{"id":5749,"date":"2014-02-02T07:00:46","date_gmt":"2014-02-02T07:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stragnell.com\/befoulednews\/?p=5749"},"modified":"2014-02-01T12:12:50","modified_gmt":"2014-02-01T12:12:50","slug":"2-february-2014-amusements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.stragnell.com\/befoulednews\/2014\/02\/02\/2-february-2014-amusements\/","title":{"rendered":"2 February 2014 &#8211; Amusements"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A young lady graduated from college and started teaching at an area school. One day she went with a friend to a nearby restaurant for lunch. A man seated next to her asks, &#8220;Are you a teacher?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Surprised but happy, she replied, &#8220;Why, yes, I certainly am!&#8221; She enjoyed a warm feeling throughout the meal. She looked like a teacher, and this made her feel great. As she was leaving the restaurant, she asked the man, &#8220;How did you know I was a teacher?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You have chalk dust on your butt,&#8221; he replied.<!--more--><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>The torrential rain was unrelenting, and the town was evacuated when it became clear the dam couldn&#8217;t hold back the waters for much longer.<\/p>\n<p>As flood waters rise, a very religious woman put all her faith in God and won&#8217;t leave her house. She says to all, &#8220;God will take care of me.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>When local authorities come by in 4-wheel drive vehicles, going house to house, telling everyone to get out and rescuing those who need it, she says &#8220;God will provide,&#8221; and refuses to leave.<\/p>\n<p>Later, as the waters have risen significantly and surround the homes, the authorities come back in a boat. Again, they offer to rescue her. &#8220;God will provide!&#8221; she says, shooing them away.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, the water floods her whole house, so she climbs onto the roof. A rescue helicopter comes by, but again, she refuses to get on, saying &#8220;God will provide.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Sadly, the woman is drowned in the flood and, when she gets up to heaven, she complains to God, &#8220;I had faith in you! I thought you would save me!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;What are you talking about?&#8221; God says. &#8220;I sent you a Jeep, a boat, and a helicopter!&#8221;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>A man is standing outside the gates of Heaven.<\/p>\n<p>Saint Peter approaches and says &#8220;Can I help you?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The man replies &#8220;No thanks.&#8221; He continues to stand on the clouds.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Are you sure I can&#8217;t help you?&#8221; says Saint Peter.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;No. That&#8217;s fine,&#8221; says the man.<\/p>\n<p>Several minutes pass before Saint Peter approaches the man again.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Look,&#8221; he says, &#8220;You do realize that if you&#8217;re here, you&#8217;re dead &#8212; right?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Oh I realize that,&#8221; replies the man.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You realize that,&#8221; Saint Peter repeats.<\/p>\n<p>The man points down through the clouds. &#8220;I&#8217;m just waiting for the Medics down there to realize that!<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A young lady graduated from college and started teaching at an area school. One day she went with a friend to a nearby restaurant for lunch. A man seated next to her asks, &#8220;Are you a teacher?&#8221; Surprised but happy, she replied, &#8220;Why, yes, I certainly am!&#8221; She enjoyed a warm feeling throughout the meal. &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.stragnell.com\/befoulednews\/2014\/02\/02\/2-february-2014-amusements\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;2 February 2014 &#8211; Amusements&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5749","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-amusements"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9w76b-1uJ","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.stragnell.com\/befoulednews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5749","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.stragnell.com\/befoulednews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.stragnell.com\/befoulednews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.stragnell.com\/befoulednews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.stragnell.com\/befoulednews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5749"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.stragnell.com\/befoulednews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5749\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.stragnell.com\/befoulednews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5749"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.stragnell.com\/befoulednews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5749"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.stragnell.com\/befoulednews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5749"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}