Ignorance is sometimes … bliss!

This is just a reminder….

A dime has 118 ridges around the edge.
A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.
A crocodile cannot stick out its tongue.
A dragonfly has a life span of 24 hours.
A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds.
A “jiffy” is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second.
A shark is the only fish that can blink with both eyes.
A snail can sleep for three years.
Al Capone’s business card said he was a used furniture dealer.
All 50 states are listed across the top of the Lincoln Memorial on the back of the $5 bill.
Almonds are a member of the peach family.
An ostrich’s eye is bigger than its brain.
Babies are born without kneecaps. They don’t appear until the child reaches 2 to 6 years of age.
Butterflies taste with their feet.
Cats have over one hundred vocal sounds. Dogs only have about 10.
“Dreamt” is the only English word that ends in the letters “mt”.
February 1865 is the only month in recorded history not to have a full moon.
In the last 4,000 years, no new animals have been domesticated.
If the population of China walked past you, in single file, the line would never end  because of the rate of reproduction.
If you are an average American, in your whole life, you will spend an average of 6 months waiting at red lights.
It’s impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.
Leonardo Da Vinci invented the scissors.
Maine is the only state whose name is just one syllable.
No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver, or purple.
On a Canadian two dollar bill, the flag flying over the Parliament building is an  American flag.
Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never stop growing.
Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite.
Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated.
“Stewardesses” is the longest word typed with only the left hand and “lollipop” with your right.
The average person’s left hand does 56% of the typing.
The cruise liner, QE2, moves only six inches for each gallon of diesel that it burns.
The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket.
The sentence: “The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog” uses every letter of the alphabet.
The winter of 1932 was so cold that Niagara Falls froze completely solid.
The words ‘racecar,’ ‘kayak’ and ‘level’ are the same whether they are read left to right or right to left (palindromes).
There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar.
There are more chickens than people in the world.
There are only four words in the English language which end in “dous”:  tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous
There are two words in the English language that have all five vowels in order:  “abstemious” and “facetious.”
There’s no Betty Rubble in the Flintstones Chewables Vitamins.
Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur.
TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the letters only on one row of the keyboard.
Winston Churchill was born in a ladies’ room during a dance.
Women blink nearly twice as much as men.
Your stomach has to produce a new layer of mucus every two weeks; otherwise it will digest itself.

Care ar trebui sa fie reactia unui bun crestin la o asemenea veste? Proprietarul clubului de basket din Salt Lake, un mormon cu principii, a declarat ca nu va participa la meciul din faza finala a campionatului american pentru ca se va tine  … duminica.

SALT LAKE CITY, May 8 (AP) - Utah Jazz owner Larry Miller says he won’t attend Game 4 of the Western Conference semifinals because it’s being played on a Sunday.

Miller, a member of the Mormon church, says he won’t attend because of religious reasons. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints encourages members to avoid non-religious activities on Sundays.

Miller told The Salt Lake Tribune he probably won’t watch the game on TV or listen on radio, but his wife might watch the game and give him updates while he takes a long drive.

The Lakers-Jazz game will be Utah’s first Sunday home game since the 2001 playoffs.

Am gasit o imagine si acum ii caut un titlu. Ma puteti ajuta?

Prima sugestie: Ulciorul nu merge de multe ori la apa (Stanulescu Ciprian)

Cititi restul propunerilor din comentarii …

TEACHER:       John, why are you doing your math multiplication on the floor?

JOHN:             You told me to do it without using tables.
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TEACHER:           Glenn, how do you spell ‘crocodile?’

GLENN:               K-R-O-K-O-D-I-A-L’

TEACHER:          No, that’s wrong

GLENN:              Maybe it is wrong, but you asked me how I spell it.
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TEACHER:       Donald, what is the chemical formula for water?

DONALD:         H I J K L M N O.

TEACHER:       What are you talking about?

DONALD:          Yesterday you said it’s H to O.

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TEACHER:       Winnie, name one important thing we have today that we didn’t have ten
years ago.

WINNIE:              Me!

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TEACHER:      Glen, why do you always get so dirty?

GLEN:              Well, I’m a lot closer to the ground than you are.
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TEACHER:       Millie, give me a sentence starting with ‘I.’

MILLIE:               I is…

TEACHER:       No, Millie….. Always say, ‘I am.’

MILLIE:              All right…  ‘I am the ninth letter of the alphabet.’

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TEACHER:       George Washington not only chopped down his father’s cherry tree, but also admitted it.     Now, Louie, do you know why his father didn’t punish him?

LOUIS:              Because George still had the ax in his hand.

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TEACHER:       Now, Simon, tell me frankly, do you say prayers before eating?

