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WITandWISDOM(tm) - November 20, 2000 ~~~~~~~ THOUGHTS: Forgiveness is the economy of the heart . . . Forgiveness saves the expense of anger, the cost of hatred, the waste of spirits. - Hannah More Source: The Funnies, andychaps_the-funnies-subscribe@egroups.com via http://www.witandwisdom.org ~~~~~~~ SPECIAL THOUGHTS: A story is told of a king who went into his garden one morning and found everything withering and dying. He asked an oak that stood near the gate what the trouble was. He found that it was sick of life and determined to die because it was not tall and beautiful like the pine. The pine was out of all heart because it could not bear grapes like the vine. The vine was going to throw its life away because it could not stand erect and have as fine fruit as the pomegranate; and so on throughout the garden. Coming to a Johnny-jump-up, he found its bright face lifted as full of cheerfulness as ever. Said the king: "Well, Johnny-jump-up, I am glad to find one brave little flower among this land of general discouragement and dying. You don't seem one bit disheartened." "No, your Majesty. I know I am of small account, but I concluded you wanted a Johnny-jump-up when you planted me. If you had wanted an oak or a pine or a vine or a pomegranate, you would have set one out. So I am bound to be the best Johnny-jump-up that ever I can." To be such a "Johnny-jump-up" is a blessed thing for the Christian, and a saving power in the world. - Whispers of Peace Source: Signs of the Times, Copyright (c) July 31, 1884, Pacific Press, www.pacificpress.com/signs via http://www.witandwisdom.org Submitted by Dale Galusha ~~~~~~~ THIS & THAT: STATE SLOGANS Alaska: 11,623 Eskimos Can't Be Wrong! Arizona: But It's A Dry Heat Florida: Ask Us About Our Grandkids Idaho: More Than Just Potatoes ... Well Okay, We're Not, But The Potatoes Sure Are Real Good Illinois: Please Don't Pronounce the "S" Indiana: 2 Billion Years Tidal Wave Free Kansas: First Of The Rectangle States Maine: We're Really Cold, But We Have Cheap Lobster Minnesota: 10,000 Lakes ... And 10,000,000,000,000 Mosquitoes Nebraska: Ask About Our State Motto Contest New Mexico: Lizards Make Excellent Pets North Dakota: We Really Are One Of The 50 States! Oklahoma: Like The Play, Only No Singing Pennsylvania: Cook With Coal Rhode Island: We're Not REALLY An Island South Dakota: Closer Than North Dakota Texas: Si' Hablo Ing'les (Yes, I Speak English) Vermont: Yep Submitted by John Hoh ~~~~~~~ KEEP SMILING: URGENT! To: Citizens of the United States From: The State of Florida Subject: Ransom Note We, the people of Florida, are holding this election hostage. When you promise to stop sending us your old people, we will release your election. Submitted by Carol Blum ~~~~~~~ TRIVIA: Is it true that bumblebees' bodies shouldn't be able to fly? . . . If bumblebees tried to fly by flapping their smallish wings or kept them stationary, using them to gain lift from air currents, as do airplanes, we would probably call them stumblebees. The wings are too small in proportion to their body to bring that off. In fact their anatomy seems so improbably built for flight that the buzz among some people is that we simply don't know how bees do it. But we do. Bees gain lift by vibrating their wings up and down about 200 times a second. That vibration, makes the characteristic bee sound and is accomplished by their thorax muscles. From: Triumph of the Straight Dope by Cecil Adams Source: MailBits.com Copyright (c) 1998-2000. All rights reserved. Trivia-subscribe@mailbits.com via http://www.witandwisdom.org |