For men shall be \u2026 boasters. <\/i><\/p>\n
\u2014II Tim. 3:2<\/i><\/p>\n
509<\/b> Baby Food For Prisoners<\/b><\/p>\n
Few prison rituals are more common than putting a troublesome prisoner on bread and water. Then came Dale Carson, a former FBI agent, to Florida as sheriff of Duval County (Jacksonville). <\/p>\n
He discovered that the young toughs gloried in being on bread and water, because it proved how tough they were. They even brag about the bread-and-water treatment. So Carson substituted baby food. They eat it because they are hungry but they don\u2019t brag about it. One day usually gets them on their best behaviour,\u201d observed Carson. <\/p>\n
510<\/b> No Women Sighted In Antarctic<\/b><\/p>\n
Rear Adm. George J. Dufek, Naval commander of Operation Deepfreeze, tells this story of the day two airline stewardesses arrived on the only commercial plane ever to land in the Antarctic:<\/p>\n
\u201cThe girls, ravishing in furs, were being wined and dined in the McMurdo mess hall. But I noticed there were some men missing, and I walked around the base to see what they were doing. I found them sitting glumly in their quarters, smoking, drinking coffee and obviously resentful. Their reason? They wanted to be able to say that, from the time they left civilization until they returned they hadn\u2019t seen a woman!\u201d<\/p>\n
\u2014National Geographic<\/i><\/p>\n
511<\/b> God Could Not Sink Ship<\/b><\/p>\n
\u201cGod Himself could not sink this ship,\u201d boasted a deckhand aboard R. M. S. Titanic in 1912. The men who built the ship, the civilized world, the credulous public\u2014all believed and boasted that the ship was unsinkable. But God was not mocked. It is said that when the captain gave the order to abandon ship, many passengers simply could not believe that the Titanic could possibly sink and refused to board the lifeboats. And the crew was almost criminally complacent. So 1,502 men, women, and children plunged into the depths. <\/p>\n
\u2014Prairie Overcomer<\/i><\/p>\n
512<\/b> General Motors Spoke Too Soon<\/b><\/p>\n
General Motors\u2019 Gerstenberg told members of the Pontiac, Michigan, service clubs that G. M. is now conducting fewer recalls than in the past. \u201cWe build them better\u2014much better.\u201d<\/p>\n
Perhaps he spoke too soon. Chevrolet dealers were notified for the biggest recall yet of the sub-compact Vega, inconveniencing half-a-million customers. It was the third embarrassing time within three months that Chevy has had to issue Vega recall notices. <\/p>\n
513<\/b> Taxi Driver: \u201cI Am Above Average\u201d<\/b><\/p>\n
During the course of his campaign for the Presidential nomination, Adlai Stevenson was being taxied to the airport. He introduced himself and struck up a conversation with the cabbie. <\/p>\n
\u201cPeople say I talk over the heads of the average man,\u201d Mr. Stevenson observed. \u201cWhat you do you think?\u201d<\/p>\n
The cab driver pondered the question. \u201cWell, Governor,\u201d he said at length, \u201cI understand you, but I\u2019m not sure about the average man.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u2014Maxwell Droke<\/p>\n
514<\/b> Perfection Personified<\/b><\/p>\n
In basic training, our first sergeant made things very clear. He told us, \u201cDon\u2019t question anything I say or tell you to do. Don\u2019t worry\u2014I hardly ever make mistakes. Matter of fact, I\u2019ve made only one mistake in my life. I once thought I was wrong about something. It turned out I wasn\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u2014Dalex J. LeBlanc<\/p>\n
515<\/b> Two-In-One For Bishop\u2019s Son<\/b><\/p>\n
A pompous young man called on Joseph Choate the prominent lawyer and statesman. The lawyer was busy and asked the young man to take a chair. But the youth was impatient and again interrupted the lawyer with the remark, \u201cI am Bishop Blank\u2019s son.\u201d \u201cPlease take two chairs,\u201d said Mr. Choate. <\/p>\n
516<\/b> Croaking Crow Loses Meat<\/b><\/p>\n
A crow sat in a tree holding in his beak a piece of meat that he had stolen. A fox which saw him determined to get the meat. It stood under the tree and began to tell the crow what a beautiful big bird he was. He ought to be king of all the birds, the fox said; and he would undoubtedly have been made king, if only he had a voice as well. The crow was so anxious to prove that he had a voice, that he dropped the meat and croaked for all he was worth. Up ran the fox, snapped up the meat, and said to him: \u201cIf you added brains to all your other qualifications, you would make an ideal king.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u2014Fables of Aesop<\/i><\/p>\n
BOASTFUL ANECDOTES WITH APPARENT CONTRADICTIONS<\/p>\n
517<\/b> Two Skulls Of Paul? <\/b><\/p>\n
