Quick Laughs Between The Lines
A couple of quick quotations, for the sake of humour, taken from conversations I’ve been part of recently:
Mike, on the idiosyncrasies and idiocies of humanitarian good-will: ‘Well, the Belgians gave us 700 tents and then left, and I’ve finally figured out what those other things with them are. At first, I thought they were cooking stoves, but it turns out they’re tent heaters. In Indonesia, where the temperature is always above 98, the Belgians gave us tent heaters.’
Kevin, on why he hired Hannah as the new bookkeeper: ‘Well, I found out she had a degree in accounting and she was washing my underpants.’
Jon, on the 5 am call to prayer: ‘It’s sounds like an orchestra tuning, very loudly, and never quite getting it right.’
Jon, on church splits: ‘Well, there’s a biblical precedent, and sometimes it can lead to some good things.’
Me, in reply: ‘Like Protestantism?’
Arief, in response to a news report quoting the Indonesian general, who said that he would be ready to ‘crack down’ if the peace talks between the separatists and the government failed: ‘They have been cracking for 3 years now. The Indonesian army has 50 000 and the separatists have 5000 and some cows. All is cracking.’
Well, that’s all for now, folks. Stay tuned …
Mike, on the idiosyncrasies and idiocies of humanitarian good-will: ‘Well, the Belgians gave us 700 tents and then left, and I’ve finally figured out what those other things with them are. At first, I thought they were cooking stoves, but it turns out they’re tent heaters. In Indonesia, where the temperature is always above 98, the Belgians gave us tent heaters.’
Kevin, on why he hired Hannah as the new bookkeeper: ‘Well, I found out she had a degree in accounting and she was washing my underpants.’
Jon, on the 5 am call to prayer: ‘It’s sounds like an orchestra tuning, very loudly, and never quite getting it right.’
Jon, on church splits: ‘Well, there’s a biblical precedent, and sometimes it can lead to some good things.’
Me, in reply: ‘Like Protestantism?’
Arief, in response to a news report quoting the Indonesian general, who said that he would be ready to ‘crack down’ if the peace talks between the separatists and the government failed: ‘They have been cracking for 3 years now. The Indonesian army has 50 000 and the separatists have 5000 and some cows. All is cracking.’
Well, that’s all for now, folks. Stay tuned …
posted by rjs | 7:49 PM
1 Comments:
I wash my own underpants, but I should never be hired as a bookkeeper. So cheers to Hannah for having much more talent than me! Also, Canada could sure use some of those tent heaters... Brr! Sometimes it almost drops down to freezing cold here in Vancouver!
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