Contributed by Davon Huss on Aug 31, 2009
Dave Thomas, Wendy’s Hamburgers, “I got my MBA long before my GED. I even have a photograph of me in my MBA graduation outfit; a knee length work apron. I guarantee you that I’m the only founder among America’s big companies whose picture in the corporate annual report shows him wielding a mop
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Contributed by Davon Huss on Dec 27, 2010
ENJOYING EACH DAY
When Tamer Lee Owens celebrated her 104th birthday, she credited "laughter, the Lord, and the little things" for keeping her going. She still finds enjoyment each day in talking with people, taking a walk, and reading the Bible as she has done since childhood. "I don’t know how
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Three turtles decided to go on a picnic. They were the best of friends. Before long it started to rain, they decided that one of them should go back and get some umbrellas.
One turtle agreed to go but only if the other two promised not to begin eating until he returned. They promised. He headed
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Contributed by David Dunn on Sep 28, 2025
An airliner was making its way from New York to San Francisco. Midway across the country, one of the engines caught fire.
The captain came on the intercom and calmly reassured the passengers,
> “Don’t worry. The fire will be out soon. This aircraft can fly just fine with three engines.”
Not
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Contributed by N A on Apr 22, 2008
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JOYLESS CHRISTIANS
A little girl once went to visit her grandmother in the country. Things were fine until Sunday. This lady went to a very old-fashioned church that kept the Sabbath by forbidding all work, fun, playing. The little girl woke up Sunday and started right off playing and laughing,
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Contributed by Victor Yap on Jan 23, 2001
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A mother crab who was having a hard time teaching her young the right way to
walk went scurrying at the beach one day. Before too long, the mother crab
again chastised her son: "How many times do I have to tell you to walk
straight! Stop walking sideways! It¡¦s much more becoming to stroll
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Contributed by Bobby Gilstrap on Jan 25, 2001
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Two bicycle repairmen in Dayton, Ohio, dreamed of flying. They went to the Dayton Public Library and checked out a book on the life and works of a German man named Lilienthal, who had succeeded in flying a glider. The two men were named Orville and Wilbur Wright. They began to explore all the
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Contributed by Ted Sutherland on Feb 11, 2001
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How Chicago Fire Started
On October 8, 1871, at about eight-thirty in the evening, a lantern in Mrs. O’Leary’s barn, presumably kicked over by her cow, ignited the great Chicago fire. The woman was milking her cow; and there was a little lamp of oil, a little flickering flame. The cow kicked over
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Contributed by Gene Barron on Mar 1, 2001
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The great violinist, Nicole Pagannini, willed his marvelous violin to Genoa, the city of his birth, only on the condition that it not be played. It is a peculiar wood in that as long as the violin is used and handled, it shows little wear. As soon as it is discarded, the wood begins to decay.
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Contributed by Evie Megginson on Mar 21, 2001
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I’m amused by the story of the boy who was fishing on a stream when a group of teenagers arrived on the scene with their rods and reels and fancy flies. They thrashed the water as they joked and laughed casting and reeling in repeatedly but catching nothing. The boy sat intently watching the tip of
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Contributed by Alan Perkins on Mar 30, 2001
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There is a story (perhaps apocryphal) of Boswell, the famous biographer of Samuel Johnson. In his advanced years, Boswell reflected on the most important day of his life. He said it occurred one day during his youth, when his father had invited him to go fishing. While most of his childhood days
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Contributed by Evie Megginson on Jul 19, 2001
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A story is told in which an accountant answered an advertisement for a top job with a large firm. At the end of the interview, the chairman asked, “One last question—what is three times seven?”
The accountant thought for a moment and replied, “Twenty-two.”
Outside he checked himself on his
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 6, 2002
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The lone Ranger and Tonto were travelling on a train. "Tonto, good
indian friend, loyal companion, would you get me a glass of
water?" Tonto goes off and returns after a few minutes with a
glass of water. "Thanks good indian pal, friend." The Lone Ranger
drinks the water. After a few
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This brings me to my "TERM PAPER THEORY."
The student knows the whole semester:
there will be a term paper required at the end of the term.
So, the night before the paper is due,
the student pushes the dead line,
runs to the library and does the last minute research, and can’t hold his head
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Assembly Of God
Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 27, 2002
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OVERCOMING EVIL
Overcoming locked gates, tall fences and snapping dogs presents a challenge for us meter readers in rural Oklahoma, where we are required to read all meters: no estimates are allowed. One time a co-worker succeeded in getting past a particularly vicious watchdog tied to a chain
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