Re: #98.436294 from NEIL COWLING on Sep. 24, 1998

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98.436294 by NEIL COWLING, Sep. 24, 1998 at 8:13 Eastern 
NON RELIGIOUS JOKE

John,

Apologies for the non-religious punch line. I was going to delete the note
when I realized it was "non-religious" but neglected to do so when I sent
my notes some time after writing.



 Peace!          
 Neil

 Neil D. Cowling, Pastor, Kirk of Our Savior, Westland, MI
 07:58       Thu, Sep 24, 1998      ncowling@mich.com

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OK. Christy will reset your counter.

 Copyright 1998 Christy Ramsey (COPYRIGHTS #20) www.bright.net/~jramsey

Re: #2396 from J CHRISTY RAMSEY on Sep. 25, 1998

Thank you, your Humorousness!

 Peace!          
 Neil

 Neil D. Cowling, Pastor, Kirk of Our Savior, Westland, MI
 01:38       Sat, Sep 26, 1998      ncowling@mich.com

Does anyone out there have a good story or joke for a pastor who is
retiring? 

What do you think? Okay for ECULAUGH?!?

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764 (of 764) INTERNET Sep. 29, 1998 at 18:46 Eastern (761 characters)
  
From: WebForm <WebForm@ecunet.org>

   Mark Rider 
   mrider@usit.net 
   For ECULAUGH And Presbyterians Today

   What did God say to Joan of Ark 
   when she entered heaven right 
   after being burned at the stake?
   
   A. Well done thou good a faithful
   servant...AND I MEAN WELL DONE! 

I'm looking for humor and poignant stories about blood--giving a talk to our
local Red Cross chapter in a couple of days.  Send them to my personal inbox
or to Joe_Parrish.parti@ecunet.org
Thanks,
Joe

Re: #6095 in "ECULAUGH" from JAMES J STEWART on Sep. 29, 1998

Alas!  That I should have contributed to the untimely rebirth of the cycle
of "lightbulb" jokes!  Woe, woe, woe!

John
                            JOHN SALMON
        Interim Pastor, Brookings (OR) Presbyterian Church
  By the grace of God a follower of Christ--and a Presbyterian!
                         Tue, Sep 29, 1998
Faith is what you find in churches, synagogues,
and people who buy $.25 seed packets.

Re: #2399 from J CHRISTY RAMSEY on Sep. 29, 1998

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 > What do you think? Okay for ECULAUGH?!?
 >
 >  from "ECULAUGH RAW"
 >
 > 764 (of 764) INTERNET Sep. 29, 1998 at 18:46 Eastern (761 characters)
 >
 > From: WebForm <WebForm@ecunet.org>
 >
 >    Mark Rider
 >    mrider@usit.net
 >    For ECULAUGH And Presbyterians Today
 >
 >    What did God say to Joan of Ark
 >    when she entered heaven right
 >    after being burned at the stake?
 >
 >    A. Well done thou good a faithful
 >    servant...AND I MEAN WELL DONE!

I would vote yes.

John
                            JOHN SALMON
        Interim Pastor, Brookings (OR) Presbyterian Church
  By the grace of God a follower of Christ--and a Presbyterian!
                         Wed, Sep 30, 1998

I'm writing a book.  I've got the page numbers done.

On behalf of a relative, who wants to honor a church elder during a time of

meeting devotions, I'm wondering if anyone can forward me some 
appropriate/humorous birthday-related stories/jokes. Thanks.


Terry A. DeYoung
The Church Herald (Reformed Church in America)
TchTerry@aol.com

From ECULAUGH Web Page
   Pat Baxter 
   pntb@Aol.com 

   Just wanted you to know that I have often found this page to be a
welcome relief from the current media drivel and what is pasing for humor
on the TV.  It's so nice to find CLEAN humor still exists. Thanks for being
here. 

