Chuckle 943

Chuckle 943
(Rich C who is basking in the sun down in Yuma AZ gets today's
chuckle thanks!)


~Church Gossip~
(Plus: Today in History and Word for the Day.)

Mildred, the church gossip, and self-appointed monitor of the church’s morals, kept sticking her nose into other people's business.
Several members did not approve of her extra curricular activities, but feared her enough to maintain their silence.

She made a mistake, however, when she accused Henry, a new member, of being an alcoholic after she saw his old pickup parked in front of the town's only bar one afternoon.

She emphatically told Henry and several others that everyone seeing it there would know what he was doing.

Henry, a man of few words, stared at her for a moment and just turned and walked away.

He didn't explain, defend, or deny. He said nothing. Later that evening, Henry quietly parked his pickup in front of Mildred's house... walked home... and left it there all night.

You gotta love Henry. ***

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Word of the Day for Saturday February 4, 2006

sapient \SAY-pee-uhnt\, adjective:Wise; sage; discerning.

By actual measurement they are the brainiest of birds, and on subjective evidence they seem more sapient than most other living creatures.-- David Quammen, "Bird Brains," New York Times, August 1, 1999

He also gives much of the book over to the voice and point of view of Wyatt's bright, quirky Aunt Ellen, who functions as a sapient observer of the world of the novel.-- Lorrie Moore, "God Does Not Love Aunt Ellen," New York Times, February 14, 1993

That he has on his side Lord Jenkins and Lady Williams . . . , that Ming Campbell is backing him, that the trusty and sapient counsellor of previous leaders, Lord Holme, is discreetly installed at his side, might seem to dispose of the notion that Kennedy is not a serious man.-- "It isn't a one horse race," The Guardian, July 20, 1999
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