Hey. I thought perhaps many of us need some cheering up or a laugh to distract us from our daily lives. So, I thought I would put up this thread to share borrowed wisdom, and a little laugh every day....enjoy

This story was just to good not to pass on especially for those
of us in the older category!

The first day of school our professor introduced himself and challenged us
to get to know someone we didn't already know. I stood up to look around when a gentle
hand touched my shoulder.

I turned around to find a wrinkled, little old lady
beaming up at me with a smile that lit up her entire being.

She said, 'Hi handsome. My name is Rose. I'm eighty-seven years old. Can I
give you a hug?'

I laughed and enthusiastically responded, 'Of course
you may!' and she gave me a giant squeeze.

'Why are you in college at such a young, innocent age?' I asked.

She jokingly replied, 'I'm here to meet a rich husband, get married, and
have a couple of kids...'

'No seriously,' I asked. I was curious what
may have motivated her to be taking on this challenge at her age.

'I always dreamed of having a college education and now I'm getting
one!' she told me.

After class we walked to the student union building and shared a chocolate milkshake.

We became instant friends. Every day for the next three months we would
leave class together and talk nonstop. I was always mesmerized listening to this 'time machine' as she shared her wisdom and experience with me.

Over the course of the year, Rose became a campus icon and she easily made
friends wherever she went. She loved to dress up and she reveled in the attention bestowed upon her from the other students. She was living it up.

At the end of the semester we invited Rose to speak at our football
banquet. I'll never forget what she taught us. She was introduced and stepped up to the podium.

As she began to deliver her prepared speech, she dropped her three by five cards
on the floor.

Frustrated and a little embarrassed she leaned into the
microphone and simply said, 'I'm sorry I'm so jittery. I gave up beer for
Lent and this whiskey is killing me! I'll never get my speech back in order
so let me just tell you what I know.'

As we laughed she cleared her throat and began, ' We do not stop playing
because we are old; we grow old because we stop playing.

There are only four secrets to staying young, being happy, and achieving
success. You have to laugh and find humor every day. You've got to have a dream.
When you lose your dreams, you die.

We have so many people walking around who are dead and
don't even know it!

There is a huge difference between growing older and growing up.

If you are nineteen years old and lie in bed for one full year and don't do
one productive thing, you will turn twenty years old. If I am eighty-seven years old and stay in bed for a year and never do anything I will turn eighty-eight.

Anybody can grow older. That doesn't take any talent or ability. The idea
is to grow up by always finding opportunity in change. Have no regrets.

The elderly usually don't have regrets for what we did, but rather for
things we did not do. The only people who fear death are those with regrets.'

She concluded her speech by courageously singing 'The Rose.'
She challenged each of us to study the lyrics and live them out in our
daily lives. At the year's end Rose finished the20college degree she had begun all
those years ago.

One week after graduation Rose died peacefully in her sleep.

Over two thousand college students attended her funeral
in tribute to the wonderful woman who taught by example that it's never too
late to be all you can possibly be.

When you finish reading this, please send this peaceful word of advice to
your friends and family, they'll really enjoy it!

These words have been passed along in loving memory of ROSE.

REMEMBER, GROWING OLDER IS MANDATORY. GROWING
UP IS OPTIONAL. We make a Living by what we get. We make a Life by what we
give. God promises a safe landing, not a calm passage. If God brings you
to it, He will bring you through it.

thanks for posting...very sweet...

i have read this before.it is lovely...thanks

Hi LJ & Duggie!! I hope you all are well!!

Hey guys! Hey Viper!!!

Todays' Laugh..

What Italians won't do for family...

An Old Italian man lived alone in New Jersey . He wanted to plant his annual tomato garden, but it was very difficult work as the ground was hard. His only son, Vincent, who used to help him, was in prison. The old man wrote a letter to his son and described his predicament:

Dear Vincent,

I am feeling pretty sad because it looks like I won't be able to plant my tomato garden this year. I'm just getting too old to be digging up a garden plot. I know if you were here my troubles would be over. I know you would be happy to dig the plot for me, like in the old days. Love, Papa

A few days later he received a letter from his son.

Dear Pop,

Don't dig up that garden. That's where the bodies are buried. Love, Vinnie

At 4 a.m. the next day, FBI agents and local police arrived and dug up the entire area without finding any bodies. They apologized to the old man and left. Later that same day the old man received a telegram from his son.

Dear Pop,

Go ahead and plant the tomatoes now. That's the best I could do under the circumstances.

