I’d like to welcome a few new TIDBITS subscribers this week, and some others from the two weeks previous. We had a dry spot there for a while where we didn’t have anyone new signing up, so it’s nice to see some new names on the list.
Please invite your friends to check out our little humor newsletter, which I repost every week on my website, www.TrentPassey.com. I keep a “Subscribe” button high in the feed of posts, so it’s easy for someone to sign up.
(A note to those who receive it via email: if you forward an issue to share it with a friend, you may want to delete the “Unsubscribe” and related links at the bottom. Every email is coded to the particular recipient — which is how I can track “open” and “click” rates of readers — so if you forward it and someone else clicks that link, it will still unsubscribe you.)
I’d also like to thank those who follow TIDBITS via my website, my Facebook page, and my Twitter feed. Unlike the emails, I can’t tell when someone reads it through those sources, but I’ve received comments from website viewers, “likes” on Facebook, and “shares” on Twitter, so I just wanted to acknowledge those of you who access it through one of those secondary repostings.
Ellen DeGeneres said it best: “I think we need more love in the world. We need more kindness, more compassion, more joy, more laughter. I definitely want to contribute to that.”
Well, here is my weekly contribution.
Enjoy!
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INSPIRATION
“All our dreams can come true if we have the courage to pursue them.” – Walt Disney
[Note to readers: Putting together this humor newsletter takes a bit of time and effort each week. In an attempt to streamline things a little more, I am cutting back to one “True Fact” and one “Quotable” in each issue, rather than the two we’ve been doing (or the three of each we used to have). I will on occasion still feature multiple related ones under one heading, however.]
HUMOR
The leader of the vegetarian society just couldn’t control himself anymore. He just had to try some pork, just to see what it tasted like. So one summer day he told his members he was going on a vacation. He packed out of town, and headed to the nearest restaurant.
After sitting down, he ordered a roasted pig, and impatiently waited for his delicacy. After just a few minutes, he heard someone call his name, and to his great chagrin he saw one of his fellow members walking towards him. Just at that same moment, the waiter walked over, with a huge platter, holding a full roasted pig with an apple in its mouth.
After only a second’s hesitation, the man quickly commented to his fellow vegetarian, “Isn’t that something? You order a simple apple in this place, and see what they serve it with!”
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Old artists never retire.
They simply withdraw.
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True Fact:
Here’s one to give you goosebumps: Dead people can get goosebumps on their skin!
Bonus Fact: Their hair can also continue to grow!!
Learn more
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“I hope you didn’t take it personally, Reverend,” an embarrassed woman said after a church service, “when my husband walked out during your sermon.”
“I did find it a little disconcerting,” the preacher replied.
“It’s not a reflection on you, sir,” insisted the church goer. “Ralph has been walking in his sleep ever since he was a child.”
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Quotable:
“I distinctly remember forgetting that.” – Clara Barton
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Last week our police station was broken into and the commode was stolen from the rest room.
Yesterday the police reported that the investigation is ongoing, but they still have nothing to go on.
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When NASA was preparing for the Apollo project, some of the training of the astronauts took place on a Navajo reservation.
One day, a Navajo elder and his son were herding sheep and came across the space crew. The old man, who spoke only Navajo, asked a question that his son translated. “What are these guys in the big suits doing?”
A member of the crew said they were practicing for their trip to the moon. The old man got all excited and asked if he could send a message to the moon with the astronauts. Recognizing a promotional opportunity, the NASA folks found a tape recorder.
After the old man recorded his message, they asked his son to translate it. He refused. The NASA PR people brought the tape to the reservation, where the rest of the tribe listened and laughed, but refused to translate the elder’s message.
Finally, the NASA crew called in an official government translator. His translation of the old man’s message was: “Watch out for these guys; they have come to steal your land.”
FEATURED VIDEOS
First, a shout-out to reader The Munk who shared with me his new YouTube channel, 2GuysAndAMunk. Intended as a general interest variety channel, the videos will be showing one or more of the three hosts “doing things that guys do.”
Described as a veritable “gumbo of stuff,” the channel currently spotlights tech tips and do-it-yourself videos and will soon feature discussions of sports, cars and movies, as well as reviews of games, software and more.
Since The Munk was one of our original subscribers I told him I would give them a free plug here in TIDBITS. Go visit their channel and subscribe to follow their antics:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGyWBzL441et2HggfZQ7P4Q
Here is an intro to their channel:
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Our inspirational video in issue 1011 spotlighted BYU Vocal Point, a male a Capella group from Brigham Young University. Today we feature a piece from their female counterparts, Noteworthy, who are some very impressive ladies.
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We conclude with a prank video that always cracks me up when I watch it.
Keep smiling!