excited
about.
Her family asked the pastor over for dinner the following
Sunday afternoon. The girl wanted so badly to tell the pastor about her
new gifts, but her mother insisted she wait until after dinner and
not interrupt at meal time.
Not able to contain her excitement
anymore, and not wanting to disobey her mother, the little girl leaned over
to the pastor, who was seated next to her during dinner, and whispered. .
.
"If you hear a
little noise and smell something?
. . . . . .
it's me!" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Show and Tell:
A kindergarten
teacher gave her class a "show and tell" assignment. Each student was
instructed to bring in an object to share with the class that represented
their religion.
The first student got up in front of the class and said,
"My name is Benjamin and I am Jewish and this is a Star of David."
The
second student got up in front of the class and said, "My name is Mary. I'm a
Catholic and this is a Rosary."
The third student got in up front of the
class and said, "My name is Tommy. I am Baptist, and this is a
casserole." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Best Way To Pray:
A priest,
a minister and a guru sat discussing the best positions for prayer while a
telephone repairman worked nearby. "Kneeling is definitely the best way to
pray," the priest said.
"No," said the minister. "I get the best results
standing with my hands outstretched to Heaven."
"You're both wrong,"
the guru said. "The most effective prayer position is lying down on the
floor."
The repairman could contain himself no longer. "Hey, fellas,"
he interrupted. "The best prayin' I ever did was when I was hangin'
upside down from a telephone pole." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ An
octogenarian who was an avid golfer moved to a new
town and joined the local Country Club. He went to the Club for the
first time to play, but was told that there wasn't anybody he could play with
because they were already out on the course. He repeated several times that
he really wanted to play today.
Finally, the assistant Pro said he
would play with him and asked him how many strokes he wanted for a bet. The
80 year old said, "I really don't need any strokes as I have been playing
quite well. The only real problem I have, is getting out of sand
traps."
And he did play well. Coming to the par four 18th, they were all
even. The Pro had a nice drive and was able to get on the green and
two-putt for a par. The old man had a nice drive, but his approach shot
landed in a sand trap next to the green. Playing from the bunker he hit a
high ball, which landed on the green and rolled into the cup. Birdie,
match and all the money!
The Pro walked over to the sand trap where
his opponent was still standing in the trap. He said: "nice shot, but I
thought you said you have a problem getting out of sand
traps?"
Replied the octogenarian "I do, would you please give me a
hand." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A police officer came upon a terrible
wreck where the driver and passenger had been killed. As he looked upon the
wreckage, a little monkey came out of the brush and hopped around the crashed
car.
The officer looked down at the monkey and said,
"Boy, how I
wish you could talk."
The monkey looked up at the officer and shook his
head up and down and gave a little monkey yell.
"You can understand
what I'm saying?" asked the officer.
Again, the monkey shook his head up
and down and made his noises.
"Well, did you see this?"
"Yes,"
motioned the monkey.
"What happened?"
The monkey pretended to have
a can in his hand and turned it up by his mouth.
"They were drinking?"
asked the officer.
"Yes," the monkey nodded.
"What
else?"
The monkey pinched his fingers together and held them to his
mouth.
"Oh, they were smoking pot?"
"Yes," motioned the
monkey.
"What else, anything?"
The monkey motioned two people
kissing.
"They were making out too?" asked the astounded
officer.
"Yes," nodded the monkey.
"Now wait just a minute. You're
saying your owners were drinking, smoking and making out before they
wrecked?"
"Yes!" the monkey motioned.
"And just what were you
doing during all this?"
"Driving," motioned the monkey.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ My
mother gets along very well with my husband. So much so that she often refers to
us as "my kids." Very seldom does she use the term son-in-law, and more often
than not she takes his side when we have a disagreement. Sometimes I feign
insult and suggest that he has taken my place in her heart. But I realized that
might not be so farfetched the day she introduced us to a few friends as "my
son-in-law and his wife." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I was cutting
my husband's thinning hair one evening when our teenage son and daughter arrived
home looking for a snack. I offered a kiwifruit and tried to tempt them with its
nutritious qualities. "It has more vitamin
C than an orange," I remarked.
"And more hair than Dad," added our
daughter ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A middle-aged
man took his car to an auto repair shop for a checkup. When he received the
mechanic's bill, the man flipped out.