Love you, Vinnie

^^^^^thats great!

silly question and answer, just for fun...

1. Where is your cell phone?
2. Where is your significant other?

3. Your hair?
4. Your mother?
5. Your father?
6. Your favorite thing?
7. Your dream last night?
8.. Your dreams/goals?

9. The room you're in?
10. Your hobby?

11. Your fear?
12. Where do you want to be in 6 years?
13. Where were you last night?
14. What you're not?

15. One of your wish list items?

16. Where you grew up?

17. The last thing you did?
18. What are you wearing?
19. Your TV?

20. Your pet?

21. Your computer?

22. Your mood?

23. Missing someone?
24. Your car?

25. Something you're not wearing?

26. Favorite store?

27. Your summer?
28. Love someone?
29. Your favorite color?
30. When is the last time you laughed?
31. Last time you cried?

quote:

Originally posted by LISAJUNKIEE:
Hey guys! Hey Viper!!!

Todays' Laugh..

What Italians won't do for family...

An Old Italian man lived alone in New Jersey . He wanted to plant his annual tomato garden, but it was very difficult work as the ground was hard. His only son, Vincent, who used to help him, was in prison. The old man wrote a letter to his son and described his predicament:

Dear Vincent,

I am feeling pretty sad because it looks like I won't be able to plant my tomato garden this year. I'm just getting too old to be digging up a garden plot. I know if you were here my troubles would be over. I know you would be happy to dig the plot for me, like in the old days. Love, Papa

A few days later he received a letter from his son.

Dear Pop,

Don't dig up that garden. That's where the bodies are buried. Love, Vinnie

At 4 a.m. the next day, FBI agents and local police arrived and dug up the entire area without finding any bodies. They apologized to the old man and left. Later that same day the old man received a telegram from his son.

Dear Pop,

Go ahead and plant the tomatoes now. That's the best I could do under the circumstances.

Love you, Vinnie

LOL

Lmfao LJ...Great joke hehe

silly question and answer, just for fun...

1. Where is your cell phone? On the shelf charging
2. Where is your significant other? On the couch prolly watching Pretty woman again.

3. Your hair? Is on my head
4. Your mother? Is in Florida
5. Your father? Is dead
6. Your favorite thing? The Beans...Sydneybeans
7. Your dream last night? dont rememba
8.. Your dreams/goals? to own a home...SOON!

9. The room you're in? The den
10. Your hobby? At the moment, gardening

11. Your fear? Beans getting old
12. Where do you want to be in 6 years? In our home in Newburyport
13. Where were you last night? Heah :0
14. What you're not? skinny Yo, I aint fat eitha

15. One of your wish list items? to own a home in Newburyport dammit! With the family of course happily eva afta.

16. Where you grew up? Reeveah aka Revere

17. The last thing you did? checked BB site
18. What are you wearing? shorts and a teeshirt
19. Your TV? I dunno...Sony and a panasonic and another sony??

20. Your pet? The Sydneybeans, Meester and a Seester
21. Your computer?Gateway POS

22. Your mood? Silly

23. Missing someone? Yep
24. Your car? Ha I am not telling

25. Something you're not wearing? A bra Red Face

26. Favorite store? Yankee candle store...I hate shopping

27. Your summer? Is almost ova
28. Love someone? Absotively posilutely!
29. Your favorite color? Neutral with some reds and burnt orange thrown in.
30. When is the last time you laughed? was just cracking up a sec ago
31. Last time you cried? I dunno but I sniveled a lil bit yesterday rotf

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LOL, THANKS FOR THE LAUGHS SYD!

AND NOW THE FUNNY FOR THE DAY....

The 6th grade science teacher, Mrs. Parks, asked her class, 'Which
human body part increases to ten times its size when stimulated?'

No one answered until little Mary stood up and said, 'You should not
be asking sixth-graders a question like that! I'm going to tell my
parents, and they will go and tell the principal, who will then fire
you!'

Mrs. Parks ignored her and asked the question again, 'Which body part
increases to 10 times its size when stimulated?'

Little Mary's mouth fell open. Then she said to those around her,
'Boy, is she going to get in big trouble!'

The teacher continued to ignore her and said to the class, 'Anybody?'

Finally, Billy stood up, looked around nervously, and said, 'The body
part that increases 10 times its size when stimulated is the pupil of
the eye.'

