Spoiling
the Scotsman's Wife Contributed
by Mike of New York
My good lady
and I walked past a swanky new restaurant last night.

"Did you smell
that food?" she said, "it smelt incredible!"
So, being the generous
Scotsman that I am, I thought stuff it!
I'll give her a treat ...
... so we walked past it again.

The
Professor and the Student Contributed
by Mike of New York
(I doubt if this
is a true story but it's still pretty clever. --- Raoul)
When Gandhi was studying
law at the University College of London, his professor, Mister Peters,
disliked him intensely and always displayed prejudice and animosity towards
him.
Also, because Gandhi
never lowered his head when addressing him as he expected, there were
always "arguments" and confrontations.

One day, Mr. Peters
was having lunch at the dining room of the University, and Gandhi came
along with his tray and sat next to the professor. The professor said,
"Mr Gandhi, you do not understand. A pig and a bird do not sit together
to eat."
Gandhi looked at him
as a parent would a rude child and calmly replied, "You do not worry
professor. I'll fly away," and he went and sat at another table.
Mr. Peters, reddened
with rage, decided to take revenge on the next test paper,
but Gandhi responded brilliantly to all questions. Mr. Peters, unhappy
and frustrated, asked him the following question. "Mr Gandhi, if
you were walking down the street and found a package, and within was a
bag of wisdom and another bag with a lot of money, which one would you
take?"

Without hesitating,
Gandhi responded, "The one with the money, of course."
Mr. Peters, smiling
sarcastically said, "I, in your place, would have taken the wisdom,
don't you think?"
Gandhi shrugged indifferently
and responded, "Each one takes what he doesn't have."
Mr. Peters, by this
time was fit to be tied. So great was his anger that he wrote on Gandhi's
exam sheet the word "idiot" and gave it to Gandhi. Gandhi took
the exam sheet and sat down at his desk trying very hard to remain calm
while he contemplated his next move.
A few minutes later,
Gandhi got up, went to the professor and said to him in a dignified but
sarcastically polite tone, "Mr. Peters, you signed the sheet, but
you did not give me the grade."

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Comments
Anonymous
Sat, 05/03/2014 - 18:13
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Feel Good
Thanks, this was a feel good issue. You can see from the faces, specially of the young people, how they appreciated the seniors dancing. They made the day for everyone, including me here.
---- Dette, Mindanao, Philippines
Anonymous
Sat, 05/03/2014 - 18:14
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Congratulations
Congratulations to your son too Raoul!!
In this article I like the humor in the Gandhi story - Mahatma would have fasted a whole week to make that true.
I appreciate reading your creation every Friday.
Thank you,
--- Mayet, Burbank, CA
Anonymous
Sat, 05/03/2014 - 18:14
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Great!
Congratulations on your sons admittance to Columbia! That is Great!
--- Tom, Pasadena, CA
Anonymous
Fri, 05/30/2014 - 20:04
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Healing
Dear Raoul,
May has been an extremely busy month thus far and that is why I missed this edition of your great TGIF, but as I read your personal note on AS THE WEEK TURNS, I became very interested in your amazing wife healing your virus overnight. Through all our busyness I received the disturbing news that our nephew in San Jose, CA has been diagnosed with stage 4 Lung cancer and has already spread to his stomach. I have been asking every prayer warrior that I come in contact with to pray for a miracle for healing. Unfortunately, I don’t know what he believes in, but I’m sure he does not attend church. I pray that he could be healed through prayer, one, for his physical well being to see his children and family’s accomplishments, but, second, and more importantly, to become a witness to him that God is real and God loves him and God is the true physician. His earthly doctors give him 6 months to 18 months here on earth. The sad truth is he was ill for a very long time before he consented to see a doctor, just to receive his death sentence. How sad is that?
As I tell everyone who complains about bad and evil things here on earth, yes, bad things happen – but when you seek goodness not only do you find it, but the evil becomes more of a factor for God to deal with. Your friendship is one of the blessed goodness in our lives.
Thank you for your diligence in sending our your very fun and rewarding letter every week.
God Bless your family
-- Linda Belle, Whittier, CA