That this generation even needs to wonder is itself a cause of concern.

 

Jethro special: –

 

Our family was very poor, so poor in fact that they had to buy our clothes from the Army and Navy Surplus Store, and you can't imagine how embarrassed I was at the age of 14, going to school dressed as a Japanese Admiral!

 

(Sorry, but it does lose something without Jethro's West Country accent and talented delivery).

How do you know death is a man?
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He always comes quicker than expected ?

Woody was blind and he really wanted a harmonica. So, one day his brother gave him a razor, and said "here is your harmonica".

 

 

And Woody played and played, and his smile got wider and wider.

The passenger steamer SS Warrimoo was quietly knifing its way through the waters of the mid-Pacific on its way from Vancouver to Australia.
The navigator had just finished working out a star fix and brought the master, Captain John Phillips, the result.
The Warrimoo's position was LAT 0º 31' N and LON 179 30' W. The date was 31 December 1899.

"Know what this means?" First Mate Payton broke in, "We're only a few miles from the intersection of the Equator and the International Date Line".

Captain Phillips was prankish enough to take full advantage of the opportunity for achieving the navigational freak of a lifetime.

He called his navigators to the bridge to check & double check the ships position.

He changed course slightly to bear directly on his mark.

Then he adjusted the engine speed.

The calm weather & clear night worked in his favour.

At midnight, the SS Warrimoo lay on the Equator at exactly the point where it crossed the International Date Line!

The consequences of this bizarre position were many:

·     The forward part (bow) of the ship was in the Southern Hemisphere & in the middle of summer.
·     The rear (stern) was in the Northern Hemisphere & in the middle of winter.
·     The date in the aft part of the ship was 31 December 1899.
·     In the bow (forward) part it was 1 January 1900.
·     This ship was therefore not only in:
·     Two different days,
·     Two different months,
·     Two different years,
·     Two different seasons
·     But in two different centuries -

All at the same time!

A Preacher finished the service one morning by saying, "Next Sunday, I am going to preach on the subject of liars. As a preparation for my sermon I would like you all to read Mark Chapter 17."

On the following Sunday, the preacher rose to begin.

Looking out at the congregation, he said, "Last week I asked you all to read Mark Chapter 17. If you have read the chapter, please raise your hand."

Nearly every hand in the congregation went up. Smiling, the preacher said ... "You are the very people I want to talk to today ... Mark has only 16 chapters."