The Loony Bin
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Tue, 1 Apr 1997 19:04:07 +0100
Hiya Loonies... Here's a biblical tale from Shelley... Wishes & Dreams... - ANDREA xx ***<andrea@bloodaxe.demon.co.uk>****<ajc6@ukc.ac.uk>*** ***<bloodaxe@geocities.com>***<bloodaxe@bigfoot.com>*** *** *** *** THE LOONY BIN *** *** loonies@bloodaxe.demon.co.uk *** *** Archive: http://eleceng.ukc.ac.uk/~pjw/loonies/ *** *** *** *******************Internet Goddess******************** **********************ANDROMEDA************************ ------- Forwarded foolishness follows ------- There is an old story about a country preacher who announced that his sermon the following Sunday would be about Noah and the Ark. He told the congregation the Scripture reference ahead of time so they might read it in preparation for worship. A couple of youngsters noticed something interesting about the page layout of the story in the church's Bibles so they slipped into the sanctuary during the week and glued two pages of the pulpit copy together. Sunday came. The preacher began to read his text. "Noah took himself a wife," he began, "and she was..." He turned the page to continue, "...300 cubits long, 50 cubits wide and 30 cubits high." The preacher paused for a moment with a quizzical look on his face. Slowly he turned the page back and read it silently then turned the page again and continued reading. Then he looked up at the congregation and said, "I've been reading this old Bible for nigh on to 50 years, but there are some things that are still hard to believe." Loyal Jones and Billy Edd Wheeler, Laughter in Appalachia (New York: Ivy Books, 1987)