The health insurance debate should also consider the cost of life insurance.  Take a look at this email ad that I received this week:

A monthly premium of $100,000 seems like an awful lot to pay for $38.85 in life insurance.  I wonder if I can get some stimulus money to help pay my insurance bill?

I discovered that my post on Church Bulletin Bloopers is one of the most popular posts on this site. I guess that we all need a good laugh once in a while.

The following list of bloopers is was sent to me by email in 1996. I must have liked it, because I added to to my humor archive. The email claimed that these are actual messages taken from church bulletins:

• Don’t let worry kill you- let the church help.
• Thursday night- Potluck Supper. Prayer and medication to follow.
• Remember in prayer the many who are sick of our church and community.
• This being Easter Sunday, we will ask Mrs.Lewis to come forward and lay an egg on the altar.
• The outreach committee has enlisted 25 visitors to make calls on people who are not afflicted with any church.
• The Ladies Bible Study will be held Thursday morning at 10. All ladies are invited to lunch in the Fellowship Hall after the B.S. is done.
• Evening massage – 6 pm.
• The Pastor would appreciate it if the ladies of the congregation would lend him their electric girdles for the pancake breakfast next Sunday morning.
• The audience is asked to remain seated until the end of the recession.
• Low Self-Esteem Support Group will meet Thursday at 7 to 8:30 pm. Please use the back door.
• ANNOINTING OF THE SICK . . . If you are going to be hospitalized for an operation, contact the pastor. Special prayer also for those who are seriously sick by request.
• Usher will eat latecomers.
• The third verse of Blessed Assurance will be sung without musical accomplishment.
• The sermon this morning: WOMEN IN THE CHURCH
  The closing song: RISE UP, O MEN OF GOD
• The sermon this morning: GOSSIP . . . THE SPEAKING OF EVIL
  The closing song: I LOVE TO TELL THE STORY
• The sermon this morning: CONTEMPORARY ISSUES #3 . . . EUTHANASIA
  The closing song: TAKE MY LIFE
• The sermon this morning: PREDESTINATION . . . WHAT ABOUT HELL?
  The closing song: I’LL GO WHERE YOU WANT ME TO GO

Now that my dissertation is finished, I want to share some grad school humor that I have bookmarked during the process. Here some great strips from the Ph.D. comic. For those marked as “series,” press the “next” button to continue to the end of the series):

• Writing your Thesis Outline
• Your Thesis Title
• Phd Years-to-Thesis Chapter Conversion Chart
• The Thesis (series)
  
• Raiders of the lost dissertation (series)
  

Also, I have just found this hilarious video about dissertation writing. This is done by the same talented guy who helped me make the video of my dissertation presentation.

No Dissertation from ticoneva on Vimeo.

Apparently the line between reality and fiction is becoming more obscure. An Italian court ordered several cartoon characters to testify in a counterfeiting case. Those ordered to appear include Tweety, Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck and his girlfriend Daisy.  I wonder what the court will do if they fail to show up?  Perhaps they can hire an animator to create a cartoon jail where they can serve time for contempt of court.

Here is something to bring you a smile. . .

A woman invited some people to dinner. At the table, she turned to her six-year-old daughter and said, “Would you like to say the blessing?”

“I wouldn’t know what to say,” the girl replied.

“Just say what you hear Mommy say,” the wife answered.

The daughter bowed her head and said, “Lord, why on earth did I invite all these people to dinner?”

Sometimes it is good to laugh. Here is a selection of bloopers from church bulletins, message boards, sermons, and announcements.

• This Sunday’s Sermon Outline:
I. Delineate your fear
II. Disown your fear
III. Displace your rear

• If you would like to make a donation, fill out a form, enclose a check and drip in the collection basket.

• Nov. 11: An evening of boweling at Lincoln Country Club.

• Women’s Luncheon: Each member bring a sandwich. Polly Phillips will give the medication.

• Karen’s beautiful solo: “It is Well With My Solo.”

• Congratulations to Tim and Ronda on the birth of their daughter October 12 thru 17.

• If you choose to heave during the Postlude, please do so quietly.

• Hymn: “I Love Thee My Ford.”

• Sign-up sheet for anyone wishing to be water baptized on the table in the foyer.

• Newsletters are not being sent to absentees because of their weight.

• Helpers are needed! Please sign up on the information sheep.

(from Humorama newsletter via PreachingNow)

[I just looked at the Possibly Related list for this post, and it is pretty strange. That list is automatically generated by keywords found in the post. That's why it is called Possibly Related.]

It’s time for something on the lighter side. I first saw this in an email in 1994. I will copy it below for your enjoyment.

As a result of an overwhelming lack of requests, and with research help from that renown scientific journal SPY magazine (January, 1990) – I am pleased to present the annual scientific inquiry into Santa Claus.
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