Mrs. Parks said, 'Very good, Billy, ' then turned to Mary and
continued. 'As for you, young lady, I have three things to say: One,
you have a dirty mind. Two, you didn't read your homework And three,
one day you are going to be very, very disappointed.'

quote:

silly question and answer, just for fun...

1. Where is your cell phone? on desk in front of me
2. Where is your significant other? I dunno somewhere out there ???

3. Your hair? on my head
4. Your mother? passed
5. Your father? passed
6. Your favorite thing? too many to list
7. Your dream last night? don't remember
8.. Your dreams/goals? make a difference in this world one child at a time and as many as I can before I die.

9. The room you're in? office
10. Your hobby? reading, soap making, music

11. Your fear? SNAKES!
12. Where do you want to be in 6 years? in a happy place
13. Where were you last night? in bed
14. What you're not? 2 faced

15. One of your wish list items? vacation to Australia

16. Where you grew up? Pittsburgh

17. The last thing you did? text
18. What are you wearing? charcoal grey pants and taupe,tan, black top
19. Your TV? left it at home

20. Your pet? 1, 3 yr old chi(Spike) 1 baffoon from hell bulldog/lab mix(Fatboy), 1 old hippie cool cat, orange long hair(Gar) 3 outside cats that adopted me and I feed (****errrrrrrrr I know) but I am gonna get them spayed/neutered and shots put collars and tags on them.

21. Your computer? hp

22. Your mood? thankful that it is friday

23. Missing someone? yep
24. Your car? vintage lol

25. Something you're not wearing? socks

26. Favorite store? music stores, Big Lots, Bath and Body works, Burlington Coat factory, Goodwill....yeah I like to scout, root and dig for stuff :P oh and starbucks/barnes and noble

27. Your summer? wet
28. Love someone? of course, lots of someone's
29. Your favorite color? purple
30. When is the last time you laughed? yesterday
31. Last time you cried?

when I read that story of Rose that LJ posted. brought tears to my eyes


Loved the story of Rose

hahaha bout the old Italian man

Happy Friday everyone!!

I'm glad it touched you Jonee.

and now some levity..lol

The Pastor's AS.S


The pastor entered his donkey in a race and it won.

The pastor was so pleased with the donkey that he entered it in the
race again, and it won again.

The local paper read:

PASTOR'S *** OUT FRONT.

The Bishop was so upset with this kind of publicity that he ordered
the pastor not to enter the donkey in another race.

The next day, the local paper headline read:

BISHOP SCRATCHES PASTOR'S ***.

This was too much for the bishop, so he ordered the pastor to get
rid of the donkey.

The pastor decided to give it to a nun in a nearby convent.

The local paper, hearing of the news, posted the following headline
the next day:

NUN HAS BEST *** IN TOWN.

The bishop fainted.
He informed the nun that she would have to get rid of the donkey, so she
sold it to a farmer for $10.

The next day the paper read:

NUN SELLS *** FOR $10.

This was too much for the bishop, so he ordered the nun to buy back
the donkey and lead it to the plains where it could run wild.

The next day the headlines read:

NUN ANNOUNCES HER *** IS WILD AND FREE.

The bishop was buried the next day.

The moral of the story is . being concerned about public opinion can bring you much grief and misery . . even shorten your life.

So be yourself and enjoy life. Stop worrying about everyone else's *** and
you'll be a lot happier and live longer!

Have a great day!

1. Where is your cell phone? In my car
2. Where is your significant other? At work, I need money.

3. Your hair? Its a mess today.
4. Your mother? At home

5. Your father? In Qulin
6. Your favorite thing? Picking on LJ, lmfao
7. Your dream last night? Didn't sleep
8.. Your dreams/goals? Don't have any now.

9. The room you're in? At work, basically a closet.
10. Your hobby? Playing guitar

11. Your fear? Getting old
12. Where do you want to be in 6 years? not sure
13. Where were you last night? home
14. What you're not? never thought about it

15. One of your wish list items? That everyone is healthy

16. Where you grew up? St. Louis

17. The last thing you did? Post on the forum
18. What are you wearing? clothes
19. Your TV? home

20. Your pet? don't have one

21. Your computer? at home

22. Your mood? same old crazy self

23. Missing someone? my mom, haven't seen her in days.
24. Your car? In the parking lot.

25. Something you're not wearing? glasses

26. Favorite store? Alton, Il

27. Your summer? Its gone already
28. Love someone? Yup
29. Your favorite color? Blue
30. When is the last time you laughed? this morning
31. Last time you cried? Years

lol, thanks for postin Q.