Contributed by Steve Stewart on Feb 14, 2004
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The following incident won the runner-up prize in the 1999 Darwin Awards:
A Vermont native, Ronald Demuth, found himself in a difficult position. While touring the Eagle’s Rock African Safari (Zoo) with a group of thespians from St. Petersburg, Russia, Mr. Demuth went overboard to show them
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Contributed by Andrew Huson on Nov 12, 2004
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The Butterball Turkey company set up a hotline to answer consumer questions about preparing holiday turkeys. One woman called to inquire about cooking a turkey that had been in her freezer for 23 years.
The operator told her it might be safe if the freezer had been kept below 0 degrees the entire
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Contributed by Kory Wilcoxson on Feb 19, 2005
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Growing up, I was a huge fan of the University of Kentucky basketball. I still follow them closely, but nothing like when I was younger. I idolized their players, I knew all their stats, I watched their games on TV like it was a life or death struggle. My favorite player when I was in third grade
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Contributed by Stephen Wright on Jul 10, 2005
A general rode up to a gunner standing by his gun. He took out his field glasses and looked around. "Pierre," he said to the gunner, "you see that little cottage over there. The one near the clump of trees." "Yes, sir," said Pierre turning pale. "There’s a nest of Prussians in there. I want you to
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Contributed by Pat Cook on Oct 2, 2005
Courage shows up in different ways. The movie, “You’ve Got Mail”, is a romantic comedy centered around a big bookstore shutting down a little book store. There’s a conversation that happens over lunch between an older lady named Berdie, who works at the smaller store, and Kathleen, the younger
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Contributed by Bob Marcaurelle on Oct 10, 2005
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If I yell up to you in the middle of the night, that your house is on fire; I do not want you to sing praises to me, tell me how much you love and trust me, and go back to sleep. I know you trust me when I see you run out the front door with a kid under each arm. I know you trust me when
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 5, 2006
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About 70% of the couples that cohabit will end up divorced, not counting breakups of those who never marry. (The Foster
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006
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Married couples with children at home make up only 23.5% of households today. Only 7% have a working dad and a stay-at-home mom.
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Contributed by Kenneth Squires on Jan 31, 2006
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“Every morning in Africa a gazelle wakes up. It knows it must run faster than the slowest lion or it will not survive. Every morning a lion wakes and it knows it must run faster than the slowest gazelle or it will starve. It doesn’t matter if you are the lion or the gazelle, when the sun comes up,
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 8, 2006
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"Bear up the hands that hang down, by faith and prayer; support the tottering knees. Have you any days of fasting and prayer? Storm the throne of grace and
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