| Prior Date | Archive Index | Next Date |
|
WITandWISDOM(tm) - November 19, 2003 ISSN 1538-8794 ~~~~~~~ THOUGHTS: Don't ever take a fence down until you know why it was put up. - Robert Frost Source: Hover Dog's Good Jokes, mailto:hooverdogsgoodjokes-subscribe@yahoogroups.com ~~~~~~~ SPECIAL THOUGHTS: It's extremely difficult to sell anyone a product you have never used - or a religion you've never lived. - Author Unknown ~~~~~~~ THIS & THAT: Sao Paulo, Brazil (Reuters) 2000: Brazilian jails may have a grim reputation for crammed cells, cruel treatment of prisoners and bloody riots, but the Dutra Ladeira prison now is famous for something else -- its pizza. Little Tutu pizzeria and bakery, run in the central Minas Gerais state by former drug runner and now convict Thenys Chagas Pereira, sells pizzas to prisoners and guards and even delivers to neighboring districts on the outskirts of state capital Belo Horizonte. "We all love this pizza, especially tomato and sausage," said a secretary for the prison director, Col. Carlos Roberto de Paula, who allowed the bakery on the prison grounds as part of a social rehabilitation program. The bakery is operated by seven people, among them convicted drug traffickers, thieves and killers -- "a mixed bag", as Pereira put it. Only one was a baker. Pereira, 34, says he and two business partners will each pocket $250 after the first month of the Little Tutu operation. He said that on weekends the Little Tutu, named after his daughter, delivers up to 140 pizzas. "The idea was born when jail mates had difficulties with ordering pizza to the jail on visiting days. You know, when the women come to visit," Pereira, who is serving an eight-year jail term, told Reuters by telephone from the prison. "Prisoners loved it as it's so much better than the prison food. Later prison officials started taking pizzas home and people from homes nearby started ordering," he said, explaining that a partner in freedom was handling the deliveries. Source: White Board News, http://www.joeha.com/whiteboard/ ~~~~~~~ KEEP SMILING: A Sunday School teacher asked her class why Joseph and Mary took Jesus with them to Jerusalem. A small child replied: "They couldn't get a baby-sitter." Source: Pulpit Supply, mailto:pulpit-supply-subscribe@strategicnetwork.org ~~~~~~~ TRIVIA: Helpful Hint To remove water spots on stainless steel, rub area with a clean, soft cloth dampened with white vinegar. For tough spots let a dampened cloth or paper towel sit on the spot until it wipes clean. Then wipe dry to avoid spots. Source: Judy's Jokes for Sunday, mailto:jjs4sunday-subscribe@yahoogroups.com |