The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #56381   Message #881732
Posted By: catspaw49
03-Feb-03 - 04:54 PM
Thread Name: Giac (NOT) Hospitalized - Convalescing Update 2004
Subject: RE: Giac Hospitalized
Susan, a few of her jokes that she sent are probably a good idea!!! Here are a couple she got from somewhere that I like:

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Miss Bea, the church organist, was in her eighties and had never been
married. She was much admired for her sweetness and kindness to all.
The pastor came to call on her one afternoon early in the spring, and she
welcomed him into her Victorian parlor.

She invited him to have a seat while she prepared a little tea. As he sat
facing her old pump organ, the young minister noticed a cut-glass bowl
sitting on top of it filled with water. In the water floated, of all things,
a condom. Imagine the shock and surprise. Imagine his curiosity!

Surely Miss Bea had flipped or something . . . !

When she returned with tea and cookies, they began to chat. The pastor tried
to stifle his curiosity about the bowl of water and its strange floater, but
soon it got the better of him, and he could resist no longer.

"Miss Bea," he said, "I wonder if you would tell me about this?"
(pointing to the bowl).

"Oh, yes," she replied, "isn't it wonderful? I was walking downtown last
fall, and I found this little package on the ground. The directions said to
put it on the organ, keep it wet, and it would prevent disease. And you
know. . . I haven't had a cold all winter."
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A CNN reporter went to Israel to cover the fighting. She was looking for
something emotional and positive and of human interest. Something like
the man in Sarajevo who risked his life to play the cello everyday in the
town square.

In Jerusalem, she heard about an old Jew who's been going to the Wailing
Wall to pray, twice a day, everyday, for a long, long time. So she went to
check it out.

She went to the Wailing Wall and there he was! She watched him pray, and
after about 45 minutes, when he turned to leave, she approached him for an
interview.

"Rebecca Smith, CNN News. Sir, how long have you been coming to the
Wailing Wall and praying?"

"For about 50 years."

"What do you pray for?"

"For peace between the Jews and the Arabs. For all the hatred to stop.
For our children to grow up in safety and friendship."

"How do you feel after doing this for 50 years?"

"Like I'm talking to a f***ing wall."
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Spaw