I was in a meeting with a group of students last week. We were having a round table discussion on an issue that required brainstorming. One of the students had an idea and wanted to share it. Instead of saying that he had an idea for everyone to think about, this is what he said instead:
“I just want to throw up something here for everyone to chew on a little.”
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“I had a dream. I dreamt that I was called to my boss’ office and there was another boss there. My boss said to me, “You broke rule 29.”
I said, “There is no rule 29. There are rules 1 through 99, but there is no rule 29.”
They had me go outside and dig holes in the snow, looking for rule 29. I dug all of the rules out of the snow, except rule 29. I said, “See! There is no rule 29!”
“There most certainly is a rule 29,” they shouted.
“O.K., well what is rule 29?”
“Rule 29 states that you will take care of us,” they said.
I said, “That’s funny. I’m not taking care of you,” and I woke up.
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“Jesus is a status symbol.”
A co-worker, telling me about a recent conference his partner attended:
“He checked in and then they assigned him to his room. You know, like they do at hotels. Well, he went to his room, and the door was open. It wasn’t really open, open. You know that thing they use in hotels to lock the door? It was pushed out to hold the door ajar. So he goes in and . . . well, he gets the shock of his life. The entire room is covered in BLOOD! I am SERIOUS! The bathroom, the bed, the walls, the floor! EVERYTHING!”
“My God! What did he do?”
“He went back to the front desk and told them he didn’t think the room was ready.”
“Did he tell them about the blood?”
“No, he didn’t want to get involved. He had a conference to attend the next day and he wanted to get some rest before it started.”
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