In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ. <\/i><\/p>\n
\u2014II Thess. 1:8<\/i><\/p>\n
7079<\/b> Revenge On Old Car<\/b><\/p>\n
Passersby called police when they saw a man drive his new automobile into the fenders of a parked car. He explained that both cars belonged to him\u2014that he was having revenge on the old car for giving him so much trouble. <\/p>\n
\u2014La Liberte<\/i><\/p>\n
7080<\/b> Parked On Railroad Crossing<\/b><\/p>\n
Fort Worth, Texas (UPI)\u2014Bill Miller decided a train was taking altogether too long to cross a street as he waited 15 minutes in a line of traffic. <\/p>\n
So, after the train passed, he drove his pickup truck onto the track, locked the doors and walked the rest of the way to work. Cars could get by, but trains could not. <\/p>\n
A crewman from a halted freight train telephoned police and complained the truck was blocking their path. <\/p>\n
Police traced Miller through the pickup\u2019s license number and convinced him to move his truck after the train had to wait 20 minutes. <\/p>\n
Police declined to give Miller a ticket. <\/p>\n
7081<\/b> Return Call At 3 P.M. <\/b><\/p>\n
A college professor answered his telephone at 3:00 A.M. \u201cThis is your neighbor, Mr. Smith,\u201d said the voice. \u201cYour dog is barking and keeping me awake.\u201d The professor thanked him kindly and hung up. The next morning Mr. Smith\u2019s telephone rang at exactly 3 A.M. \u201cThis is the professor,\u201d said the caller. \u201cI just wanted you to know that I don\u2019t have a dog!\u201d<\/p>\n
\u2014The Bible Friend<\/i><\/p>\n
7082<\/b> Better Be Hit By Pie<\/b><\/p>\n
Seattle, Wash. (AP)\u2014Faced with a choice between a libel suit or surrendering a reporter to be hit with a pie, the University of Washington daily newspaper opted for pie. <\/p>\n
At issue was a file photograph of Diane Cheap, a 1970 graduate, as she received a debating award. It was reprinted in the daily\u2019s April 16 issue to illustrate John Snell\u2019s column poking fun at beauty contests. <\/p>\n
Mrs. Cheap, now a high school teacher, said through her attorney and former debate partner, Arthur D. McCarry, that the article was libelous, slanderous and made her the subject of ridicule among her students. <\/p>\n
She threatened a 1,000-dollar libel suit unless the daily agreed to turn over the person responsible to be hit with a custard pie. <\/p>\n
The daily consulted with college lawyers who said her case looked pretty solid. So on Wednesday afternoon, Snell, McGarry and Mrs. Cheap held a brief ceremony outside the communications building. <\/p>\n
Mrs. Cheap, switching from custard to chocolate cream at the minute, piled on a massive helping of whipped cream and let fly. <\/p>\n
\u201cIf this makes her feel better, it\u2019s cool,\u201d said Snell. <\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve had clients who have gotten more money out of a settlement but not more satisfaction,\u201d McGarry said. <\/p>\n
7083<\/b> \u201cGot To Do Something First\u201d<\/b><\/p>\n
This happened in Kentucky. A man by the name of Lucien served the state of Kentucky \u201cbeyond the call of duty.\u201d One day he discovered that an old friend Sam was in the penitentiary and had eight more years to serve. Lucien went to the warden and asked if he might talk to Sam. They talked for nearly two hours. Finally they were both laughing at some incidents in their youth, for they had been reared together. <\/p>\n
A month later Lucien visited the Governor. \u201cI haven\u2019t been able to sleep. Sam, my boyhood buddy, is in prison. He was a good boy, Governor, and since you told me that if there was anything Kentucky could do for me to name it, I came here to ask if a pardon might be granted. I\u2019ll take him into my business and into my home, for he has no family, and I have a big house.\u201d<\/p>\n
A week later the Governor sent for Lucien and said: \u201cHere\u2019s the pardon, but it\u2019s yours under one condition; that is, that you sit down in the warden\u2019s office and talk with Sam for two more hours. Then if you think you should give him the pardon, take Sam home. I will parole him to you.\u201d<\/p>\n
He hurried over to the penitentiary and again they sat down in the warden\u2019s office. Lucien said, \u201cSam, when you get out of here, will you go into business with me? I might even get you out of here sooner than you expect.\u201d<\/p>\n
Sam got up and walked around awhile, looked out of the window, then said, \u201cI don\u2019t believe I could accept that invitation, for I\u2019ve got something to do when I get out of here, something very important. I\u2019m going to do it just as soon as I get out of here.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat is it, Sam?\u201d Lucien asked. <\/p>\n
Sam turned around, the fire glinted from his eyes, hatred filled his whole face as he said, \u201cI am going to get two men together\u2014the judge who sent me up here and one witness\u2014and I\u2019m going to kill them both with my bare hands.\u201d<\/p>\n
Lucien left the warden\u2019s office, and tore up that pardon. <\/p>\n
7084<\/b> Front-Page Obituary<\/b><\/p>\n
President Roosevelt\u2019s favorite story was about the commuter from Westchester Country, a Republican stronghold, who always walked into his station, handed the newsboy a quarter, picked up the New York Herald Tribune<\/i>, glanced at the front page and then handed it back as he rushed out to catch his train. Finally the newsboy, unable to control his curiosity any longer, asked his customer why he only glanced at the front page. <\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m interested in the obituary notices,\u201d said the customer. <\/p>\n
