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  • Every Saturday, A Man Goes Into His Barber Shop. ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 1,814 views

    Every Saturday, a man goes into his barber shop. So this one Saturday he told his barber that he was going to Rome. The barber asked what flight he was going to take. The man responded “A-1.” The barber yelled, “A-1? Are you crazy? That plane’s food is horrible And, you’ll never get a wink of sleep ...read more

  • But First A Chance For You To Laugh A Little Once ...

    Contributed by D. Greg Ebie on Sep 20, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,449 views

    But first a chance for you to laugh a little once again with my top twelve common words as redefined by parents with children. 12. DUMB WAITER: one who asks if the kids would care to order dessert. 11. DEFENSE: what you’d better have around the yard if you’re going to let the children play ...read more

  • My Dad Had To Be The Worse Driver I've Ever Met. ...

    Contributed by Hugh W. Davidson on Mar 13, 2009
     | 2,246 views

    My dad had to be the worse driver I’ve ever met. When I was a kid he had wrecked 9 cars in 8 years. I think he saw life as a demolition derby and his only goal was to get through it alive. The funny thing was; as he got older he became extremely nervous and he started blowing the horn whenever he ...read more

  • I Came Upon My 3rd Grade Report Card From A Small ...

    Contributed by Brad Henry on Dec 9, 2011
     | 2,098 views

    I came upon my 3rd grade report card from a small school in Western Pennsylvania. The teacher wrote, "I feel Bradley could do so much better. Inattentive." Well not much has changed. ADD started early. But I was not inattentive when it came time for sports. Why the disconnect? It is because I was ...read more

  • The Blame Game  PRO

    Contributed by Thomas Monroe on Feb 20, 2002
    based on 16 ratings
     | 3,582 views

    Already, get ready to play the "Blame Game": You are driving 100 mph in a 45 mph zone, you lose control, flip your car on a sharp curve, and critically injure yourself, who is at fault? No, not you, the Dept. of Transportation for not making the degree of banking on the curve great enough to keep ...read more

  • When Rosina Hernandez Was In College, She Once ...

    Contributed by Tim Zingale on Jan 4, 2005
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     | 2,261 views

    When Rosina Hernandez was in college, she once attended a rock concert at which one young man was brutally beaten by another. No one made an attempt to stop the beating. The next day she was struck dumb to learn that the youth had died as a result of the pounding. Yet neither she nor anyone else ...read more

  • I Want To Share With You The Top 10 Motivational ...  PRO

    Contributed by Joe Fornear on May 5, 2005
    based on 16 ratings
     | 3,016 views

    -I want to share with you the Top 10 motivational tips of the cynic. 1) Motivation – If a pretty poster and a cute saying are all it takes to motivate you, you probably have a very easy job, the kind robots will be doing soon. 2) (Snowflakes). Individuality –Always remember that you are ...read more

  • When I Was Growing Up In L.a. (Lower Alabama) We ...  PRO

    Contributed by David Dykes on Oct 9, 2006
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     | 3,566 views

    When I was growing up in L.A. (Lower Alabama) we usually had four or five dogs and cats to claim as our pets. By virtue of being the oldest child, my older sister, Judy, demanded the right to name all our pets. (First-born siblings can be control-freaks as the rest of us know). We had a dog that ...read more

  • Pushing The Rock  PRO

    Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Jan 25, 2005
    based on 118 ratings
     | 5,027 views

    PUSHING THE ROCK I have been pondering a story of a weak sickly man. The man was so sick and he could not afford going to town to the doctor. The man lived in the deep back woods in an old log cabin, his condition seemed to grow worse. Out in front of his cabin was a hugh boulder. The rock was ...read more

  • Stirring Up A Mess!

    Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Feb 21, 2024
     | 574 views

    HOW EASY IS IT TO STIR UP A MESS? THERE IS A HIDDEN AGENDA AND MOTIVE WITHIN. There was a cowboy who road into town to visit a saloon on the edge of town. The cowboy tied his horse to the hitching post in front of the bar. He then went inside to drink. The devil came by and saw the cowboy ...read more

  • The Late Mike Royco Wrote A National Column Out ...  PRO

    Contributed by Timothy Smith on Feb 22, 2005
    based on 5 ratings
     | 2,281 views

    The late Mike Royco wrote a national column out of the Chicago Tribune and he once told about a friend of his who was falling in love and his friend said that he was going to take his girl to a Seaside resort, stay for the week-end. And he said, "If it clicks, "I’m going to ask her to marry me." ...read more

  • Ever Seen A Picture Of A Platypus?

    Contributed by Brian Harvison on Apr 6, 2008
     | 1,255 views

    Ever seen a picture of a platypus? Strand creature these things are They live on the east coast of Australia The bizarre appearance of this mammal baffled European naturalists when they first encountered it, with some considering it an elaborate fraud First off it is a mammal ¡V that lays eggs It ...read more

  • Who Is The Shepherd?

    Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on Apr 6, 2011
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     | 6,996 views

    WHO IS THE SHEPHERD? Keith Miller writes, "Years ago, when our daughters were very young, we'd drop them off at our church's children's chapel on Sundays before the eleven o'clock service. One Sunday, just as I was about to open the door to the small chapel, the minister came rushing up. He said ...read more

  • What I'll Be Doing For Memorial Day  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 19, 2002
    based on 13 ratings
     | 5,210 views

    WHAT I'LL BE DOING FOR MEMORIAL DAY Memorial Day is a rough day for me. It’s a day of remembering. Remembering can be curse when you’ve spent years trying to forget. It’s even worse when you get mad at yourself for not being able to remember. It’s strange that you forget so many things you want ...read more

  • There Once Was A Weak And Sickly Man. The Man Was ...

    Contributed by Rick Pendleton on Nov 17, 2008
     | 2,508 views

    There once was a weak and sickly man. The man was so sick and he could not afford going to town to the doctor. The man lived in the deep back woods in an old log cabin, his condition seemed to grow worse. Out in front of his cabin was a huge boulder. The rock was massive in front of his place. One ...read more

  • Introduction: Did You Hear The One About The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 26, 2007
     | 1,193 views

    Introduction: Did you hear the one about the chauffer whose job it had been to drive a famous scientist to a series of presentations about a new discovery. After several days, the two began to become pretty good friends. This despite the fact that the scientist taught bio-chemistry at a major ...read more

  • You Are Driving A Bus. You Go East 12 Miles, And ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 2,109 views

    You are driving a bus. You go east 12 miles, and turn south and go 2 miles and take on 9 passengers, and then you turn west and go 3 miles and let off 4 passengers. How old is the bus driver? ***Give the youth a chance to answer the question and eventually ask one of them to explain the question ...read more

  • On Books

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 1,830 views

    ILL.- TEACHER: Who is your favorite author? PUPIL: George Washington. TEACHER: But George Washington never wrote any books. PUPIL: You got it. TEACHER: How many books have you read in your lifetime? PUPIL: I don’t know. I’m not dead yet. TEACHER: What does your history book tell you about the ...read more

  • Skeletons In Our Closets

    Contributed by Tim Smith on Feb 19, 2012
     | 1,820 views

    SKELETONS IN OUR CLOSETS The Rockefeller family is considered to be one of the most philanthropic families in the world, helping humanity globally in issues like economics, religion, education and environmental affairs. Yet the Rockefeller family tree is filled with many skeletons. William Avery ...read more

  • After The First World War, The Prince Of Wales ...  PRO

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Mar 21, 2007
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,380 views

    After the First World War, the Prince of Wales was invited to visit a military hospital in which there were 36 injured soldiers. He willingly accepted. In the first ward he visited, he went from bed to bed thanking each soldier for his sacrifices for Great Britain and the Empire. As he left ...read more

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