SIMON:            No sir, I don’t have to, my Mom is a good cook.

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TEACHER:       Clyde , your composition on ‘My Dog’ is exactly the same as your brother’s.   Did you copy his?

CLYDE :              No, it’s the same dog.

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TEACHER:     Harold, what do you call a person who keeps on talking when people are no longer interested?

HAROLD:        A teacher

Stirile bune merg pe jos; cele rele zboara cu viteza gandului!

In ziarul american “Huston Chronicle” a aparut o stire buna si frumoasa despre onestitatea unui copil, onestitate neramasa fara rasplata (aici). Despre ce era vorba?

Un copil de 11 ani, J.R. Bouterse, a gasit portofelul doamnei Jessica Cutler in parcarea bisericii. In loc sa-l pastreze, el l-a inapoiat impreuna cu suma de $800 de dolari care erau inauntru.

Prin publicitatea care a fost facuta in jurul acestui caz, copilul si-a primit inapoi propriul sau portofel, pierdut cu ocazia “vanatorii dupa oua de Paste”, care avusese loc nu de mult. Nancy Bosse, o pustoaica de 6 ani, il gasise si a socotit ca este bine sa-l dea si ea inapoi, impreuna cu cei $30 de dolari gasiti in el. Politia Statului Michigan, impresionata de gestul baiatului, l-a rasplatit si ea cu o cheta facuta adhoc la sediul ei. Baiatul a refuzat insa sa ia banii, preferand ca din ei sa se plateasca pizza pentru cei 30 de colegi ai sai din Detasamentul 90 al organizatiei Boy Scouts (o oragazitatie a “pionierilor” din America).

Ceea ce m-a socat in aceasta poveste este ca toata aceasta cascada de gesturi frumoase a aparut in ziar la rubrica … “Stiti ciudate” (News Bizzare) !

Intr-o lume rea si pacatoasa, Dumnezeu a initiat acum 2000 de ani o epidemie de fapte bune, care ar trebui sa-i caracterizeze pe toti urmasii lui Christos (Tit 2:14; 3:8 “un norod plin de ravna pentru fapte bune”).

Boala aceasta, care da sanatate, este tratata cu din ce in ce mai mult succes de egoismul rapace al societatii decazute in care traim. Normalul a devenit “ciudat”, regula a devenit exceptie, iar bunatatea este astazi doar o bizarerie naiva a catorva copii … de toate varstele. Ce parere aveti?

Nu cumva se repeta scena in care Domnul isus a luat un copilas. l-a pus in mijlocul lor si a zis …

DORR, Mich. — An 11-year-old Boy Scout who found and returned a wallet containing more than $800 has received some good karma for his good deed.

Thanks to publicity about his action, J.R. Bouterse has gotten his own lost wallet back.

J.R. found the wallet of Jessica Cutler last month in a church parking lot, not long after losing his own at an Easter egg hunt. Meanwhile, Nancy Bosse and her 6-year-old granddaughter found the boy’s wallet at the park where the egg hunt took place.

There was roughly $30 in it, but no ID. But they were able to get it back to J.R. after learning of his own act of honesty.

Michigan State Police officers took up a collection to give the boy a reward, but he asked instead to spend the money on a pizza party for all 30 Scouts in Troop 90.

Another guest at the Monday night party, to J.R.’s surprise, was Cutler, a 20-year-old Burger King manager, who wanted to thank him personally.

The Fasting & Prayer Conference includes meals.
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The sermon this morning: “Jesus Walks on the Water.” The sermon tonight: “Searching for Jesus.”
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Our youth basketball team is back in action Wednesday at 8 PM in the recreation hall. Come out and watch us kill Christ the King.
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Ladies, don’t forget the rummage sale. It’s a chance to get rid of those things not worth keeping around the house. Bring your husbands.
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The peacemaking meeting scheduled for today has been canceled due to a conflict.
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Don’t let worry kill you off - let the Church help.
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Miss Charlene Mason sang “I will not pass this way again,” giving obvious pleasure to the congregation.
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For those of you who have children and don’t know it, we have a nursery downstairs.
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The Rector will preach his farewell message after which the choir will sing: “Break Forth Into Joy.”
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Irving Benson and Jessie Carter were married on October 24 in the church. So ends a friendship that began in their school days.
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A bean supper will be held on Tuesday evening in the church hall. Music will follow.
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At the evening service tonight, the sermon topic will be “What Is Hell?” Come early and listen to our choir practice.
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Please place your donation in the envelope along with the deceased person you want remembered.
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The church will host an evening of fine dining, super entertainment and gracious hostility.
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Potluck supper Sunday at 5:00 PM - prayer and medication to follow.
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The ladies of the Church have cast off clothing of every kind. They may be seen in the basement on Friday afternoon.
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This evening at 7 PM there will be a hymn singing in the park across from the Church. Bring a blanket and come prepared to sin.
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Ladies Bible Study will be held Thursday morning at 10AM. All ladies are invited to lunch in the Fellowship Hall after the B. S. is done.
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The pastor would appreciate it if the ladies of the congregation would lend him their electric girdles for the pancake breakfast next Sunday.
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Low Self Esteem Support Group will meet Thursday at 7PM. Please use the back door.
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The eighth-graders will be presenting Shakespeare’s Hamlet in the Church basement Friday at 7 PM. The congregation is invited to attend this tragedy.
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Weight Watchers will meet at 7 PM at the First Presbyterian Church. Please use large double door at the side entrance.
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The Associate Minister unveiled the church’s new tithing campaign slogan last Sunday: “I Upped My Pledge - Up Yours”

