Happy Easter, everyone! In the spirit of the holiday, I invite each of you to check out the first item in the video section at the bottom. It absolutely gave me chills the first time I heard it (and again every time since then as well).
I do hope all my readers enjoy the photo-cartoons I create for each issue. I also hope I don’t irritate any readers who are ardent Trump supporters too much with the ones I do of him (and should I happen to ruffle your feathers with them, please keep in mind that there are even more photo-cartoons that feature me in them, and you don’t hear me complaining!). 😉
One reader made this comment on our last issue:
“Thanks Trent. This one broke my heart. Thanks for sharing!!”
I’m assuming that he was moved by our inspirational video last time, but maybe he’s just passionate about the idea in the photo-cartoon regarding Canada building an anti-immigrant wall!
Milton Berle said that “Laughter is an instant vacation.” Well pack your bags and get a ticket on the TIDBITS express! I’m delighted to be your personal tour guide to a few giggles and guffaws to help you escape the mundane things of your week.
Enjoy!
PHOTO-CARTOON OF THE WEEK
INSPIRATION
“The meaning of life is to find your gift. The purpose of life is to give it away.” – Anonymous
HUMOR
At a church meeting, a very wealthy man rose to tell the rest of those present about his Christian faith.
“I’m a millionaire,” he said, “and I attribute it all to the rich blessings of God in my life. I remember that turning point in my faith. I had just earned my first dollar and I went to a church meeting that night. The speaker was a missionary who told about his work. I knew that I only had a dollar bill and I had to either give it all to God’s work or give nothing at all. So at that moment, I decided to give my whole dollar to God. I believe that God blessed that decision, and that is why I am a rich man today.”
When he finished, an awed silence filled the room as he moved toward his seat, As he sat down, a little old lady sitting in the same pew leaned over and said to him, “I dare you to do it again.”
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True Fact:
The process by which bread toasts is called the “Maillard Reaction.”
Learn more
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I’m combining Easter and April Fools day this year…
I’m sending the kids out to look for eggs I haven’t hidden!
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Quotable:
“We must believe in free will. We have no choice.” – Isaac B. Singer
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In a competition held at a university, a mathematician, a physicist, and an engineer are all given identical rubber balls and told to find the volume. They are told to use any tools they need.
The mathematician uses a measuring tape to record the circumference. He then divides by two times pi to get the radius, cubes that, multiplies by pi again, and then multiplies by four-thirds and thereby calculates the volume.
The physicist gets a bucket of water, places 1.000000 gallons of water in the bucket, drops in the ball and measures the displacement to six significant figures.
The engineer writes down the serial number of the ball and looks it up online.
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True Fact:
Russia has a surface area nearly as big as Pluto (the object in our solar system, not the cartoon dog).
Learn more
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A child came home from his first day at school and his mother asked, “Did you learn lots today?”
The kid frowned and replied, “Apparently not enough. They want me to come back again tomorrow!”
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Quotable:
Seen on a church marquee: “Silly rabbit, Easter is for Jesus.”
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The Pope had just concluded his final visit in a tour of U.S. churches and a limousine was hired to take him back to the airport. As they were nearing their destination he asked his chauffeur to pull over.
“We’re ahead of schedule and I have some extra time before my flight,” he told his driver. “By chance could you do me a small favor? I haven’t driven a car since becoming the Pope, and I would really love to have the chance to do so again, even for just for a few minutes.”
The driver was hesitant, since it was against the limo company policy. However, being a good Catholic he just couldn’t find himself able to turn the request down, so they traded places.
The Pope got behind the wheel and started off fairly good, but after a while he noticed he was going rather fast. Just as he started to slow down he saw police lights begin flashing in the rear-view mirror. He pulled over to the curb and rolled down his window as a police officer approached.
The officer bent down to look inside the car and suddenly his eyes grew wide. “Hold on just moment,” he stammered, and hurried back to his patrol car to radio the Chief of Police.
Cop: “Chief we have a situation. I’ve pulled over an important figure.”
Chief: “How important? A celebrity or something?”
Cop: “No sir. He’s bigger.”
Chief: “So, who, the Governor?”
Cop: “More important, sir.”
Chief: “The President?!?”
Cop: “No sir, he’s much more important.”
Chief: “WELL WHO IS IT!??”
Cop: “Um, I’m not exactly certain who the bearded fellow in the back is, but the Pope is his driver!”
FEATURED VIDEOS
We start off today with an inspirational musical video. This is one of my very favorites, so I hope you’ll take a moment to view it.
Our second video today starts off as a humorous video and kind of turns into an inspirational one by the end.
Our last video this week is the official funny video for the issue. (And it’s also another musical one, ’cause, hey, you just can’t have too many of those!)
Keep laughing!