requiescant in pace

Réquiem aéternam dona eis, Dómine.
Et lux perpétua lúceat eis.
Requiéscant in pace.
Amen.

Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord.
And let perpetual light shine upon them.
May they rest in peace.
Amen.


Virgina Tech 2007Apr16

And the problem is?

My pastor friend put sanitary hot air hand dryers in the restrooms at his church and after two weeks took them out. I asked him why, and he confessed that they worked fine, but when he went into the men's restroom, he saw a sign that read: "For a sample of this week's sermon, push the button." - Pastor Tim q.The Good, Clean Funnies List gcfl-info@gcfl.net

Progress - ouch

Watch where you sit in the most technologically advanced country in the world

You know, this "outsourcing" thing is really getting out of hand.

Lawyer Balthazar Napoleon de Bourbon, 48, of Bhopal, India, has always loved France, and even gave his children French names. And, he has recently learned, he may be first in line as king of France. His lineage has been traced to Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette, and apparently also the Bourbon king of Spain. He is willing to take a DNA test to confirm the link. (London Guardian) q.http://www.thisistrue.com

Stupid is as stupid says©

Somerfield, a chain of supermarkets in the U.K., decided to lecture shoppers about Easter. "Brits are set to spend a massive 520 million pounds [US$1.02 billion] on Easter eggs this year," it said in a press release, "but many young people don't even know what Easter's all about." It then went on to tell everyone: "the birth of Jesus." A hasty revision, which made reference to "Britons' mounting ignorance regarding Easter," changed the references to "rebirth" before a third version was released to use the word "resurrection" after it had "consultations" with the Church of England. (London Times) ...Well, they were right about the ignorance part.

http://www.thisistrue.com

boo-boos, bloopers and errata (c) 2007 DSH

The following is an ad that appeared four days in a row in a real-life newspaper -- the last three hopelessly trying to correct the first day's mistake.

MONDAY: For sale: R.D. Jones has one sewing machine for sale. Phone 948-0707 after 7 PM and ask for Mrs. Kelly who lives with him cheap.

TUESDAY Notice: We regret having erred in R.D. Jones' ad yesterday. It should have read "One sewing machine for sale cheap. Phone 948-0707 and ask for Mrs. Kelly, who lives with him after 7 PM."

WEDNESDAY Notice: R.D. Jones has informed us that he has received several annoying telephone calls because of the error we made in the classified ad yesterday. The ad stands correct as follows: "For sale: R.D. Jones has one sewing machine for sale. Cheap. Phone 948-0707 after 7 PM and ask for Mrs. Kelly who loves with him."

THURSDAY Notice: I, R.D. Jones, have no sewing machine for sale. I smashed it. Don't call 948-0707 as I have had the phone disconnected. I have not been carrying on with Mrs. Kelly. Until yesterday she was my housekeeper but she quit!

- Thomas S. Ellsworth q.gcfl

sometimes recycling doesn't work

good humor

indiscrete recycled good humor

or as one of my mailing lists said today presciently

An idea is not responsible for the people who believe in it.
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