Picking right up again…going to try to do threeeeeeeeeeee.

Another great header from Pete!  LOVE IT!!!!

Okay, the world is falling apart at the seams.  Did you hear about the guy with the homemade flamethrower attacking the peaceful weekly demonstration for the hostage awareness?  My head is starting to hurt!  

Every single day I get a plethora of alerts through my work email about crap happening around the world that I wish I could share with you … no … I take that back.  I really don’t want to share with you.  Why should all of you be as upset as I am.  It’s my job and I’m a bit immune to it all.  But, if you only knew.

Anyway, we really need a boost of laughter AND I need to knock another one of these out, or at least get a really good start on this one before I have to call it a night… so ….

Oh!  I heard an explanation the other day for why global warming is responsible for why it’s been so cold lately!  I have never heard a bigger load of horse manure in my entire life!!!

“What’s the date today?” asks a blonde. 

“I don’t know. You’ve got a newspaper in your hands… why don’t you look at it?” 

“That wouldn’t do any good, it’s yesterday’s paper 

THE WISDOM OF WILL ROGERS 


1. Never slap a man who’s chewing tobacco. 

2. Never kick a cow chip on a hot day. 

3.There are 2 theories to arguing with a woman… neither works. 

4.Never miss a good chance to shut up. 

5.Always drink upstream from the herd. 

6.If you find yourself in a hole, stop digging. 

7.The quickest way to double your money is to fold it and put it back in your pocket. 

8.There are three kinds of men. The ones that learn by reading. The few who learn by observation. The rest of them have to touch the electric fence for themselves. 

9.Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment. 

10.If you’re riding’ ahead of the herd, take a look back every now and then to make sure it’s still there. 

11.Lettin’ the cat outta the bag is a whole lot easier’n puttin’ it back. 

12.AND FINALLY–After eating an entire bull, a mountain lion felt so good he started roaring. He kept it up until a hunter came along and shot him… The moral:  When you’re full of bull, keep your mouth shut. 

A beautiful young woman is getting dressed for work one morning in her high-rise apartment building. 

She glances out her fiftieth-story bedroom window and sees a window washer outside. 

Thinking she will rattle him, she slowly takes off her dress. 

The window washer just goes about the business of cleaning the windows. 

Next, she removes her slip in a very provocative manner. 

Still, the man just keeps working away. 

Taking her striptease to the full extent, she takes off her bra and panties and begins parading around her room. The window washer still takes no notice of her. 

Finally, the woman walks over to the window and just stands there, totally naked, staring at the man outside her window.  

At last the window washer puts down his pail and says, “What’s the matter, lady, haven’t you ever seen a window washer before?”

Jeff had told all of his friends about the great steak he had eaten downtown the day before. A group of them decided to head down and see if it was really as large and delicious as he was making it out to be. 

The group was seated in the back of the restaurant. After looking over the menu, they ordered and waited hungrily for their large, delicious pieces of dead cow. 

To their collective disappointment, the waiter brought out some of the smallest steaks they had ever seen. 

“Now see here,” a very embarrassed Jeff said to the waiter. “Yesterday when I came down here, you served me a BIG juicy steak. Today, when I have my friends about, you serve small steaks! What is the meaning of this?” 

“Yes, sir,” replied the waiter, “yesterday you were sitting by the window.”

When it comes to wine I’m very particular about what I buy. There are two things I look for before making my selection. 

First, the word “Wine” must appear somewhere on the label. This is something I insist on. 

Second, I look for a sign nearby that says “On Sale.” 

Follow these two rules and you won’t go far wrong.

Hmmm, I think my ex-wife may have been part eagle.

Among the many thousands of things I have never been able to understand, one in particular stands out. 

That is the question of who was the first person to stand on a pile of sand and say, “You know, I bet if we took some of this and mixed it with a little potash and heated it, we could make a material that would be solid and yet transparent. We could call it glass.” 

Call me obtuse, but you could stand me on a beach till the end of time and never would it occur to me to try to make it into windows… 

 Job candidate: Hello, I’m here for the interview. 
Interviewer: Great! Do you have any experience? 
Job candidate: Yes, this is my 20th interview.

 Most gun duels in the old West could have been prevented if only the city planners had made towns big enough for everyone.

Someone just called my phone, sneezed and then hung up. I’m getting sick and tired of these cold calls.

 I used to make loads of money cleaning leaves from lawns. I was raking it in.

If you are going to call the cops every time you spot me in the bushes, I don’t think this relationship is going to work.

I think my blind girlfriend just broke up with me. She said she wanted to see other people.

Did you hear about the pregnant bedbug? She’s having her babies in the Spring.

You can get out of jury duty on the first day by blatantly winking at the defendant as you give them a double thumbs up.

Cop: Can you describe the person who robbed you? 
Me: He had on a black shirt and hat with a green apron and charged me $6 for coffee.

Our computers went down at work today so we had to do everything manually. It took me 20 minutes to shuffle the cards for solitaire.

Kind of crazy that bears made porridge and the only thing wrong with it was the temperature.