"Hey!" he yelled to the owner of
the shop. "This bill is higher than the one I got from my doctor for a complete
physical checkup!"
The auto shop owner nodded, "I believe it," he said.
"The difference here is, my bill includes the checkup, and... the replacement of
worn out parts!" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ My sister and I,
visiting our uncle in the hospital, had brought along a treat for him. Because
we weren't sure if he was on a restricted diet, we asked at the nursing station
and were told it was alright to give him the brownies.
As we turned to
leave, an doctor held up his hand to stop us. "I'm here," he advised, "for
quality control!" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The hospital where I was a nurse
added our photographs to the identification tags we wore. A consequence of this
was that many of us had stopped introducing ourselves, assuming the ID tag did
it for us. So when I approached the receptionist in another department one day,
I simply fingered my ID tag and said, "I'm a tad early for my
appointment."
She indicated I should take a seat and then announced to
her boss over the intercom, "There's a Mr. Tad Early here to see
you." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I recently moved into a new apartment, and
there was this switch on the wall that didn't do anything. So anytime I had
nothing to do, I'd just flick that switch up and down...up and down...up and
down. Then one day I got a call from the woman who lives in the apartment next
door. It just said, "Cut it out!" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ YUK In
my class, we were doing an experiment on mold and how it grows. We were studying
the effects that light and dark would have on the mold. For our concluding
science project, we placed pieces of moist bread in various places in the room.
Some were placed in the back corner, where it was darker, and others were placed
in the front part of the room. We also put some pieces out on our back porch, in
the sunlight.
Several hours later, we checked on our specimens to see how
they were doing. The ones left on the back porch were nowhere to be found. We
searched high and low, but the pieces of bread had simply disappeared.
We
later found out that the kindergartners, out at recess, had seen this "feast"
laid out before their very eyes. They decided that this was a snack made just
for them, so they ate our science experiment, soggy bread, mold and
all ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A nurse noticed a man in golf attire
pacing up and down outside the operating room where another golfer who had a
golf ball driven
down his throat, was being treated.
"Is he a relative of yours?" the
nurse, stepping outside the room, asked the pacing golfer.
"No.... "It's
my ball." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ As he fiddled with his high school class ring,
the one he got after graduating in 2000, my son Aaron asked, "Mom, I've been
wondering. What were you and dad thinking when you gave me the initials
ACH?"
"Nothing," I answered back. "Why?"
He showed me the
inscription in his ring. It read: "ACHOO" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ My
husband went on a sudden business trip, and I accompanied him. It soon became
apparent that he could not wrap things up in one day, so his employer put us up
for the night in a luxury hotel. We found a convenience store and purchased
toothbrushes, a razor and other necessary items.
Finally we entered the
lobby of the hotel, each of us toting a brown paper bag filled with supplies.
The hotel manager looked us over.
Raising an eyebrow, he intoned
haughtily, "Matching luggage?" YEAH, THOSE PIGGLY WIGGLY BAGS ARE OFFICAL
REDNECK CARRYONS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Have you ever noticed that when you ask how far
it is to a certain place, country folk answer you in miles and city folk
answer you in minutes? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ My husband, a member
of the Knights of
Columbus, assisted in the organization of a reunion. After several phone
calls from VIPs, I wasn't surprised when I answered the phone and a gentleman
said, "This is General Paint calling." I quickly asked, "Would you like to speak
to my husband, sir?"
"It doesn't matter," he said. "I'm just calling to
tell you the wallpaper you ordered is
in." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~I n the process of updating my will, I
wanted to discuss some of the personal items with my children. My 16-year-old
daughter was home, so I began with her. "I have two wedding bands, so you and
your sister will each have one. Then there's a string of pearls and my engagement ring.
Which would you prefer?" With a lump in my throat, I watched her struggle for
words. "Which," she finally asked, "would fetch the most
money?" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Have
you any kittens going cheap?" asked a man in a pet store.
"No sir,"
replied the owner. "All our kittens go "meow." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ How do
you know if a Chinese person robs your house?
Your homework is done, your
computer is upgraded, but two hours later, he is still trying to back out of
your driveway. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Q: What do you get when you cross
an elephant with a hooker?
