Wednesday, May 14, 2008
Wednesday, May 7, 2008
A little Humor....
The Minister and the Taxi Driver
A minister has just died and is standing in line waiting to be judged and admitted to Heaven. While waiting he asks the man in front of him about himself. The man says, "I am a taxi driver from New York City.
"The angel standing at the gate calls out next, and the taxi driver steps up. The angel hands him a golden staff and a cornucopia of fruits, cheeses, and wine and lets him pass. The taxi driver is quite pleased, and proceeds through the gates.
Next, the minister steps up to the angel who hands him a wooden staff and some bread and water. The minister is very concerned and asks the angel, "That guy is a taxi driver and gets a golden staff and a cornucopia! I spend my entire life as a minister and get nothing! How can that be?"
The angel replies, "Up here we judge on results—all of your people sleep through your sermons—in his taxi, they pray."
A minister has just died and is standing in line waiting to be judged and admitted to Heaven. While waiting he asks the man in front of him about himself. The man says, "I am a taxi driver from New York City.
"The angel standing at the gate calls out next, and the taxi driver steps up. The angel hands him a golden staff and a cornucopia of fruits, cheeses, and wine and lets him pass. The taxi driver is quite pleased, and proceeds through the gates.
Next, the minister steps up to the angel who hands him a wooden staff and some bread and water. The minister is very concerned and asks the angel, "That guy is a taxi driver and gets a golden staff and a cornucopia! I spend my entire life as a minister and get nothing! How can that be?"
The angel replies, "Up here we judge on results—all of your people sleep through your sermons—in his taxi, they pray."
Monday, May 5, 2008
A Little Humor.....
God noticed that Adam was lonely.
He said to him "Adam, I am going to give you the perfect companion. She'll cook and clean and listen, she's perfect."
Adam replied, "What will she cost me?"
God said, "An arm and a leg."Shocked,
Adam said, "Well, what can I get for a rib?"
He said to him "Adam, I am going to give you the perfect companion. She'll cook and clean and listen, she's perfect."
Adam replied, "What will she cost me?"
God said, "An arm and a leg."Shocked,
Adam said, "Well, what can I get for a rib?"
Friday, May 2, 2008
Thursday, May 1, 2008
Stranger then Fiction
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Three Hong Kong anglers thought they had hit the big time when they sold their rare giant fish for HK$20,000 ($2,560) -- but they missed out on a HK$1 million bonanza, a newspaper reported on Friday.
The 85-kg Chinese Bahaba, also known as a giant yellow croaker, is believed to be the largest caught in Hong Kong in 10 years, Hong Kong's Apple Daily newspaper reported.
One of the anglers, a housewife called Mickey, was photographed lying beside the 1.68-metre (five-and-a-half-ft) fish after it had been hauled ashore, following a titanic 90-minute struggle.
The trio quickly sold the fish to a local fisherman for HK$20,000 thinking they'd hit the jackpot, but without realizing the croaker's true value, the paper reported.
The fisherman subsequently sold the rare giant fish -- which is highly prized for its costly swim bladder or fish maw -- to a seafood restaurant for HK$580,000.
The speculation didn't stop there. The fish was resold to a mainland Chinese buyer for over HK$1 million ($126,000), the newspaper reported.
The giant yellow croaker has become critically endangered and few survive to maturity given overfishing.
(Reporting by James Pomfret; Editing by Nick Macfie)
The 85-kg Chinese Bahaba, also known as a giant yellow croaker, is believed to be the largest caught in Hong Kong in 10 years, Hong Kong's Apple Daily newspaper reported.
One of the anglers, a housewife called Mickey, was photographed lying beside the 1.68-metre (five-and-a-half-ft) fish after it had been hauled ashore, following a titanic 90-minute struggle.
The trio quickly sold the fish to a local fisherman for HK$20,000 thinking they'd hit the jackpot, but without realizing the croaker's true value, the paper reported.
The fisherman subsequently sold the rare giant fish -- which is highly prized for its costly swim bladder or fish maw -- to a seafood restaurant for HK$580,000.
The speculation didn't stop there. The fish was resold to a mainland Chinese buyer for over HK$1 million ($126,000), the newspaper reported.
The giant yellow croaker has become critically endangered and few survive to maturity given overfishing.
(Reporting by James Pomfret; Editing by Nick Macfie)
A Poem To Touch your life....(Sent in by Kaytee B)
Safe at Last
Im so afraid
Afraid that people might see
Who I really am.
I try to hide it:
Outside im calm cool collected.
But inside im clumbling
Into a million pieces.
I cant hide it forever;
Sometimes the mask slips off
And im exposed and vulnerable.
I feel so naked
And everyone is looking at me.
They can see right through me.
But I put my mask back on
And im safe behind it.
Nothing can happen to me there.
Safe.
But the fear comes back again just like it always does.
Then im crying out again,
Crying for help inside.
The mask comes off again.
Thats when I feel Him
Holding my hand.
The voice says, "Do not fear my child,
For I love you exactly as you are
And I will always be with you."
Suddenly a peace comes over me
Because I know he loves me
Just the way I am.
written by Bethany Schwartz
Im so afraid
Afraid that people might see
Who I really am.
I try to hide it:
Outside im calm cool collected.
But inside im clumbling
Into a million pieces.
I cant hide it forever;
Sometimes the mask slips off
And im exposed and vulnerable.
I feel so naked
And everyone is looking at me.
They can see right through me.
But I put my mask back on
And im safe behind it.
Nothing can happen to me there.
Safe.
But the fear comes back again just like it always does.
Then im crying out again,
Crying for help inside.
The mask comes off again.
Thats when I feel Him
Holding my hand.
The voice says, "Do not fear my child,
For I love you exactly as you are
And I will always be with you."
Suddenly a peace comes over me
Because I know he loves me
Just the way I am.
written by Bethany Schwartz
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