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WIT & WISDOM - September 25, 1998 ~~~~~~~ THOUGHTS: Every human being is intended to have a character of his own; to be what no other is, and to do what no other can do. - Channing Pollock [1] ~~~~~~~ SPECIAL THOUGHTS: AN INDIAN PROVERB: When you were born, you cried and the world rejoiced. Live your life in such a manner that when you die The world cries and you rejoice. [2] ~~~~~~~ THIS & THAT: FUNNY EPITAPHS FROM REAL TOMBSTONES: Part 2 of 3 A widow wrote this epitaph in a Vermont cemetery: Sacred to the memory of my husband John Barnes who died January 3, 1803 His comely young widow, aged 23, has many qualifications of a good wife, and yearns to be comforted. A lawyer's epitaph in England: Sir John Strange Here lies an honest lawyer, And that is Strange. Someone determined to be anonymous in Stowe, Vermont: I was somebody. Who, is no business Of yours. Lester Moore was a Wells, Fargo Co. station agent for Naco, Arizona in the cowboy days of the 1880's. He's buried in the Boot Hill Cemetery in Tombstone, Arizona: Here lies Lester Moore Four slugs from a .44 No Les No More. In a Georgia cemetery: "I told you I was sick!" John Penny's epitaph in the Wimborne, England, cemetery: Reader if cash thou art In want of any Dig 4 feet deep And thou wilt find a Penny. On Margaret Daniels grave at Hollywood Cemetery Richmond, Virginia: She always said her feet were killing her but nobody believed her. [3] ~~~~~~~ KEEP SMILING: I didn't know if my granddaughter had learned her colors yet, so I decided to test her. I would point out something and ask what color it was. She would tell me, and always she was correct. But it was fun for me, so I continued. At last she headed for the door, saying sagely, "Grandma, I think you should try to figure out some of these yourself!" [4] ~~~~~~~ TRIVIA: "While the average child laughs 150 times a day, say researchers at the University of Michigan, the average adult laughs only 15 times." Youth Worker Update, Signs of the Times, August 1993 [5] ~~~~~~~ CONTRIBUTORS: [1] ("4 Thoughts of the Week" http://www.netastic.com/4tow/4tow.html) [2] ("The Sixth Sense" 6th- Sense@ClearVista.com) [3] (Mikey's Funnies http://www.YouthSpecialties.com) [4] (The Funnies Andychap@aol.com) [5] (Dale Galusha http://www.pacificpress.com/signs) |