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A Person Who Knew Nothing About Football Was ... PRO
Contributed by Jim Kane on Dec 30, 2002 (message contributor)
A person who knew nothing about football was taken by a friend to a college football game. The friend explained the game as clearly as possible before they arrived.
As the officials met with the captains of both teams for the coin toss, the football fan was asked by the clueless friend what was happening. The fan explained that a quarter was tossed in the air and the visitors got to call "heads or tails." If the visitors called correctly they got to pick whether or not they wanted the ball first or not.
Well the game got underway and it was a thrilling game. It was back and forth. First the home team would get ahead and then the visitors would gain and regain the lead.
Finally the game was done and the stands began to empty. As they left the stadium, the fan asked his...
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A Mother — Whose Life Was Not Wasted PRO
Contributed by John Gerald on May 5, 2005
A MOTHER - WHOSE LIFE WAS NOT WASTED Ian McClaren tells about visiting an old Scotch lady who was standing in her kitchen weeping. She wiped her eyes with the corner of her apron, and when the minister asked her what was the matter, she confessed; "I am so miserable and ...read more
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Six Hundred Students At A University Were Asked ...
Contributed by John Gerald on May 5, 2005
"Six hundred students at a university were asked to write on a piece of paper the most beautiful word in the English language. 422 wrote the ...read more
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In A Peanuts Cartoon Lucy Demanded That Linus ...
Contributed by Steven Dow on Sep 18, 2002
In a Peanuts cartoon Lucy demanded that Linus change TV channels, threatening him with her fist if he didn’t. “What makes you think you can walk right in here and take over?” asks Linus. “These five fingers,” says Lucy. “Individually they’re nothing but when I curl them together like this into ...read more
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As Disciples Of Jesus, We Are To Become By The ... PRO
Contributed by R. David Reynolds on Nov 27, 2004
As disciples of Jesus, we are to become by the Holy Spirit like our Master as He Himself tells us in Matthew 10:25, “It is enough for the student to be like His Teacher, and the servant like His master.” By the power of the Holy Spirit working in us, may we this Advent become more like Jesus who ...read more
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All In Tune PRO
Contributed by Steven Dow on Sep 18, 2002
ALL IN TUNE “Has it ever occurred to you that one hundred pianos all turned to the same fork are automatically tuned to each other? They are of one accord by being tuned, not to each other, but to another standard to which each one must individually bow. So one hundred worshipers [meeting] ...read more
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