So you have a swish golf course & a great beer garden all within spitting distance of your new gaffe Not forgetting, of course, that the family are a mere hop & a skip away A smashing new home &, hopefully, a new puppy in the near future. I think it's fair to say that you & June have a 110% done the right thing. Job's a good 'un
We are tremendously lucky and fortunate, Pen, and you forgot the weather is
Beautiful one day, Perfect the nextTwo of the puppies appear to have their eyes open today. I think we get to go visit them next Sunday although we were originally told 4 weeks.
I haven't been including long jokes lately because I've been a bit busy and it's hard to find good ones we haven't used before. Even Peter FitzSimons hasn't passed the test for a few weeks but his
joke of the week this morning, although an old one is worth repeating.
An atheist is out walking in the forest. Such a stunning day! The green trees! The blue skies! The bubbling brook! The rustling of the ... actually what is that rustling? He looks around to see a huge grizzly bear emerge from the bushes just behind him. In an instant, the bear has covered the ground between them, knocked the atheist to the ground and is just bringing his mighty jaws down with the clear intent of crushing the atheist's skull like a grape. All the atheist can do is to moan out a strangled, "
Oh my God".
Time stops. The bear freezes. The forest falls silent, as the clouds part and a bright light shines right down upon him. A voice now comes from the heavens: "
You! You deny my existence for decades and ridicule all others who say I exist. And now, only when you need me to save you, do you even utter my name with anything other than derision. Can you really expect me to help you? And if I do, can I count on you to be a believer for the rest of your days?"
The atheist looks directly into the light and says, "
Lord, you're right. Even in these extreme circumstances, it would be hypocritical of me to become a Christian, but ... but perhaps you could at least make the bear a Christian?"
There is a pause, as God in his heaven reflects. And then He speaks again: "
Very well."
The light disappears, and again the brook bubbles, the rabbits run free and life resumes as normal. And now the bear stills his crushing jaws to bring his massive paws together, bow his head and say, "
Lord, bless this food which I am about to receive, and for which I am truly thankful."