Chuckle 1026

Chuckle 1026
(Phyllis S of Pasadena CA gets today's chuckle thanks!)


~ Church Bells ~ (2nd time around)
(Plus: Today in History and Word for the Day)

I will never hear church bells ringing again without smiling...Upon hearing that her elderly grandfather had just passed away, Katie went straight to her grandparent's house to visit her 95 year old grandmother and comfort her.

When she asked how her grandfather had died, her grandmother replied, He had a heart attack while we were making love on Sunday morning."

Horrified, Katie told her grandmother that 2 people nearly 100 years old having sex would surely be asking for trouble.

"Oh no, my dear," replied granny. "Many years ago, realizing our advanced age, we figured out the best time to do it was when the church bells would start to ring. It was just the right rhythm. Nice and slow and even. Nothing too strenuous, simply in on the Ding and out on the Dong." She paused to wipe away a tear, and continued, "He'd still be alive if the ice cream truck hadn't come along. ***

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Word of the Day for Friday April 28, 2006

provenance \PROV-uh-nuhn(t)s\, noun:Origin; source.

In a world awash in information of dubious provenance, whom can you trust to tell you the truth?-- Gerald Jonas, review of The Jazz, by Melissa Scott, New York Times, June 18, 2000

There may have been as many as one hundred antique statues of Roman provenance in the city at the time of the Fourth Crusade.-- Patricia Fortini Brown, Venice & Antiquity

The provenance of his possessions traced back to dukes and duchesses, kings, queens, czars, emperors, and dictators.-- John Berendt, Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
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