Subject: From ECULAUGH Web Page
   Libbie 
   Libbie@Cheerful.com 


   I wonder if it's just me or do others keep getting Error messages when
they come to your site.  On every page I click a warning box comes up with
a 'Microsoft JScript runtime error :  (Line 22) 'SRC" is not an object'

   Its very distracting.   What do you think is the problem?   Thanks.

   Libbie@Cheerful.com

Subject: From ECULAUGH Web Page

   Chris White
   ciwhite@iastate.edu 
   NOT for Presbyterians Today 

   I am going through a time of severe depression that includes long bouts
of questioning my faith and all that goes with it.  eculaugh has been a
lifeline for me--I check it virtually (no pun intended) every day.  thanks
for being there.  

From ECULAUGH Web Page
   Craig Whitehead 
   dancegypsy@hotmail.com 
   NOT for Presbyterians Today

   Hello Christy,  As somebody who has just discovered your site, I would
be interested in receiving all of those jokes that you request NOT be sent
anymore.  Is there a compendium or archive I may access.  Thank you, Craig
in Charlotte 

Re: #2407 from J CHRISTY RAMSEY on Oct. 02, 1998
cc: dancegypsy@hotmail.com

Thanks for the email and the pager message.

The compendium or archive of ECULAUGH exists in the ECUNET message base and
is available to all members of ECUNET for more information about ECUNET
check out:

        http://www.ecunet.org

Thanks for your interest!

 Copyright 1998 Christy Ramsey (COPYRIGHTS #20) www.bright.net/~jramsey

Re: #6130 from JAMES J STEWART on Oct. 08, 1998

 > Subject: Good Clean Religious Humor | All Else: "Eculaugh Comments" |
 > Posted On Web
 >
 > Reply from James J Stewart to #6123 From Ray Kerley, Wed Oct 7 at 6:15a
 >
 > The government is my shepherd, therefore I need not work.

This is Good Clen Religious Humor?

Sound more like cyncial bashing of those who depend on welfare to me.
Hardly Clean.  And I'm afraid to ask in what way it is religious.

Re: #2410 from DICK FIETE on Oct. 09, 1998

Thanks DICK. I read the note carefully again, you're right, irony
usually doesn't belong in ECULAUGH. Not good, not humor. I passed it on
first glance because usually parodies of Psalm 23 are okay for the
religious test.

I removed and returned it.

Thanks for the comment.


 Copyright 1998 Christy Ramsey (COPYRIGHTS #20) www.bright.net/~jramsey

Comment on Eculaugh #6143 From J Christy Ramsey, Wed Oct 14 at 7:26a

	I always tell the joke (I don't write it because I have no idea how to
correctly spell these names I'm probably about to mangle) using two liberation
theologians (like Boff and Gutearez) and Cardinal Ratzinger.  Jesus comes out
after talking to Ratzinger.
Jeff

>   ANother Bultmann, Bonhoeffer and Barth variation (or 
>Luther, Wesley and Calvin if you like).
>
>   The three of them hit the Pearly Gates and Bultmann is directed in to
>his screening interview with Jesus.   After two hours, he comes back out,
>shaking his head.  "I have to go back to Earth," he said glumly.  "There's
>a lot of things I didn't learn."
 ...
>   Finally it is Bonhoeffer's (or wesley's, or Luther's, or whosver's) turn.
 ...
>   At the end, Jesus comes out of the room, shaking his head.  "I've got to
>go back ..."

Subject: From ECULAUGH Web Page
   paul arsenault 
   paul.arsenault@mts.mb.ca 

   I enjoy some of your humour but some of it I feel does not glorify God.
The item about the lager just seems inappropriate. This is only my
conviction that I felt moved to share. May God Bless You and Keep You.

Re: #98.478410 from CHURCH HERALD on Oct. 19, 1998


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98.478410 by CHURCH HERALD, Oct. 19, 1998 at 8:43 Eastern
ECULAUGH NON-RESPONSE

Re: #98.444003 from J CHRISTY RAMSEY on Sep. 29, 1998


Hello Christy,

With all due respect, methinks you're overmanaging the Eculaugh meeting.

