Monday, March 28, 2011
Big people words
A group of kindergartners were trying very hard to become accustomed to the first grade.
The biggest hurdle they faced was that the teacher insisted on NO baby talk!
You need to use 'Big People' words,' she was always reminding them.
She asked John what he had done over the weekend?
'I went to visit my Nana'.
No, you went to visit your GRANDMOTHER.
Use 'Big People' words!'
She then asked Mitchell what he had done
'I took a ride on a choo-choo'.
She said. 'No, you took a ride on a TRAIN.
You must remember to use 'Big People' words'.
She then asked little Alex what he had done?
'I read a book' he replied.
That's WONDERFUL!' the teacher said.
'What book did you read?'
Alex thought real hard about it,
then puffed out his chest with great pride,
and said,
'Winnie the SHIT'
The biggest hurdle they faced was that the teacher insisted on NO baby talk!
You need to use 'Big People' words,' she was always reminding them.
She asked John what he had done over the weekend?
'I went to visit my Nana'.
No, you went to visit your GRANDMOTHER.
Use 'Big People' words!'
She then asked Mitchell what he had done
'I took a ride on a choo-choo'.
She said. 'No, you took a ride on a TRAIN.
You must remember to use 'Big People' words'.
She then asked little Alex what he had done?
'I read a book' he replied.
That's WONDERFUL!' the teacher said.
'What book did you read?'
Alex thought real hard about it,
then puffed out his chest with great pride,
and said,
'Winnie the SHIT'
How To Stop Church Gossip
> Mildred, the church gossip, and self-appointed monitor of the church's
> morals, kept
>
> sticking her nose into other people's business.
>
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> Several members did not approve of her extra- curricular activities, but
> feared her
> enough to maintain their silence.
>
> She made a mistake, however, when she accused Frank, a new member, of
> being an
> alcoholic after she saw his old pickup parked in front of the
> town's only bar one afternoon.
>
>
> She emphatically told Frank (and several others) that everyone seeing it
> there
> would know what he was doing!
>
> Frank, a man of few words, stared at her for a moment and just turned and
> walked away.
> He didn't explain, defend, or deny. He said nothing.
>
>
>
> Later that evening, Frank quietly parked his pickup in front of Mildred's
> house
> ... walked home .... and left it there all night.
> (You gotta love Frank!)
> morals, kept
>
> sticking her nose into other people's business.
>
>
> Several members did not approve of her extra- curricular activities, but
> feared her
> enough to maintain their silence.
>
> She made a mistake, however, when she accused Frank, a new member, of
> being an
> alcoholic after she saw his old pickup parked in front of the
> town's only bar one afternoon.
>
>
> She emphatically told Frank (and several others) that everyone seeing it
> there
> would know what he was doing!
>
> Frank, a man of few words, stared at her for a moment and just turned and
> walked away.
> He didn't explain, defend, or deny. He said nothing.
>
>
>
> Later that evening, Frank quietly parked his pickup in front of Mildred's
> house
> ... walked home .... and left it there all night.
> (You gotta love Frank!)
>>> Some perspective for you.............RIP Captain Ed Freeman
>>> You're a 19 year old kid.
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>>>You're critically wounded and dying in
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>>>the jungle somewhere in the Central Highlands of Viet Nam ..
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>>>It's November 11, 1967.
>>>LZ (landing zone) X-ray.
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>>>Your unit is outnumbered 8-1 and the enemy fire is so intense from 100 yards
>>>away, that your CO (commanding officer) has ordered the MedEvac helicopters to
>>>stop coming in.
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>>>You're lying there, listening to the enemy machine guns and you know you're
>>>not getting out.
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>>>Your family is half way around the world, 12,000 miles away, and you'll never
>>>see them again.
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>>>As the world starts to fade in and out, you know this is the day.
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>>>Then - over the machine gun noise - you faintly hear that sound of a
>>>helicopter.
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>>>You look up to see a Huey coming in. But.. It doesn't seem real because no
>>>MedEvac markings are on it.
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>>>Captain Ed Freeman is coming in for you.
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>>>He's not MedEvac so it's not his job, but he heard the radio call and decided
>>>he's flying his Huey down into the machine gun fire anyway.
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>>>Even after the MedEvacs were ordered not to come. He's coming anyway.
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>>>And he drops it in and sits there in the machine gun fire, as they load 3 of
>>>you at a time on board.
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>>>Then he flies you up and out through the gunfire to the doctors and nurses
>>>and safety.
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>>>And, he kept coming back!! 13 more times!!
>>>Until all the wounded were out. No one knew until the mission was over that
>>>the Captain had been hit 4 times in the legs and left arm.
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>>>He took 29 of you and your buddies out that day. Some would not have made it
>>>without the Captain and his Huey.
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>>>Medal of Honor Recipient, Captain Ed Freeman, United States Air Force,
>>>died last Wednesday at the age of 70, in Boise , Idaho
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>>>May God Bless and Rest His Soul.
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>>>I bet you didn't hear about this hero's passing, but we've sure seen a whole
>>>bunch about Lindsay Lohan, Tiger Woods and the bickering of congress over
>>>Health Reform.
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>>>Medal of Honor Winner Captain Ed Freeman
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>>>Shame on the American media !!!
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