Scott McAlister

I love to laugh.  I think that laughter is a good medication for the soul.  Here’s a funny story that I read this week.  I hope it makes you laugh!

Murphy’s Law in the Ministry
By Ron Walters

Murphy’s Law warns, “If anything can go wrong, it will go wrong-and at the least opportune time.” Some might even say Murphy was an optimist.

To prove the point, Dear Abby reprinted the following four-day typographical nightmare published by a small-town newspaper:

Monday: For Sale – R.D. Jones has one sewing machine for sale. Phone 947-0707 after 7:00pm and ask for Mrs. Kelly who lives with him cheap.

Tuesday: Correction – We regret having erred in R.D Jones’ ad yesterday. It should have read, “One sewing machine for sale, cheap. Phone 948-0707 and ask for Mrs. Kelly who lives with him after 7pm.”

Wednesday: Correction – R.D. Jones has informed us that he has received several annoying telephone calls because of the error we made in his classified ad yesterday. The ad stands correct as follows: “For sale – R.D. Jones has one sewing machine for sale. Cheap. Phone 948-0707 after 7:00pm and ask for Mrs. Kelly who loves with him.”

Thursday: Notice – “I, R.D. Jones have no sewing machine for sale. I smashed it. Don’t call 948-0707 as the telephone has been taken out. I have not been carrying on with Mrs. Kelly. Until yesterday she was my housekeeper but she quit.”