FYI, I did what you instructed -- posting my request on ECULAUGH COMMENTS
(which I was not a member of prior to that, nor cared to be, especially
now) after you denied it on ECULAUGH -- and over the course of two weeks
failed to receive a single response.

It all strikes me as a tad ridiculous. Loosening up a little might be in
order.

Terry A. DeYoung



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98.444003 by J CHRISTY RAMSEY, Sep. 29, 1998 at 12:01 Eastern

Re: #6091 from CHURCH HERALD on Sep. 28, 1998

Greetings! Thanks for offering your note to ECULAUGH
   Where GOOD CLEAN RELIGIOUS HUMOR is published on the WORLD WIDE WEB.

I am CHRISTY RAMSEY, the current moderator of ECULAUGH. It is my turn to
keep ECULAUGH to its narrow purpose of publishing Good, Clean, Religious,
Humor.  This purpose was established years ago and upheld by a series of
volunteer moderators. (For more information about ECULAUGH, see end)

(snip, snip)  .....

   vvv Your Note Returned vvv

6091 (of 6092) CHURCH HERALD Sep. 28, 1998 at 10:46 Eastern (153
characters)

Any good birthday-related stories/jokes would be appreciated. Thanks.

Terry A. DeYoung
The Church Herald (Reformed Church in America)
TchTerry@aol.com

Terry A. DeYoung
The Church Herald (Reformed Church in America)
TchTerry@aol.com


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 Copyright 1998 Christy Ramsey (COPYRIGHTS #20) www.bright.net/~jramsey

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6160 (of 6160) TBROBB Oct. 24, 1998 at 12:28 Eastern (481 characters)
  
Subject: Personal to Christy Ramsey 

PERSONAL AND CONFIDENTIAL 

Ecunet can't find ECULAUGH COMMENTS.  
You won't accept response to your personal inbox.
This is the only way I know to respond to your message.


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    I wonder when Ecunet stopped being able to find "ECULAUGH COMMENTS"?



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Re: #6153 from J CHRISTY RAMSEY on Oct. 22, 1998

This is from a book with a title something like 100 things to do during a
dull sermon..

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6153 (of 6153) J CHRISTY RAMSEY Oct. 22, 1998 at 9:45 Eastern (1526
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Subject: From ECULAUGH Web Page
   Don Mullings 
   donmullings@hotmail.com 
   For ECULAUGH And Presbyterians Today 
     
   Don Mullings,
   St. Paul's Lutheran Church
   Lionville, PA

   
   
   Fun Things to do During Boring Sermons:
   
   Pass a note to the organist asking whether he/she plays requests.
   
   See if a yawn really is contagious.
   
   Slap your neighbor. See if they turn the other cheek. If not, raise your
hand and tell the preacher.
   
   Devise ways of climbing into the balcony without using the stairs.
   
   Listen for your preacher to use a word beginning with 'A' then 'B and
soon through the alphabet.
   
   Sit in the back row and roll a handful of marbles under the pews aheadof
you. After the service, credit yourself with 10 points for every marble
that made it to the front.
   
   Using church bulletins or visitor cards for raw materials, design, test,
and modify a collection of paper airplanes.
   
   Start from the back of the church and try to crawl all the way to the
front, under the pews, without being noticed.
   
   Raise your hand and ask for permission to go to the rest room.
   
   Whip out a hankie and blow your nose. Vary the pressure exerted on
yournostrils and trumpet out a rendition of your favorite hymn.
   
   Chew gum; if the sermon goes on for more than 15 minutes, start blowing
bubbles.
   
   Try to indicate to the minister that his fly is undone.
   
   By unobtrusively drawing your arms up into your sleeves, turn your shirt
around backwards. 
  
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 Larry
 Watertown, NY
   10/25/98   7:33 pm