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WITandWISDOM(tm) - June 22, 2005 ISSN 1538-8794 ~~~~~~~ THOUGHTS: "Only your real friends will tell you when your face is dirty." - Sicilian Proverb Source: Weekend Encounter, by Dick Innes, Copyright (c) ACTS International, 2004, http://www.actsweb.org/subscribe.htm ~~~~~~~ SPECIAL THOUGHTS: ~~~~~~~ THIS & THAT: A wealthy old lady decides to go on a photo safari in Africa, taking her faithful aged poodle named Cuddles, along for the company. One day the poodle starts chasing butterflies and before long, Cuddles discovers that she's lost. Wandering about, she notices a leopard heading rapidly in her direction with the intention of having lunch. The old poodle thinks, "Oh, oh! I'm in deep doo-doo now!" Noticing some bones on the ground close by, she immediately settles down to chew on the bones with her back to the approaching cat. Just as the leopard is about to leap, the old poodle exclaims loudly, "Boy, that was one delicious leopard! I wonder if there are any more around here?" Hearing this, the young leopard halts his attack in mid-strike, a look of terror comes over him, and he slinks away into the trees. "Whew!" says the leopard, "That was close! That old poodle nearly had me!" Meanwhile, a monkey who had been watching the whole scene from a nearby tree, figures he can put this knowledge to good use and trade it for protection from the leopard. So off he goes, but the old poodle sees him heading after the leopard with great speed, and figures that something must be up. The monkey soon catches up with the leopard, spills the beans, and strikes a deal for himself with the leopard. The young leopard is furious at being made a fool of and says, "Here, monkey, hop on my back and see what's going to happen to that conniving canine!" Now, the old poodle sees the leopard coming with the monkey on his back and thinks, "What am I going to do now?", but instead of running, the old dog sits down with her back to her attackers, pretending she hasn't seen them yet, and just when they get close enough to hear, the old poodle says: "Where's that dang monkey? I sent him off an hour ago to bring me another leopard!" Submitted by Bill Schnippert ~~~~~~~ KEEP SMILING: The other day I saw two dogs walk over to a parking meter. One of them says to the other, "How do you like that? Pay toilets!" - Dave Starr Submitted by B.B. ~~~~~~~ TRIVIA: Church Websites that Reach Out Effectively What happens when a church creates a website with just its members in mind? Only the members read it! But what is the result when a church has a site specifically designed to reach outsiders, in user-friendly language which connects with their lives? "Week in, week out, more visitors turn up at our church on a Sunday because of the website, than anything else," says one church webmaster. There are ways to build (or transform) a church site to achieve this effectiveness. See Internet Evangelism Day's set of 60+ Tips for Effective Church Sites: http://www.InternetEvangelismDay.com/tips Submitted by Tony