The happy thread

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* If I had said that my nose would have grown ten feet long. I’m sure glad my wife hasn’t asked me. Long nose or confession. Either way, I’d be in the doghouse for sure and certain. *

 

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* He’s about to get an earful, of week-old buns. *

 

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* I don’t have a problem with it, as long as Santa doesn’t. *

 

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* That’s not good. Did he at least find something valuable in the hole? *

 

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* Yep. If I‘m unsure about how someone else will react to getting bonked over the head with an empty wrapping paper tube, I’ll either refrain or find out before I bonk them. If I can’t find anyone else to bonk, heck, I’ll just bonk myself! *

 

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* In this day and age, they might. *

 

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* I think an argument could be made that his mom does in fact use recipes; they just aren’t hers, they’re Little Caesars’. Maybe? Let’s think it over while eating one of those coupon pizzas. *

 

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* In that case I’ll go to Memphis. They serve up some great Barbecue on Beale Street. Would make for a good “last meal” if it came to that. *

 

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* Were they penguins? *

 

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* Treating others this way in our conversations makes a difference. When we don’t, it sends a message: turning people away instead of attracting them. When we say we care but our words and actions signal that we don’t, people stop listening. *

 

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* Maybe that’s why Jesus was around two years old before the wise men from the east visited him. Maybe not. *

 

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* More often than not. *