The preacher was vexed(生气的) because a certain member of his congregation(集会,圣会) always fell asleep during the sermon.
As the man was snoring in the front row one Sunday, the preacher determined he would teach him not to sleep during the sermon. So, in a whisper, he asked the congregation. "All who want to go to heaven, please rise." Everyone got up except the snorer. After whispering "Be seated", the minister shouted at the top of his voiced, "All those who want to be with the devil, please rise."
Awaking with a start(吓一跳) , the sleepy-head jumped to his feet and saw the preacher standing tall and angry in the pulpit(讲道坛) , "Well, sir," he said, "I don't know what we're voting on, but it looks like you and me are the only ones for it."
Harry was given two apples, a small one and a large one, by his Mum. Share them with your sister, she said.
So Harry gave the small one to his little sister and started touching into the large one.
Cor! said his sister, If Mum had given them to me I'd have given you the large one and had the small one myself.
Well, said Harry, that's what you've got, so what are you worrying about?
妈妈给了哈里两个苹果,一个大一点,另一个小点儿。跟妹妹分着吃。妈妈说。
所以,哈里就把小个的给了妹妹,自己开始啃那个大个的。
哼,妹妹说,如果妈妈给了我,我会把大的给你,把小的留给自己的。
对呀,哈里说,你拿到的不就是小的吗?还着什么急呀?
Intelligent son 聪明的儿子
One day, the father lets eight year-old son send a letter, the son took the letter , the father then remembered didn't write the address and addressee's name on the envelope.
After the son comes back, the father asks him: "You have thrown the letter in the mail box?"
"Certainly"
"You have not seen on the envelope not to write the address and the addressee name?"
"I certainly saw nothing written on the envelope."
"Then why you didn't take it back?"
"I also thought that you do not write the address and the addressee, is for does not want to let me know that you do send the letter to who!"
After spending all day watching football,Harry fell asleep in front of the TV and spent the night in the chair. In the morning,his wife woke him up."Get up, dear," she said. A It's twenty to seven. "
As the mother of three small children born two years apart, I'm often very tired in the evening. Their father and I have set strict rules that after stories,prayers, one drink and the bathroom scene,they must go to bed and stay there.
One night,after a particularly trying day,all three were finally tucked in and I headed to the kitchen for some cookies,milk and solitude. I had just started to relax when I was surrounded by three little people,standing there watching me eat. Turning to their father I asked,"Do we relent or stick with the rules?"
Our three-year-old piped up,”Stick with the rules,Mom. "
我们三岁的'小孩说:“妈妈,还是坚持按规定做吧!”
Knowing she didn't really want to be sent back to bed,I asked,"And what are the rules,Mellisa?"
我知道她不想去睡觉,就问:“玛丽莎,那么规定是怎么说的呢?”
"Share with one another,"she replied.
“有福同享。”她回答说。
幸运?
Walking to work one day, my husband was hit by a car. It was a minor accident and the driver apologized,adding; "You certainly are lucky. We're right next to a doctor's office."
"I don't know how lucky that is ,"my husband replied."I' m the doctor. "
我丈夫回答说:“我并不感到有多幸运,我就是那儿的医生。”
只能一辆!
After retirement,our friends Jim and Evelyn began traveling around the United States in a motor home,towing their compact sedan behind. While driving through a shopping mall parking lot in New York,they were pleased when a motorist stopped his vehicle and signaled them through.