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#1 · July 30, 2003, 12:06 am

Posted by: bigguyhereagain <bigguyhereagain@...>

<><> Secret <><>
 
At a dinner party, several of the guests were arguing whether men or women were more trustworthy. "No woman," said one man, scornfully, "can keep a secret."
     "I don't know about that," huffily answered a woman guest. "I have kept my age a secret since I was twenty-one."
     "You'll let it out some day," the man insisted.
     "I hardly think so!" responded the lady. "When a woman has kept a secret for twenty-seven years, she can keep it forever."
{::^^::~}--{~::^^::~}--{~::^^::~}--{~::^^::~}--{~::^^::~}--{~::^^::~}
 
<><> Little Joey <><>
 
Little Joey:  I expect my parents to come and take me
home from camp in a day or two.
 
Little Jesse:  Lucky you!  How did you get them
to do that?
 
Little Joey:  I wrote home today and asked them
one question.
 
Little Jesse:  What question?
 
Little Joey:  What's an epidemic?
 
~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~
 
<><> A Letter Addressed to God <><>
 
A letter written in a childish scrawl came to the post office addressed to
"God".
 A postal employee, not knowing exactly what to do with the letter,
opened it and read: "Dear God, my name is Jimmy. I am 6 years old. My
father is dead and my Mom is having a hard time raising me and my sister.
Would you please send us $500?"
The postal employee was touched.
He showed the letter to his fellow workers and all decided to kick in a few
dollars each and send it to the family. They were able to raise $300.
A couple of weeks later the same post office received a second letter
addressed to God.
The boy thanked God for the recent infusion of cash, but ended with this
request: "Next time would you send the money directly to us? If you send it
through the post office they deduct $200."
 
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Have a Blessed Day
Dave and Barbara
 

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