Wool Socks

Vinegar. What do you think of when you read that word?

I'll bet some of you are making a face. Stop it.

Vinegar - besides being tasty on your salad when mixed with the right herbs and flavors - is one of those "amazing wonders" in your everyday household products.

In fact, Reader's Digest is offering up 175 uses for the stuff.

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The psychiatrist was interviewing his new patient.

"You say you've come to me," he inquired as he consulted his notes, "because your family is worried about your taste in socks?"

"Yeah, they are," muttered the patient. "I like wool socks."

"Wool socks? Why, that's perfectly normal," replied the doctor.

"That's what I told 'em," the new patient mumbled.

"Yes, many people prefer wool socks to those made from cotton or acrylic. In fact, I like wool socks, myself."

The patient grew excited, "You DO?" he asked. "With oil and vinegar ... or just a squeeze of lemon?"

[Pastor Tim's Pearly Gates]

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WORDS for YOUR WEEK: "If you could give yourself one new present in the new year, I would say buy a new set of dishes and make the salad plates your main plates. Dinner plates are so large and we just fill them up. We simply eat too much of everything." (John Hastings)

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Pizza Delivery

After college, Peter Bonham of Minneapolis, Minnesota was delivering pizzas to pay the bills. One Halloween night he bought a spandex body suit as part of his costume and thought, "if I deliver pizzas in this outfit, I bet my tips will go up."

They did. And that was the humble beginnings of his pizzeria, "Galactic Pizza." He has combined eco-friendly concepts with delivery people dressed as superheroes. And his restaurant is a hit. The pizza ingredients are organic, the kitchen machinery is driven by wind-power, and the "superheroes" deliver their pizzas in electric vehicles.

I put a video of the report by CNN below.

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An American businessman is in Japan on a business trip, but he can't bring himself to sample the local cuisine, so he asks the concierge at his hotel if there's any place nearby to purchase American food. The concierge tells him he is in luck, there's a new pizza place just down the block, and they deliver. The businessman gets the number, returns to his room, and places his order.

A short time later there is a rap on his door and the pizza is here. Famished, the businessman takes the box from the delivery guy, throws open the lid and takes a big whiff, but then starts sneezing and choking.

He asks the delivery guy, "What did you put on this pizza??!"

The deliveryman bows deeply and says, "We put on pizza just what you order: 'pepper only.' "

[Net 153's Smile A Day]

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WORD for YOUR WEEK: Occasionally a word in Latin survives intact even into the English language. One such word is "acumen," which is defined as sharpness, shrewdness, a quick, keen knowledge of things. In the original Latin, it means "the sharp point" and is usually applied to understanding of things. Its root word is "acuere," which means "to sharpen." It is also the root for the word "accurate."

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Tree and Dog

Maundy Thursday, 2008.

List member friend LaVonne T. tells me that this is the earliest Easter will ever happen in our lifetime. The date for Easter is actually based on a lunar calendar used by the Hebrews to identify the date for Passover. That's why it moves around on our calendar. Easter is the first Sunday after the first full moon after the first day of Spring.

Which is today, actually. Spring begins today. The very next full moon is tomorrow.

This is the earliest any of us will ever see Easter. The next time it comes so early in the year our calendars will have 2228 printed on them.

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AN OLDIE BUT A GOODIE

Unexpected cold snaps had destroyed the buds on my father's young peach tree for two years in a row. This spring Dad was ready. He replanted the sapling into a large box, mounted the box on wheels, and rolled the tree into the garage every time the temperature dropped.

One warm April day Dad was wheeling the tree out of the garage and he stopped to pick up the hose and give our old dog a drink before he watered the tree.

A neighbor was watching the scene with amusement. He finally called out to my father, "Frank, you're the only man I know who walks his tree and waters his dog!"

[seen everywhere but I'm blaming the Good, Clean Funnies List via Doc's Daily Chuckle]

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WISDOM for YOUR WEEK: "Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen." (Ephesians 4:29)

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