Losing Your Vision
A blind person asked St. Anthony, “Can there be anything worse than losing your eyesight?” He replied, “Yes, losing your vision.”
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Latitude and Longitude
The teacher of the earth science class was lecturing on map reading. After explaining about latitude, longitude, degrees and minutes the teacher asked, “Suppose I asked you to meet me for lunch at 23 degrees, 4 minutes north latitude and … Continue reading →
Where are the Peaches?
I am so mad! I asked a supermarket employee where they kept the canned peaches. He said, “I’ll see,” and then just walked away. I asked another one and she also said, “I’ll see,” and she walked away. In the … Continue reading →
Reaching 101% – The Beauty of Math
1 x 8 + 1 = 9 12 x 8 + 2 = 98 123 x 8 + 3 = 987 1234 x 8 + 4 = 9876 12345 x 8 + 5 = 98765 123456 x 8 + 6 … Continue reading →
Mathematicians Scolding Their Children
How do Mathematicians scold their children? They say, “If I told you n times, I’ve told you n+1 times…”
Continue reading →An ERROR
Did you know that it’s impossible to write a 5 letter word that uses the same letter 3 times? Sorry. That was an error.
Continue reading →Do It Yourself Repairs
When a guy’s printer type began to grow faint, he called a local repair shop where a friendly man informed him that the printer probably needed only to be cleaned. Because the store charged $50 for such cleanings, he told … Continue reading →
God’s Quarter
Several years ago a mother gave her son two quarters. One was for his Sunday School offering. The other was for an ice cream cone on the way home from Sunday School. One Sunday, Billy was flipping a quarter in … Continue reading →
Requesting Money from God
A little boy wanted $100 badly and prayed for weeks, but nothing happened. Then he decided to write God a letter requesting the $100. When the postal authorities received the letter to God, they decided to send it to the … Continue reading →
Get Up and Do Something
Dr. Karl Menninger, the famous psychiatrist, once gave a lecture on mental health, and then answered questions from the audience. “What would you advise a person to do,” asked one man, “if that person felt a nervous breakdown coming on?” … Continue reading →