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Enjoy today's Digest!Here is today's CleanLaugh - "Basic Training"
For some recruits, there is nothing basic about basic training.
It was clear that one soldier in particular was not getting the hang of it when on guard duty, he cried out, "Halt! Don't shoot, or I'll move!"
Today's CleanPun
“It was an emotional wedding; even the cake was in tiers.”
Today's One Liner
“Love may be blind, but marriage is a real eye-opener.”
Today's CleanQuote
“Age is a very high price to pay for maturity.”
Today's Illustration - "Legalism"
Featured Illustration items are well suited for introducing or illuminating a point in a sermon, speech, or devotional. Funny, moving, or perhaps even graphic, the point of them is the point you make with them.
Here is a purported-to-be-true story someone found regarding exams at Cambridge University. It seems that during an examination one day, a bright young student popped up and asked the proctor to bring him cakes and ale. The following dialog ensued:
Proctor: I beg your pardon?
Student: Sir, I request that you bring me cakes and ale.
Proctor: Sorry, no.
Student: Sir, I really must insist. I request and require that you bring me cakes and ale.
At this point, the student produced a copy of the four hundred-year-old Laws of Cambridge, written in Latin and still nominally in effect, and pointed to the section that read (roughly translated): "Gentlemen sitting examinations may request and require cakes and ale." Pepsi and hamburgers were judged the modern equivalent, and the student sat there, writing his examination and happily eating and slurping away.
Three weeks later, the student was fined five pounds for not wearing a sword to the examination.
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Pastor Tim pastored at Westside Bible Church, Victoria, British Columbia from November 1996 to October 2017.