A: A two-ton
pickup. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Harry came into the office an hour late
for the third time in a week. "What's the story this time, Harry?" his
boss asked sarcastically. "Let's hear a good excuse for a
change."
Harry sighed, "Everything went wrong this morning, boss. The
wife decided to drive me to the station. She got ready in ten minutes but
then the drawbridge got stuck. I swam across the river -- see? My
suit's still damp -- ran out to the airport, got a ride on Mr.
Trump's helicopter, landed on top of Radio City Music Hall, and was carried
here piggyback by one of the Rockettes."
"You'll have to do better
than that, Harry," said the boss. "No woman can get ready in ten
minutes!" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Bumper Stickers. . .
Honk if anything falls
off
Cover me I am changing lanes
He who hesitates is not only
lost, but miles from the next exit.
( seen upside down on a jeep) If
you can read this, please flip me back over
How many roads must a man
travel down before he admits he is lost?
Politicans & diapers both
need to be changed, and for the same
reason. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ If
I say so myself, I look pretty brawny in my Navy summer whites. And as I
stood in line at the Long Beach Naval
Hospital pharmacy, I wasn't the only one who thought so.
A young boy
kept staring at my arms. Eventually, he whispered something to his mother,
who in turn, leaned over to me.
"My son wants to know," she said, "if you
have a can of spinach in your shirt." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Upon retiring from
the service, my husband, Don, needed a new ID
card showing he had gone from active duty to retirement status. But
the photo taken of him was not particularly good. And he wasn't at all quiet
about it.
"If I have to carry that ID around with me for the rest of
my life," he complained to the photographer, "I want a better
picture."
"Want a better picture?" asked the photographer
defiantly.
"Then bring us a
better face!"
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ You've never seen two greener recruits than Fred and me
the day we arrived for basic training. We were immediately assigned guard
duty, and soon after, Fred was approached by an officer.
"Halt! Who
goes there?" Fred shouted.
The officer identified himself and waited for
a response. And waited. . . . .
"What's wrong. soldier, don't you
remember what comes next?"
"No," Fred yelled
back.
"And you're not taking another
step until I do." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ALL STRUCK BY THE STUPID STICK I
went to the registry of motor vehicles to renew my license. When I handed the
clerk a check to pay for the license she asked for some identification. I
pointed to the renewed picture license that she was holding in her
hand. ~ While talking to a colleague IN PERSON I mentioned that I colored
my hair. He asked me what color. ~ Last week my co-worker was traveling
on business to a very small town. They found a restaurant in the phone book
and asked the woman working at the hotel desk how to get there. The desk
clerk told them all about it and gave them directions. After driving around
for half an hour they could not find it. When they returned to the hotel, the
woman at the hotel desk told them, "Oh, I forgot; they haven't build
that restaurant. yet." ~ I went shopping with my roommate, and I saw a
humorous button that said, "It might look like I'm doing nothing, but on a
cellular level, I'm quite busy." I showed it to her, and her response was,
"Oh, I should buy that one, I'm always talking on mine." ~ I went into
a major retail establishment and asked an employee in the garden section
whether they sold hyacinth vases. Seeing her blank look, I described a
hyacinth vase, explaining that it has a narrow neck, with space for a flower
bulb on top and water on the bottom. Said the employee, "Have you looked in
Electronics?" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Our assistant pastor, an avid football fan, had to hear confessions
on Saturday during an important Nebraska/Notre Dame game.
When
one man had finished his confession, the Father asked him,
"Are you by
any chance going to be around the church building for awhile?"
"Yes,
Father," answered the man, "I'm painting the church, and I'll be here all
afternoon."
"Oh, Wonderful! Listen, would you mind, then," the priest
asked, "coming back in now and then and keeping me posted on the game
score?"
"Sure thing, Father."
Later, the priest slid open the
confessional grille and heard,
"Father my last confession was fifteen
minutes ago. Since then I ain't done nothing and. .
.
neither has Notre
Dame." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This married couple was sitting
in a fine restaurant when the wife looks over at a nearby table and sees a
man in a drunken stupor.
The husband asks "I notice you've been
watching that man for some time now. Do you know him?"
"Yes" she
replies, "He's my ex-husband, and has been drinking like that since I left
him seven years ago."
