Contributed by Mark Perryman on May 10, 2006
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A stranger was walking down a residential street and noticed a man struggling with a washing machine at the doorway of his house. When the newcomer volunteered to help, the homeowner was overjoyed, and the two men together began to work and struggle with the bulky appliance. After several minutes
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Contributed by John Shearhart on Jul 10, 2006
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A store manager overheard his clerk tell a customer, "No, ma’am, we haven’t had any for a while, and it doesn’t look as if we’ll be getting any soon."
Horrified, the manager came running over to the customer and said, "Of course we’ll have some soon. We placed an order last week."
Then the
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Contributed by John Shearhart on Jul 10, 2006
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Lying seems to be a way of life for many people. We lie at the drop of a hat. The book The Day America Told the Truth says that 91 percent of those surveyed lie routinely about matters they consider trivial, and 36 percent lie about important matters; 86 percent lie regularly to parents, 75 percent
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Contributed by James Chandler on Jan 11, 2007
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The Guest
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A few months before I was born, my dad met a stranger who was new to our small Tennessee town. From the beginning, Dad was fascinated with this enchanting newcomer and soon invited him to live with our family. The stranger was quickly accepted and was around to welcome me
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Contributed by S Henriques on Jan 27, 2003
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Sometimes we are lured in very easily. Two brothers were getting ready to boil some eggs to color for Easter. "I’ll give you a dollar if you let me break three of these on your head," said the older one. "Promise?" asked the younger. "Promise!" Gleefully, the older boy broke two eggs over his
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Contributed by A. Todd Coget on Mar 17, 2003
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[That’s the Only Problem]
The young man had finished his first semester in college, and was spending the weekend at home.
Somewhat bored with the old place, he was regaling his father with the wonders of his campus and the enlightened people there.
After getting up a head of steam and warming up to
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Matthew Rogers on Mar 25, 2003
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GO AHEAD AND GOSSIP Harriet, the church gossip and self-appointed supervisor of the church’s morals, kept sticking her nose into other people’s business.
Several residents were unappreciative of her activities, but feared her enough to maintain their silence. She made a mistake, however, when
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Contributed by Louis Bartet on Apr 27, 2003
Boudreaux and Dufrene were drinking a few beers while driving around, when Boudreaux saw a roadblock ahead. He couldn’t turn around, so he told Dufrene, "peel the label off your bottle and put in on your forehead."
"Are you crazy," Dufrene responded?
"No! Just do it and let me do the talking,"
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Assembly Of God
Contributed by Tom Doubt on Jun 30, 2003
In the movie "Hope Floats", the young character Denise follows her father to his car. The family has suffered a divorce, and the father tells Denise that she can live with him anytime she wants. However, this day Denise is told that he does not want her in his life at this time.
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Contributed by Mary Lewis on Aug 3, 2003
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Sherlock Holmes and his assistant Dr. Watson are camping. After enjoying a day of relaxation, they pitch their tent under the stars and go to sleep. Sometime in the middle of the night, Holmes wakes Watson. "Watson, look up at the stars and tell me what you deduce."
Hoping to please his boss with
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Contributed by Mary Lewis on Aug 6, 2003
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91% of all Americans confessed that they regularly lied.
79% had given out false phone numbers or invented new identities when meeting strangers on airplanes.
20% said they couldn’t get through even one day without going along with a previously manufactured lie.
Now here’s what I found most
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Baptist
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Dr. Robert Schuller tells of a potato farmer in Idaho. Before they are shipped potatoes are harvested and divided according to size -- big, medium, and small. This makes the most money
“This is the method that all Idaho potato farmers use -- all but one. One farmer never bothered to sort the
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