• Here's Your Thanksgiving Joke!

  Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Nov 15, 2023 (message contributor)

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  Scripture:  Psalms 100

  Tags:  Thanksgiving, Gratitude, Perspective, Complaining, Attitude, Griping  (view more)  (view less)

  Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

In Budapest, a man goes to the rabbi and complains, "Life is unbearable. There are nine of us living in one small apartment. What can I do?"

The rabbi answers, "Take your goat into the apartment with you." The man is totally upset when he hears this, but the rabbi insists. "Do as I say and come back in a week and thank me."

A week later the man comes back looking more distraught than before. "We cannot stand it," he tells the rabbi. "The goat is filthy. It is so nasty and smelly in our little apartment. We are all miserable!

The rabbi then tells him, "Now, go home and let the goat out. And come back in a week."

So, the man returns to the rabbi a week later, smiling and happy, saying, "Life is beautiful again. We enjoy every minute of life together now that there's no goat -- and only nine people in one apartment!"

- George Mikes