"That's remarkable" the husband replies, "I
wouldn't think anybody could celebrate that
long." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ One attorney to another; "I believe a man is innocent until
he runs out of money." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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**** COUNTRY CALENDAR
****
-25-
Biff Collie, disc jockey/show promoter, born
Little Rock, AR 1926.
The Carter Family recorded "Lonesome Pine
Special," for Victor Records 1930.
Walter "Ralph" Emery debuted as the host of
WSM's all night show 1957.
Amy Grant born Agusta, GA 1960.
Eddie Stubbs, fiddler/WSM show host/Grand
Ole Opry announcer, born Gaithersburg, MD 1961. Eddie was a member of the
Johnson Mountain Boys, and played in Kitty Wells' band, prior to going to
WSM.
Glen Campbell's single "By The Time I Get To
Phoenix" charted 1967.
Tanya Tucker and her piano player (Tony
Brown,) were drinking in a Nashville bar in 1976. After a few hours,
Tanya left the bar and wrecked the car she was driving, almost killing herself.
Tanya's father fired Brown, and a short time later, Tony Brown was Elvis
Presley's piano player.
Jimmy Bowen released his "Best of Jimmy
Bowen" in 1991.
Garth Brooks released his "Sevens," album in
1997.
Bear Family released Charlie Feathers' album
"Rare & Unissued Recordings." 1998.
Daryl Singletary injured, when the horse he
was riding on, stumbled and fell in 1999. The accident occurred at
Daryl's in-laws ranch in Texas. He received a broken collarbone and numerous
bruises.
Elton Britt's album "Ridin' with Elton" was
released in 2000, twenty-eight years after his death.
Kenny Rogers' hit the road with his "Kenny
Rogers & Friends Celebrate The Season" Christmas tour 2004. Rebecca
Lynn Howard and Billy Dean also performed.
Bobby Lee House, age 55, songwriter, died
2004.
-26-
Rev. Andrew Jenkins, blind
preacher/singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist, born in
Jenkinsburg,
GA1885. Andrew wrote over 800 songs,
and recorded over 100 records.
Shell Smith, guitarist/recording artist,
born Carroll County, MS 1895.
Charles "Gabe" Ward, "Hoosier Hot Shots,"
born Knightstown, IN 1904
Jimmie Revard, bandleader of the "Oklahoma
Playboys" born Pawhuska, OK 1909.
Bonnie Lou's single "Daddy-O" debuted on
Billboard's Chart 1955.
Jerry Reed released "If The Good Lord's
Willin'," 1955.
Mac Wiseman released "I Hear You Knockin',"
1955.
Hawkshaw Hawkins and Jean Shepard married on
stage, in Wichita, KS 1960.
Linda Davis born Dodson, TX 1962.
A&M released Rita Coolidge's album "The
Lady's Not for Sale" 1972.
Merle Haggard recorded "Always Wanting You,"
1974.
Shania Twain's "Greatest Hits" album topped the chart in
2004. **** COUNTRY MUSIC NEWS ****
Manager: Singer troubled by label owner's Conn.
problems
Associated Press
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - The
manager for Travis Tritt says he and the country music star are alarmed to learn
that the head of their record company is being investigated by Connecticut
authorities.
Category 5 Records President Raymond Termini also operates
15 nursing homes in Connecticut that have been fined more than 45 times in three
years for poor patient care. State authorities are also investigating whether he
misused Medicaid money to start the recording label.
Tritt's manager Duke
Cooper tells The Associated Press that if those allegations turn out to be true,
he and Tritt would take whatever legal action is necessary to protect the
singer's interests.
Cooper says that he and Tritt have had difficulties
with Category 5, including hearing reports that some of the label's vendors have
not been paid.
Termini has denied the allegations and declined to comment
on Cooper's statements.
**** Amy's Kitchen
****
Taco Bell Chalupa Supreme 1 pound ground beef 1/4 cup
flour 1 tablespoon chili
powder 1 teaspoon paprika 1 teaspoon salt 1 tablespoon dried
minced onion 1/2 cup water Flat bread (pita will work) Oil (for
deep-frying) Sour cream Shredded lettuce Shredded Cheddar/jack
cheese Diced tomatoes
Mix dried onion with water in a small bowl and
let stand for five minutes.
