But chiefly them that walk after the flesh in the lust of uncleanness, and despise government. Presumptuous are they, self-willed, they are not afraid to speak evil of dignities. <\/i><\/p>\n
\u2014II Peter 2:10<\/i><\/p>\n
4929<\/b> Revenge<\/b><\/p>\n
In Greenville, Miss., a radar device set up in a speed zone quickly caught three persons. The first was Mayor Pat Dunne. He paid a $17 fine and commented, \u201cThe only way to avoid fines is not to speed.\u201d The second person arrested was a policeman. The third was a local disc-jockey, who went to his radio station and broadcast the location of the speed zone. <\/p>\n
\u2014Anthony Paul<\/p>\n
4930<\/b> Irish Neighborhood Accommodation<\/b><\/p>\n
Every vertical traffic light in New York State has the red on top and green below, except in Tipperary Hill, an Irish neighborhood in Syracuse. There the green is on top, When the red was above, the kids threw stones at the lights. <\/p>\n
\u2014Minneapolis Star<\/i><\/p>\n
4931<\/b> Against Everything<\/b><\/p>\n
In San Francisco there is a young fellow who marches in any picket line, no matter what the cause. He carries a big placard that reads simply: SHAME. <\/p>\n
\u201cI figure that covers anything,\u201d he explains, \u201cand it gives me a feeling of belonging. \u201c<\/p>\n
\u2014San Francisco Chronicle<\/p>\n
4932<\/b> The \u201cAttendant\u201d In Ladies\u2019 Room<\/b><\/p>\n
A customer in a Copenhagen department store complained to the management about the attendant in the ladies\u2019 restroom, who had given her a frosty stare when she failed to leave a generous tip. \u201cWhy, we have no attendant in the ladies\u2019 room,\u201d said the manager. <\/p>\n
A check revealed that the \u201cattendant\u201d was a woman who had wandered in for a rest a year ago. While relaxing with her knitting the woman had received coins from patrons who thought she was the attendant. Recognizing opportunity when it knocked, the woman had come in regularly ever since, netting while she knitted. <\/p>\n
\u2014Walter Kiernan<\/p>\n
4933<\/b> Ten Commandments Too Personal<\/b><\/p>\n
The editor of a small weekly newspaper in a town in the West was hard put to it one week for copy to fill his columns. So he had his compositor set up the Ten Commandments, and ran them without making any editorial comment. Three days after the paper was published he received a letter saying:<\/p>\n
\u201cPlease cancel my subscription. You\u2019re getting too personal.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u2014Pastor\u2019s Manual<\/i><\/p>\n
4934<\/b> Readers Would Not Be Touched<\/b><\/p>\n
Dr. A. T. Robertson once wrote an article for a Southern Baptist state magazine. He described the conduct of the biblical Diotrephes. Twenty-five deacons from various Baptist churches wrote to the editor, canceling their subscriptions. They contended that Robertson was writing about them. <\/p>\n
\u2014Ministers\u2019 Research Service<\/i><\/p>\n
4935<\/b> Roosevelt\u2019s Story On Himself<\/b><\/p>\n
At a cabinet meeting one day Franklin D. Roosevelt gleefully told this story: An American Marine, ordered home from Guadalcanal, was disconsolate because he hadn\u2019t killed even one of the enemy. He stated his case to his superior officer, who said, \u201cGo up on that hill over there and shout: \u201cTo hell with Emperor Hirohito!\u201d That will bring the Japs out of hiding.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Marine did as he was bidden. Immediately a Jap soldier came out of the jungle, shouting, \u201cTo hell with Roosevelt!\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd of course,\u201d said the Marine, \u201cI could not kill a Republican.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u2014William D. Hassett<\/p>\n
4936<\/b> Lady Without A Mirror<\/b><\/p>\n
Two centuries ago there lived a prominent English woman by the name of Lady Montague. Her energy and talents won her a wide field of influence, even with such eminent literary men as Pope and Addison, who were among her close friends. <\/p>\n
We read that Lady Montague, as she grew older, became indifferent to her personal appearances, so much so that for eleven years she refused to look at herself in a mirror. On that score alone we would mark her as a remarkable woman. <\/p>\n
4937<\/b> \u201cOut-Of-Sight\u201d Mail<\/b><\/p>\n
The library on the Idaho State University campus recently hired a rather long-haired hippie type for the job of mailboy. When he proved to be courteous, efficient and hardworking, the library staff concluded that the hippie appearance was only a veneer. But then someone noticed the young man\u2019s mail-sorting system. <\/p>\n
He had labeled the city mail Right On, out-of-town mail FAR OUT, and airmail OUT-OF-SIGHT. <\/p>\n
\u2014Selected<\/p>\n
4938<\/b> Town With Sore-Heads<\/b><\/p>\n
Outside a town in South Dakota, it was Yankton, if I remember correctly, there is a large sign, with a rather humorous but very revealing announcement: \u201c30,000 friendly people and a few sore-heads.\u201d<\/p>\n
4939<\/b> Epigram On Rebellious <\/b><\/p>\n
\u2022 If there is anything the nonconformist hates worse than a conformist it\u2019s another nonconformist who doesn\u2019t conform to the prevailing standards of nonconformity. <\/p>\n
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