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WITandWISDOM(tm) - September 13, 1999 ~~~~~~~ THOUGHTS: "Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body." - Joseph Addison (E-zine: MICHELLE'S MIRACLES Mailto:Michelles__Miracles- subscribe@onelist.com) ~~~~~~~ SPECIAL THOUGHTS: TRY THIS CONTEMPORARY VERSION OF 1 COR.13 What would Paul have said in 1999? If I speak with the confidence of Rush Limbaugh and sing with the ease of Celine Dion but don't have love, my words are like scraping fingernails on a frozen windshield. If I can program NASA's mainframe computer and outsmart my chemistry professor, if I can memorize the Psalms and read Leviticus without dozing, or if I can even predict the future but have not love, my value is equal to a pitcher of warm spit. If I give my Tommy Hilfiger wardrobe to Goodwill and let my little sister rummage through my closet, if I go to the stake and fry as a martyr, or if I donate a gallon of blood every hour but don't have love, my offerings are useless. Love is Patient - even if it means skipping a trip to 31 Flavors in order to tutor an immigrant. Love is Kind - it doesn't stoop to Polish jokes, Whitey jibes, slanty-eye stories, or jokes about Jews. Love does not envy the basketball team captain, the National Merit finalist, the class president, or even the blonde who sports the most even tan. Love doesn't get a swelled head over straight As or a scholarship to Princeton. Love isn't snooty about a new Corvette or a season pass to the world's premiere ski resort. Love never jeers at the overweight kid who hangs out of her T-shirt in PE. Love smiles when getting cut off on the interstate. Love submits an honest tax return. Love doesn't whine about the referee's bad call. Love believes that God always provides the best stuff in life. Love hangs on to hope when the family is splitting apart. Love does not change like hemlines and hairdos. Love is like the Energizer bunny. It lasts and lasts and keeps on going. In the end only three things will remain: faith, hope, and love. But the greatest of these is love. by Karl Haffner, Pastor of the Walla Walla College Seventh-Day Adventist Church (Kimberley Broyles) ~~~~~~~ THIS & THAT: SPORTS QUOTES FROM ENGLAND (Part 2 of 2) [Pt 1, 9-1] "There is Brendan Foster, by himself, with 20,000 people." (David Coleman) "I can see the carrot at the end of the tunnel." (Stuart Pearce) "I owe a lot to my parents, especially my mother and father." (Greg Norman) "There have been injuries and deaths in boxing, but none of them serious." (Alan Minter) "Watch the time. It gives you an indication of how fast they are running." (Ron Pickering) "Just under 10 seconds for Nigel Mansel. Call it 9.5 seconds in round numbers." (Murray Walker) "A brain Scan revealed that Andrew Caddick is not suffering from stress fracture of the shin." (Jo Sheldon) "The French are not normally a Nordic Skiing Nation." (Ron Pickering) "That's inches away from being millimetre perfect." (Ted Lowe) "Bobby Gould thinks I'm trying to stab him in the back. In fact I'm right behind him." (Stuart Pearson) "I'll fight Lloyd Honeyghan for nothing if the price is right." (Marlon Starling) "If history repeats itself, I should think we can expect the same thing again." (Terry Venables) "I can't tell who's leading. It's either Oxford or Cambridge." (John Snagge - Boat Race between Oxford and Cambridge) "The Queen's Park Oval, exactly as its name suggests, is absolutely round." (Tony Crozier) (Janet Osborne via E-zine: HAVE A NICE DAY Mailto:smiles@bapp.com) ~~~~~~~ KEEP SMILING: Lord Halifax, a former foreign secretary of Great Britain, once shared a railway compartment with two prim-looking spinsters. A few moments before reaching his destination the train passed through a tunnel. In the utter darkness Halifax kissed the back of his hand noisily several times. When the train drew into the station, he rose, lifted his hat, and in a gentlemanly way said: "May I thank whichever one of you two ladies I am indebted to for the charming incident in the tunnel." He then beat a hasty retreat, leaving the two ladies glaring at each other. Source: Bits & Pieces, May 27, 1993, Copyright (c) Economic Press, Inc., www.epinc.com via http://www.witandwisdom.org ~~~~~~~ TRIVIA: Why does an "X" mark stand for a kiss? . . . In medieval times, most people were unable to read or write. When it came time to sign a document, people who could not write usually made an "X" mark. Of course, an "X" is not much of a signature. To add a sense of commitment, it became customary to kiss the "X" after writing it. Kissing the "X" was "performance law," a ritual act that bound the parties the way legal documents bind us today. This act, witnessed by the person who wrote the text, represented a solemn guarantee of the truthfulness of what was written, and an oath to carry out whatever obligations were stated in the document. Over the years, the "X" and the kiss became interchangeable. Today, people who can read and write might still add one or more "X" marks to their letters, maybe with a couple of "O"s thrown in for hugs. Essay about "performance law" (part of a larger work): http://www.law.pitt.edu/hibbitts/ctos_iii.htm Mancipatio, a Roman "performance law" for buying and selling: http://www.lectlaw.com/def2/m078.htm (E-zine: THE LEARNING KINGDOM http://www.tlk-lists.com/join/) |