Chuckle 2695
(Rick and Ann R of Surrey BC gets today's Chuckle thanks.)



~Preacher and Teenage Son~ (Second time around) (Also: Today in History, Word for the Day, Today’s Horoscope, Maxine, and A Couple of Ideas to Keep You Out Of Trouble!)

A country preacher had a teenage son, and it was getting time the boy should give some thought to choosing a profession. Like many young men his age, the boy didn't really know what he wanted to do, and he didn't seem too concerned about it. One day, while the boy was away at school, his father decided to try an experiment. He went into the boy's room and placed on his study table four objects.

1. A Bible

2. A silver dollar

3. A bottle of whiskey

4. And a Playboy magazine

"I'll just hide behind the door," the preacher said to himself. "When he comes home from school today, I'll see which object he picks up. If it's the Bible, he's going to be a preacher like me, and what a blessing that would be! If he picks up the dollar, he's going to be a business man, and that would be okay, too. If he picks up the bottle, he's going to be a no-good drunken bum, and Lord, what a shame that would be. If he picks up that magazine he's going to be a skirt-chasing womanizer."

The Preacher waited anxiously, and soon heard his son's foot-steps as he entered the house whistling and headed for his room.

The boy tossed his books on the bed, and as he turned to leave the room he spotted the objects on the table. With curiosity in his eye, he walked over to inspect them. Finally, he picked up the Bible and placed it under his arm. He picked up the silver dollar and dropped into his pocket. He uncorked the bottle and took a big drink, while he admired this month's centerfold.

"Lord have mercy," the preacher whispered, "He's going to run for Congress."
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(Maxine from my own collection.)




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A Couple of Ideas to Keep You Out Of Trouble! From Bev.

7. Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.

8. Evening news is where they begin with 'Good Evening,' and then proceed to tell you why it isn't.

9. To steal ideas from one person is plagiarism. To steal from many is research.


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