REAL STATEMENTS FROM
INSURANCE COMPANY RECORDS
- Coming home I drove into the wrong house and collided with a tree I don't have.
- The other car collided with mine without giving warning of its intent.
- I collided with a stationary truck coming the other way.
- In my attempt to kill a fly, I drove into a telephone pole.
- I had been shopping for plants all day and was on my way home. As I reached an intersection, a hedge sprang up, obscuring my vision and I did not see the other car.
- I had been driving for forty years when I fell asleep at the wheel and had an accident.
- I was on my way to the doctor with rear end trouble when my universal joint gave way causing me to have an accident.
- My car was legally parked as it backed into the other vehicle.
- As I approached the intersection a sign suddenly appeared in a place where no sign had ever
appeared before, making me unable to avoid the accident.
- I told the police I was not injured, but upon removing my hair, I found that I had a fractured skull.
- I was sure the old fellow would never make it to the other side of the road when I struck him.
- I saw a slow-moving, sad-faced old gentleman as he bounced off the hood of my car.
- The indirect cause of the accident was a little guy in a small car with a big mouth.
- I was thrown from my car as it left the road, and was later found in a ditch by some stray cows.
- A pedestrian hit me and went under my car.
- I thought my window was down, but I found out it was up when I put my head through it.
- To avoid hitting the bumper of the car in front, I struck the pedestrian.
- The guy was all over the road. I had to swerve a number of times before I hit him.
- The pedestrian had no idea which way to run, so I ran over him.
- I was taking my canary to the hospital. It got loose in the car and flew out the window. The next thing I saw was his rear end, and there was a crash.
- An invisible car came out of nowhere, struck my car and vanished.
- A truck backed through my windshield into my wife's face.
- I pulled away from the side of the road, glanced at my mother-in-law, and headed over the
embankment.
RHETORICAL QUESTIONS
- Before they invented drawing boards, what did they go back to?
- Why is lemon juice mostly artificial ingredients but dishwashing liquid contains real lemons?
- Do infants enjoy infancy as much as adults enjoy adultery?
- If man evolved from monkeys and apes, why do we still have monkeys and apes?
- How come Superman could stop bullets with his chest, but always ducked when someone threw a gun at him?
- If all the world is a stage, where is the audience sitting?
- If God dropped acid, would he see people?
- If it's zero degrees outside today and it's supposed to be twice as cold
tomorrow, how cold is it going to be?
- If one synchronized swimmer drowns, do the rest have to drown too?
- If the #2 pencil is the most popular, why is it still #2?
- If work is so terrific, how come they have to pay you to do it?
- If you're born again, do you have two belly-buttons?
- If you ate pasta and antipasta, would you still be hungry?
- If you try to fail, and succeed, which have you done?
- If vegetarians eat vegetables, what do humanitarians eat?
- Since Americans throw rice at weddings, do Orientals throw hamburgers?
- If a tree falls in the forest and no one is around to see it, do the other trees make fun of it?
- Why is the alphabet in order? Is it because of that song?
- If you got into a taxi and the driver started driving backward, would the taxi driver end up owing you money?
- Do fish get cramps after eating?
- If the black box flight recorder is never damaged during a plane
crash, why isn't the whole airplane made out of the stuff?
- Why is there an expiration date on sour cream?
- If most car accidents occur within five miles of home, why doesn't everyone just move 10 miles away?
ACTUAL ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM CHURCH BULLETINS
- Don't let worry kill you - let the church help.
- Remember in prayer the many who are sick of our church and community.
- For those of you who have children and don't know it, we have a nursery downstairs.
- The rosebud on the altar this morning is to announce the birth of David Allen Belzer, the
sin of Rev. and Mrs. Julius Belzer.
- This afternoon there will be a meeting in the south and north end of the church. Children
will be baptized at both ends.
- Tuesday at 4:00 PM there will be an ice cream social. All ladies giving milk should
please come early.
- Wednesday the Ladies Liturgy Society will meet. Mrs. Jones will sing "Put me in my little
bed" accompanied by the Pastor.
- Thursday at 5:00 PM there will be a meeting of the Little Mothers Club. All wishing to
become Little Mothers, please see the minister in his study.
- Thursday night - Potluck Supper. Prayer and medication to follow.
- This being Easter Sunday, we will ask Mrs. Lewis to come forward and lay an egg on the
altar.
- The service will close with "Little Drops of Water". One of the ladies will start quietly and
the rest of the congregation will join in.
- Next Sunday a special collection will be taken to defray the cost of a new carpet. All
wishing to do something on the carpet will come forward and do so.
- The ladies of the church have cast off clothing of every kind and they may be seen in the
church basement Friday.
- A bean supper will be held on Tuesday evening in the church hall. Music will follow.
- At the evening service tonight, the sermon topic will be "What is Hell?" Come early and
listen to our choir practice.