Subject: The Wagon Wheels
From: Unicorn (unicorn@indenial.com)
Date: Mon Aug 26 2002 - 06:31:31 EDT
"The Bee"
A teacher is giving a spelling bee. She asks
little John to spell the word "before."
"Um... Before: b-e-e-f-o-r" he replies erroneously.
The teacher then calls on Suzy.
"Before: b-e-p-h-o-r."
Again, she is wrong, and the teacher calls on little
Leroy.
"Before: b-e-f-o-r-e." gloats the little boy.
"Very good, Leroy! Can you use the word in a
sentence?"
"Yeah. Before: Two and two be fore."
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"The Wagon Wheels"
A priest was sitting on the steps of the church
one spring day enjoying the sunshine. He saw
a young boy approaching him on the sidewalk
pulling a wagon. Every few yards one of the
wheels would fall off the wagon, the boy would
say "Damn!" put the wheel back on, and continue
down the street, and a wheel would fall off again
a few yards later.
As the boy neared the steps, the priest saw this
as an opportunity to make an impression on the
boy, and stopped him. "You know," he said to the
boy, "when a wheel falls off your wagon, instead
of using profanity, you should say 'Praise the Lord!'
instead." He went on to tell the boy how Someone
is always watching over us and how we should be
careful to do the right thing at all times.
The boy acknowledged his words and thanked him,
and went on down the street. The priest stood there,
feeling quite pleased with himself. About 50 yards
away from the steps, all four wheels fell off the wagon,
the boy stopped, heaved a huge sigh, and said, "Praise
the Lord!" Instantly the wagon raised off the ground,
all four wheels returned to their places.
Upon seeing this, the priest said, "Damn!"
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