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WITandWISDOM(tm) - May 26, 2006 ISSN 1538-8794 ~~~~~~~ THOUGHTS: Worry gives a small thing a big shadow. Submitted by Lorraine ~~~~~~~ SPECIAL THOUGHTS: A woman was at work when she received a phone call that her daughter was very sick with a fever. She left her work and stopped by the pharmacy to get some medication. She got back to her car and found that she had locked her keys in the car. She didn't know what to do, so she called home and told the baby sitter what had happened. The baby sitter told her that the fever was getting worse. She said, "You might find a coat hanger and use that to open the door." The woman looked around and found an old rusty coat hanger that had been left on the ground, possibly by someone else who at some time had locked their keys in their car. She looked at the hanger and said, "I don't know how to use this." She bowed her head and asked God to send her help. Within five minutes a beat up old motorcycle pulled up, with a dirty, greasy, bearded man who was wearing an old biker skull rag on his head. The woman thought, "This is what you sent to help me?" But, she was desperate, so she was also very thankful. The man got off of his cycle and asked if he could help. She said, "Yes, my daughter is very sick. I stopped to get her some medication and I locked my keys in my car. I must get home to her. Please, can you use this hanger to unlock my car?" He said, "Sure." He walked over to the car, and in less than a minute the car was opened. She hugged the man and through her tears she said, "Thank You So Much! You are a very nice man." The man replied, "Lady, I am not a nice man. I just got out of prison today. I was in prison for car theft and have only been out for about an hour." The woman hugged the man again and with sobbing tears cried out loud, "Oh, Thank you God! You even sent me a Professional. Source: The Inspired Buffalo, mailto:the-inspired-buffalo-subscribe@yahoogroups.com ~~~~~~~ THIS & THAT: A contestant on "Who Wants to be a Millionaire?" had reached the final plateau. If she answered the next question correctly, she would win $1,000,000. If she answered incorrectly, she would pocket only the $32,000 milestone money. And as she suspected it would be, the million-dollar question was no pushover. It was, "Which of the following species of birds does not build its own nest, but instead lays its eggs in the nests of other birds? Is it A) the condor; B) the buzzard; C) the cuckoo; or D) the vulture?" The woman was on the spot. She did not know the answer. All that remained was her Phone-a-friend Lifeline. She had no alternative. She called her friend and gave her the question and the four choices. The friend responded hesitatingly: "That's easy. The answer is C: The cuckoo." "I need an answer," said Regis. Crossing her fingers, the contestant said, "C: The cuckoo." Regis said, "That answer is ...absolutely correct!! You are now a millionaire!" Three days later, the contestant hosted a party for her family and friends including the person who had helped her win the million dollars. "Jenny, I just do not know how to thank you," said the contestant. "How did you happen to know the right answer?" "Oh, come on," said the friend. "Everybody knows that cuckoos don't build nests. They live in clocks." Source: Chapnotes, mailto:ChapnotesMail@aol.com?Subject=Subscribe ~~~~~~~ KEEP SMILING: "I don't want to tell you how much insurance I carry with the Prudential, but all I can say is: when I go, they go too." - Jack Benny Submitted by Lorraine ~~~~~~~ TRIVIA: A tail section from a U.S. Navy fighter jet that crashed 3 1/2 years ago off Key West, Fla., turned up 4,900 miles away on a beach in Ireland. A retired commercial airline captain, identified by the Irish Examiner newspaper as Charlie Coughlan, discovered the tail piece Friday. The Navy confirmed Tuesday that markings on the section, including squadron insignia and a serial number, pointed to the downed F-14 Tomcat. Currents from the Gulf of Mexico near the tip of Florida might have floated the nearly 10-foot-long triangular piece of vertical stabilizer, one of two on the plane, to the beach in West Cork on Ireland's southern shore. The F-14, based in Virginia, crashed near Key West in the Gulf of Mexico on Oct. 3, 2002, during a training mission. Both crewmembers ejected safely. Source: Chapnotes, mailto:ChapnotesMail@aol.com?Subject=Subscribe