{"id":8079,"date":"2015-06-07T07:00:07","date_gmt":"2015-06-07T06:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stragnell.com\/befoulednews\/?p=8079"},"modified":"2015-06-05T11:05:38","modified_gmt":"2015-06-05T10:05:38","slug":"7-june-2015-amusements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.stragnell.com\/befoulednews\/2015\/06\/07\/7-june-2015-amusements\/","title":{"rendered":"7 June 2015 &#8211; Amusements"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A blonde, a brunette, and a redhead all work at the same office for a female boss who always goes home early.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Hey, girls,&#8221; says the brunette, &#8220;let&#8217;s go home early tomorrow. She&#8217;ll never know.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>So the next day, they all leave right after the boss does. The brunette gets some extra gardening done, the redhead goes to a bar, and the blonde goes home to find her husband having sex with the female boss!<\/p>\n<p>Unsure what to do, she quietly sneaks out of the house, drives around until her normal quitting time, and returns home without saying anything.<\/p>\n<p>The next day at work, the gals get together.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That was fun,&#8221; says the brunette. &#8220;We should do it again sometime.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I met a great guy!&#8221; says the redhead.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;No way,&#8221; says the blonde. &#8220;I almost got caught.&#8221;<!--more--><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>One day Ole and Sven were paging through the Sears Catalog and admiring all the beautiful models.<\/p>\n<p>Ole said to Sven, &#8220;Haf you seen da perdy girls in dis catalog?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Sven replied, &#8220;Ya. Dey sure are bootiful, an yust look at da prices!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Ole looked wide eyed and said, &#8220;Yumpin&#8217; yimminy. Dey ain&#8217;t very expensive. At dees prices I&#8217;m buyin&#8217; me vun.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Sven smiled, patted Ole on the back and said, &#8220;by golly Ole, if she&#8217;s as perdy as she looks in da catalog, I vill get vun too.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Three weeks later Sven came by and asked Ole, &#8220;did ja ever git dat girl you ordered from da Sears Catalog?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Ole replied, &#8220;no, but it von&#8217;t be long now, her clothes came yesterday!&#8221;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Susie sent these along.<\/p>\n<p>They&#8217;re back! Those wonderful Church Bulletins! Thank goodness for the church ladies with typewriters. These sentences appeared in church bulletins or were announced at church services:<\/p>\n<p>The Fasting &amp; Prayer conference includes meals.<\/p>\n<p>Scouts are saving aluminium cans, bottles and other items to be recycled. Proceeds will be used to cripple children.<\/p>\n<p>The sermon this morning: &#8216;Jesus Walks on the Water.&#8217; The sermon tonight: &#8216;Searching for Jesus.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Ladies, don&#8217;t forget the rummage sale. It&#8217;s a chance to get rid of those things not worth keeping around the house. Bring your husbands.<\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t let worry kill you off &#8211; let the Church help.<\/p>\n<p>Miss Charlene Mason sang &#8216;I will not pass this way again,&#8217; giving obvious pleasure to the congregation.<\/p>\n<p>For those of you who have children and don&#8217;t know it, we have a nursery downstairs.<\/p>\n<p>Next Thursday there will be try-outs for the choir. They need all the help they can get.<\/p>\n<p>Irving Benson and Jessie Carter were married on October 24 in the church. So ends a friendship that began in their school days.<\/p>\n<p>A bean supper will be held on Tuesday evening in the church hall.\u00a0 Music will follow.<\/p>\n<p>At the evening service tonight, the sermon topic will be &#8216;What Is Hell?&#8217;\u00a0 Come early and listen to our choir practice.<\/p>\n<p>Eight new choir robes are currently needed due to the addition of several new members and to the deterioration of some older ones.<\/p>\n<p>Please place your donation in the envelope along with the deceased person you want remembered.<\/p>\n<p>The church will host an evening of fine dining, super entertainment and gracious hostility.<\/p>\n<p>Pot-luck supper Sunday at 5:00 PM &#8211; prayer and medication to follow.<\/p>\n<p>The ladies of the Church have cast off clothing of every kind. They may be seen in the basement on Friday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>This evening at 7 PM there will be a hymn singing in the park across from the Church. Bring a blanket and come prepared to sin.<\/p>\n<p>The pastor would appreciate it if the ladies of the Congregation would lend him their electric girdles for the pancake breakfast next Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Low Self Esteem Support Group will meet Thursday at 7 PM.\u00a0 Please use the back door.<\/p>\n<p>The eighth-graders will be presenting Shakespeare&#8217;s Hamlet in the Church basement Friday at 7 PM. The congregation is invited to attend this tragedy.<\/p>\n<p>Weight Watchers will meet at 7 PM at the First Presbyterian Church. Please use large double door at the side entrance.<\/p>\n<p>And this one just about sums them all up:<\/p>\n<p>The Associate Minister unveiled the church&#8217;s new campaign slogan last Sunday:\u00a0 &#8220;I Upped My Pledge &#8211; Up Yours.&#8221;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A blonde, a brunette, and a redhead all work at the same office for a female boss who always goes home early. &#8220;Hey, girls,&#8221; says the brunette, &#8220;let&#8217;s go home early tomorrow. She&#8217;ll never know.&#8221; So the next day, they all leave right after the boss does. 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