\u201cBut they\u2019re way over on page 24, and you never look at them,\u201d the boy objected. <\/p>\n
\u201cBoy,\u201d said the tycoon, \u201cthe _____ I\u2019m interested in will be on page one, all right!\u201d<\/p>\n
\u2014George E. Allen<\/p>\n
7085<\/b> \u201cSoy Sauce\u201d Robber<\/b><\/p>\n
Tokyo (AP)\u2014Police announced Saturday the arrest of a burglar who poured soy sauce or salad oils on beds and around living quarters in homes where he found nothing worth stealing. <\/p>\n
Police said they responded to a telephoned report of a break-in and caught Yukio Nakamura, 35, trying to flee over a fence with stolen goods. He had been burglarizing homes in the Tokyo area at nights, they added, and after his arrest told officers of his custom of pouring sauce and oil around beds in homes where he was dissatisfied. <\/p>\n
7086<\/b> Watching That Tomb<\/b><\/p>\n
In the olden times, in Florence, if an assassin could contrive to eat a sop of bread and wine at the grave of the murdered man within nine days after the murder, he was free from the vengeance of the family; and to prevent this they kept watch at the tomb. <\/p>\n
\u2014Longfellow<\/p>\n
7087<\/b> She Prayed For Rain<\/b><\/p>\n
A pious but cranky old lady was greatly annoyed because her neighbors forgot to ask her to go on their picnic. <\/p>\n
On the morning of the event they suddenly realized their affront and sent a little boy to ask her to come along. <\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s too late now,\u201d she snapped. \u201cI\u2019ve already prayed for rain.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u2014Sunday School Times<\/i><\/p>\n
7088<\/b> Confucius And Stone Thrower<\/b><\/p>\n
Once Confucius went hiking in the hills, and he sent his disciple Tzelu to fetch some water. Tzelu was set upon by a tiger at the mountain stream. After a fierce struggle he succeeded in killing the beast by first grabbing its tail. <\/p>\n
When he returned with the water he brought back the tail tucked away as a trophy. He was anxious to boast of his feat, but first he asked Confucius: \u201cHow does the higher man kill a tiger?\u201d The Master said, \u201cThe higher man kills a tiger by aiming at its head.\u201d Then he asked, \u201cHow does the middling man kill a tiger?\u201d The Master said, \u201cThe middling man kills a tiger by taking hold of its ears.\u201d Again he asked, \u201cHow does the lower man kill a tiger?\u201d The Master said, \u201cThe lower man kills a tiger by grabbing at its tail.\u201d Tzelu, abashed, turned and discarded the tiger tail. <\/p>\n
He was chagrined at Confucius, and he reasoned thus: \u201cThe Master sent me for water in the mountain, knowing there was a tiger lurking by the stream. It was because he wanted to see me killed.\u201d So he tucked away a stone with which he intended to hit Confucius, but first he asked, \u201cHow does the higher man kill a man?\u201d The Master said, \u201cThe higher man kills a man with his pen.\u201d Then he asked, \u201cHow does the middling man kill a man?\u201d The Master said, \u201cThe middling man kills a man with his tongue. Finally, he asked, \u201cHow does a lower man kill a man?\u201d The Master said: \u201cThe lower man kills a man with a stone.\u201d Tzelu turned around and sheepishly tossed away the stone, and his heart was convinced. <\/p>\n
\u2014Chinese Humor<\/p>\n
7089<\/b> Both Heads Under The Wheels<\/b><\/p>\n
A wasp settled on a snake\u2019s head and tormented it by continually stinging. The snake, maddened with the pain and not knowing how else to be revenged on its tormentor, put its head under the wheel of a wagon, so that they both perished together. <\/p>\n
\u2014Fables of Aesop<\/i><\/p>\n
7090<\/b> Khruschev And The Right Cheek<\/b><\/p>\n
Soviet Premier Khrushchev, on visiting Rouen Cathedral: \u201cThere is much in Christ that is in common with us Communists, but I cannot agree with Him when He says when you are hit on the right cheek turn the left cheek. I believe in another principle. If I am hit on the left cheek I hit back on the right cheek so hard that the head might fall off. This is my sole difference with Christ.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u2014New York Times<\/i><\/p>\n
7091<\/b> Louis XIV Eats His Words<\/b><\/p>\n
\u201cLet the people eat grass,\u201d said Louis XIV of France, of the starving hordes who were clamoring for bread, and in a few years the people dragged his son to execution with his mouth stuffed full of grass. <\/p>\n
\u2014Samuel Carruthers<\/p>\n
7092<\/b> Epigram On Vengeance<\/b><\/p>\n
\u2022 Revenge does not long remain unrevenged. <\/p>\n
\u2014German Proverb<\/p>\n
\u2022 He that diggeth a pit shall fall into it. <\/p>\n
\u2014Japanese Proverb<\/p>\n
\u2022 Blowing out the other fellow\u2019s candle won\u2019t make yours shine any brighter. <\/p>\n
\u2014P. K. Sideliner<\/p>\n
\u2022 The most complete revenge is not to imitate the aggressor. <\/p>\n
\u2014Marcus Aurelius<\/p>\n
\u2022 He who injured you was either stronger or weaker. If he was weaker, spare him; if he was stronger, spare yourself. <\/p>\n
\u2014Seneca<\/p>\n
See also:<\/b> Anger ; Judgment .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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