Combine ground beef, flour, chili powder,
paprika and salt. Mix well. Add onions and water. Mix again. In a skillet, cook
beef mixture until browned. Stir often while cooking so no large chunks form; it
should be more like a paste.
Remove from heat and keep warm. In a
deep-fryer (or you can use a skillet) deep fry the bread for 30 seconds. Let
drain on absorbent towels. Build Chalupas starting with meat, then sour cream,
lettuce cheese, and tomatoes in that order. Top with hot sauce or salsa if
desired.
**** TODAY'S USELESS FACT ****
Why is Judaism based on maternal lineage?
. It's been said that Judaism is "more like a nationality
than like other religions," because traditionally, a person must be born Jewish
or go through a lengthy conversion process. The strictest definition of a Jew is
one whose mother was Jewish.
This doctrine of matrilineal descent has
been part of Judaism since at least the second century C.E. (common era), when
it was codified into the Talmud, the body of religious writings that supplement
the Jewish holy book of the Torah. The Talmud expands on the Torah passages of
Deuteronomy 7, which oppose intermarriage by Jews. This verse states that the
child of a Jewish woman and a non-Jewish man will be Jewish. Other Torah verses
admonish Jewish men from taking non-Jewish wives because their children will not
be Jewish.
Why and how matrilineal descent evolved is unclear. Other
aspects of lineage, such as one's affiliation with the Jewish tribes, are traced
through the father. And in the Hebrew Bible, paternal lineage often plays a more
important role. Scholars have suggested various reasons for the use of maternal
lineage in determining Jewish status.
For one, a child's mother is always
known, while the father couldn't be positively identified before modern
technology. Also, the Jewish people suffered a long history of oppression,
during which Jewish women were sometimes raped by their oppressors. Instead of
casting out the woman and the child born of the rape, the Jewish community took
them in by considering the child to be Jewish.
Responding to the rise of
intermarriage among American Jews, the Reform movement of Judaism took the
radical step of redefining who is considered Jewish. The Central Conference of
American Rabbis declared that the child of one Jewish parent, mother or father,
is presumed to be Jewish. However, children of mixed Jewish parentage should
establish their Jewish identity through Torah study and public, formal acts such
as a Bar/Bat Mitzvah. This Reform position is controversial among Jews and not
typically recognized in Israel
today.
****A PARTING THOUGHT **** When I
was young my mind was on food, booze, and girls. Now I never think of food.
LAST CALL
Y'ALL
Four retired guys are walking down a street in Atlanta.
Then they turn a corner and see a sign that says "Old Timer's Bar " " ALL
DRINKS 10 CENTS !".
They look at each other, then go in. The old
bartender says in a voice that carries across the room, "Come on in and let
me pour one for you, what'll it be, Gentlemen?"
There seems to be a
fully stocked bar, so the men all ask for a martini. In short order, the
bartender serves up 4 iced martinis -- and says, "That'll be 10 cents each,
please."
They can't believe their good luck. They pay the 40 cents,
finish their martinis, and order another round. Again, four excellent
martinis are produced with the bartender again saying, "That's 40 more
cents, please." They pay the 40 cents, but their curiosity is more than
they can stand. They've each had two martinis and so far they've spent
less than a dollar.
Finally one of the men couldn't stand it any
longer and asks the bartender "How can you afford to serve martinis as good
as these for a dime a piece?"
"Here's my story. I'm a retired
tailor from Greenville , and I always wanted to own a bar. Last year I
hit the lottery for $25 million and decided to open this place. Every
drink costs a dime, wine, liquor, beer, all the same."
"Wow.
That's quite a story" says one of the men. The four of them sipped at
their martinis and couldn't help but notice three other guys at the end of
the bar who didn't have a drink in front of them, and hadn't ordered anything
the whole time they were there.
One man gestures at the three at the end
of the bar without drinks and asks the bartender, "What's with
them?"
The bartender says, "They're seniors from Florida, they're
waiting for "HAPPY HOUR" I
recently bought a humidifier. I filled it with floor wax and left it on. Now
everything in my house is shiny. See ya..... Bob don't worry The Funnies will probably be around as long as
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