Every Christmas morning, when my kids were little, I read them the nativity story out of the big family Bible.
When my son was old enough to talk, he asked me what a stable was.
I thought for a moment how to explain it to him in terms he could understand, then told him, "It's something like your sister's room, but without a TV."
My sister-in-law was married to a prominent surgeon who was a member of operating teams at both St. Francis Hospital and Christ Hospital in the Chicago area. He would operate in the morning, then field calls about his patients in the evening.
Once when I was visiting his home, he was on the phone talking to a resident at Christ Hospital when the other phone rang. My sister-in-law answered, then whispered to her husband, "It's St. Francis calling."
He whispered back, "Tell St. Francis I'll have to call back. I'm talking to Christ."
"Ah, my son...it is what has brought great nations together. It has made the world a smaller place in which to live. It has inspired men of worth to work endless hours. It will some day enable men to span the universe and light years of travel will soon become mere seconds in time."
My math book recently saw a psychiatrist -- it kept complaining that it had too many problems. (Sent in by Chris Newton, Thales Academy)
If there is an equal and opposite reaction, then wouldn't all the people who hit the sack go to sleep with black eyes? (Sent in by Chris Newton, Thales Academy)
David Copperfield taught me not to be a "name dropper."
I would gladly trade in my "Caller I.D." for a "Caller I.Q."
I'd give my right arm to be ambidextrous.
Dig where the gold is, unless you need the exercise.