Romanii sunt renumiti ca nu pot duce lucrurile pana la capat, multumindu-se sa le inceapa si sa le lase apoi neterminate, adica “in coada de peste”. Un anumit domn remarca simbolismul acestei situatii: trei jucatori romani de fotbal care activeaza in liga italiana au nume care se termina in litera “U”, simbol al situatiilor cu doua alternative nehotarate: Mutu, Radu si Chivu! Asta ca sa nu mai vorbim de multimea de Ionescu, Popescu, Magheru, Tunaru si alte nume de familia terminate si ele in “U”. Se pare ca suntem singura natiune care are atatea nume terminate in “u”, nu in “o” sau “i” sau “e” ca majoritatea celorlalte surori de ginta latina.

Sa fie oare o simpla intamplare?

Da, aveti dreptate, majoritatea cuvintelor  terminate in “u” ar fi trebuit sa se termine gramatical in “l”, mutul, dulapul, cutitul, etc Ne-a fost insa lene sa ducem o treaba pana la capat si … le-am lasat neterminate.

Blogurile sunt deocamdata ca globurile pe pomul de craciun, putine si multicolore. Cineva a remarcat ca lumea blogurilor este inca departe de lumea cea … mare.

Intr-adevar, dintre toti oamenii activi, numai o minoritate au acces la computere. Dintre acestia, numai un numar restrans stiu cum sa le foloseasca corespunzator. Chiar si dintre acestia, majoritatea acestei minoritati prefera sa fie pasiva, doar niste “eye balls” curiosi din fire, dar mult mai putin dornici sa-si impartaseasca trairile si parerile cu ceilalti.

Multumim asadar, celor care ne tin interesul activ prin activitatea lor dezechilibrant de mare pe aceste pagini publice de comunicatii si confruntari scanteietoare.

Va veni vremea, poate chiar mult prea curand, cand majoritatea se va dezamorti si va intra “pe piata”, iar atunci sa te tii! Cine va mai putea citi toate cele scrise si cine va putea fi “la curent” cu toate cele spuse?

Vom ajunge atunci la o confuzie generala mai tragica decat cea pe care o traieste literatura scrisa contemporana. Unul dintre cei mai buni scriitori ai Europei spunea nu de mult ca “adevarata tragedie nu este ca prea putini oameni mai citesc azi carti, ci ca prea multi oameni scriu carti. Aceasta este adevarata problema.” Cum ne vor “orienta” noi intr-o cacofonie de sute sau sute de mii de bloguri ?

In cercul nostru crestin neorpotestant roman, vom continua sa ne invartim probabil unii in jurul celorlati, cautansd sa rascumparam si sa sfintim spatiul virtual, inhamandu-l abitir la carul de biruinta al Evangheliei. Spor la lucru, voi, cei animati de puterea invierii. Hristos a inviat!

Mi-a placut aceasta “semnatura” a lui Voicu:

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VOICU BURCA
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No man can break any of the Ten Commandments.
He can only break himself against them.
G.K. Chesterton (British journalist)
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Pre romaneste ar fi:

Nimeni nu poate calca cele zece porunci.
El se poate doar calca pe sine insusi nerespectandu-le.

Orice stiinta, practicata la cel mai inalt nivel, se transforma in teologie (Rom. 1:19).

De curand, geneticienii au refacut evolutia “speciei” umane si au gasit tiparul istoric descris in Biblie. Este acolo si originea comuna (mama “Eva”) si potopul cu reducerea catastrofica a numarului de oameni … Cititi si va convingeti aici.

Faceti abstractie insa de cifrele oferite in studiu, acestea sunt ambitiile “loteriei” celor care vor cu tot dinadinsul sa fie “altfel” decat Biblia.