A tourist in Palestine saw a skull in a museum which was labeled the skull of St. Paul. He went to another town, visited another museum, and saw another skull similarly labeled. He went to the keeper and complained about the affair. \u201cNow which is which?\u201d \u201cBoth,\u201d said the keeper, \u201cthis one was his skull when he was a young man.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u2014Paul E. Holdcraft<\/p>\n
518<\/b> Quite A Feat For Lincoln! <\/b><\/p>\n
Little Hattie. determined to give her hero full credit for his achievements, wrote the following in a history examination:<\/p>\n
\u201cAbraham Lincoln was born February 12, 1809, in a log cabin he built himself.\u201d<\/p>\n
519<\/b> Minister Gets The Dog<\/b><\/p>\n
A minister who was walking along a road saw a crowd of boys surrounding a dog. <\/p>\n
\u201cWhat are you doing with the dog?\u201d asked the kindly minister. <\/p>\n
\u201cWhoever tells the biggest lie, he wins the dog.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cOh, my, my, my,\u201d exclaimed the minister, \u201cwhen I was a little boy like you here I never told a lie.\u201d<\/p>\n
There was a moment\u2019s silence. \u201cHere,\u201d said one of the little fellows, \u201cyou win the dog.\u201d<\/p>\n
520<\/b> Customary Procedure For Actor<\/b><\/p>\n
\u201cReally?\u201d whispered the gushing girl to the ardent actor. \u201cReally, if I refuse to marry you, will you commit suicide?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThat,\u201d said the actor with great dignity, \u201chas been my customary procedure.\u201d<\/p>\n
521<\/b> Of Cows And Drums<\/b><\/p>\n
Chang-three said, \u201cWe have a drum at home so big, when you beat it, it can be heard a hundred miles away.\u201d<\/p>\n
Li-four said, \u201cWe have a cow in our home so big, when she takes a drink at the south bank of the river her head reaches out and touches the north bank.\u201d<\/p>\n
Chang-three shook his head and exclaimed, \u201cHow could there be a cow of that size!\u201d<\/p>\n
Li-four said, \u201cIf there weren\u2019t cows of this size, where would you get the hide to make that drum?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u2014Chinese Humor<\/i><\/p>\n
522<\/b> Of Spears And Shields<\/b><\/p>\n
There was a man of Ch\u2019u who sold shields and spears. First he praised his shields, saying, \u201cMy shields are so strong that nothing can pierce them\u201d; then he praised his spears, saying, \u201cMy spears are so sharp that nothing can stop them.\u201d Then someone said to him, \u201cWhat if one should use your own spears to attack your own shields?\u201d To this the man of Ch\u2019u was unable to answer. <\/p>\n
\u2014Chinese Humor<\/i><\/p>\n
523<\/b> Of Cabbages And Cauldron<\/b><\/p>\n
Two fellows were vying with each other in telling the wonderful things they had seen. One of them said that in a certain land he had seen a cabbage that was so large that fifteen hundred men on horseback had gathered under it. <\/p>\n
The other said: \u201cI saw in a land a cauldron that was being built by one hundred workmen; and it was so large that they could not hear one another, so far were they one from the other.\u201d<\/p>\n
The first fellow asked: \u201cWhat on earth did they want to do with such a large cauldron?\u201d<\/p>\n
He replied, \u201cCook that cabbage.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u2014Italian Renaissance Wit<\/i><\/p>\n
524<\/b> Epigram On Boasters <\/b><\/p>\n
\u2022 We always weaken whatever we exaggerate. <\/p>\n
\u2014Jean Francois De Laharpe<\/p>\n
\u2022 Few people need voice lessons to sing their own praise. <\/p>\n
\u2014E. C. Mckenzie<\/p>\n
\u2022 The man who sings his own praises always gets the wrong pitch. <\/p>\n
\u2022 Do you wish men to speak well of you? Then never speak well of yourself. <\/p>\n
\u2014Pascual<\/p>\n
\u2022 \u201cIf a fish escapes, it was a big one.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u2014Malay Proverb<\/p>\n
\u2022 Sign in front of an Atlanta restaurant featuring fried chicken: \u201cIf the Colonel Had Our Chicken Recipe He\u2019d Be a General.\u201d <\/p>\n
\u2014Atlanta Journal<\/i><\/p>\n
\u2022 James Michener confesses that he has been a jealous man ever since he heard of a Latin American author who came up with a perfect book title: Complete Works, and Other Stories. <\/p>\n
\u2014New York Herald Tribune<\/i><\/p>\n
\u2022 A huntsman, searching for a lion\u2019s tracks, asked a woodman if he had seen them and if he knew where its lair was. The man said he would show him the lion itself. At this the huntsman turned pale with fear and his teeth chattered. I am only looking for its trail, he said, not for the lion. <\/p>\n
\u2014Fables of Aesop<\/i><\/p>\n
See also:<\/b> Proud ; Jude 16; Rev 18:7.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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