Can someone please tell me what the lowest rank in the army is? Every time I ask someone they tell me it’s private.

 My wife is mad that I have no sense of direction, so I packed up my stuff and right.

Doctor diagnosed me with a rare form of amnesia that makes me deny the existence of 80’s bands. There is no cure.

Every morning I take my pet cow for a long walk in the local vineyard. Yes…I herd it through the grapevine.

Yeah, I think every one of those we’ve heard before.

That’s it my friends.  I know this one was short, sweet and to the point.  But I gotta hit the rack.  Until next time.

Here’s the deal…

I have two choices, because we have a big exercise again this week and I will be working long, 12 to 14 hour shifts possibly starting as early as Wednesday and going through Sunday.  So the issue that I’m working on right now is Thursday’s.  So here are the two choices:

#1.  Make this an extra special issue to try to get you guys all the way through to next Thursday.

#2. Make this an okay, so-so issue and finish it up quickly so I have time to knock another one out and have it scheduled for Saturday, so you only end up missing out on Monday.

Yeah, I agree.  Option #2.  Ration the good stuff out so we all get a laugh through out.  Heck, maybe if I ration well enough, I can squeeze out a third one….doubtful, but let’s see.

I’m telling ya’ Pete!  You’re throwing the Bob stuff in there on purpose!

See!  See what I mean!

Be honest, you thought about it.  I know you did!

Boy, ain’t that the truth.  And the younger ones, the can have an entire conversation without using any letters at all.

What’s the name of the bar where mechanics hang out?

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The Universal Joint.

“Four years ago, my cousin ran for a Member of Congress.” 

“What’s he doing now?” 

“Nothing. He got elected.” 

I thought my Izzy Dragon would LOVE this idea…she said not to EVER put bacon (which she also LOVES) on her Mac & Cheese!  I guess she’s a purest at heart.

What kind of lights were on Noah’s Ark? 

FLOODLIGHTS!! 

So good!

This is THE most adorable thing I think I’ve read in a long, long time.  I’ll be honest, this big old dragon teared up by the time he got to the end.

Why God made moms 

(Answers given by 2nd grade school children) 

Why did God make mothers? 
1. She’s the only one who knows where the scotch tape is. 
2. Mostly to clean the house. 
3. To help us out of there when we were getting born. 

How did God make mothers? 
1. He used dirt, just like for the rest of us. 
2. Magic plus super powers and a lot of stirring. 
3. God made my Mom just the same like he made me. He Just used bigger parts. 

What ingredients are mothers made of? 
1. God makes mothers out of clouds and angel hair and everything nice in the world and one dab of mean. 
2. They had to get their start from men’s bones. Then they mostly use string, I think. 

Why did God give you your mother and not some other mom? 
1. We’re related. 
2. God knew she likes me a lot more than other people’s moms like me. 

What kind of little girl was your mom? 
1. My mom has always been my mom and none of that other stuff. 
2. I don’t know because I wasn’t there, but my guess would be pretty bossy. 
3. They say she used to be nice. 

What did mom need to know about dad before she married him? 
1. His last name. 
2. She had to know his background. Like is he a crook? Does he get drunk on beer? 
3. Does he make at least $800 a year? Did he say NO to drugs and YES to chores? 

Why did your Mom marry your dad? 
1. My dad makes the best spaghetti in the world. And my Mom eats alot. 
2. She got too old to do anything else with him. 
3. My grandma says that Mom didn’t have her thinking cap on. 

Who’s the boss at your house? 
1. Mom doesn’t want to be boss, but she has to because dad’s such a goof ball. 
2. Mom. You can tell by room inspection. She sees the stuff under the bed. 
3. I guess Mom is, but only because she has a lot more to do than dad. 

What’s the difference between moms and dads? 
1. Moms work at work and work at home, & dads just go to work at work. 
2. Moms know how to talk to teachers without scaring them. 
3. Dads are taller & stronger, but moms have all the real power ’cause that’s who you got to ask if you want to sleep over at your friend’s. Moms have magic, they make you feel better without medicine. 

What does your Mom do in her spare time? 
1. Mothers don’t do spare time. 
2. To hear her tell it, she pays bills all day long. 

What would it take to make your Mom perfect? 
1. On the inside she’s already perfect. Outside, I think some kind of plastic surgery. 
2. Diet. You know, her hair. I’d diet, maybe blue. 

If you could change one thing about your Mom, what would it be? 
1. She has this weird thing about me keeping my room clean. I’d get rid of that. 
2. I’d make my Mom smarter. Then she would know it was my sister who did it and not me. 
3. I would like for her to get rid of those invisible eyes on her back of her head. 

Attending a wedding for the first time, a little girl whispered to her mother, “Why is the bride dressed in white?” 

“Because white is the color of happiness and today is the happiest day of her life,” her mother tried to explain, keeping it simple. 

The child thought about this for a moment, then said, “So, why’s the groom wearing black?” 

So very, very true!

A wife asks her husband, an engineer, “Could you please go shopping for me and buy one carton of milk, and if they have eggs, get 6.” 

A short time later the husband comes back with 6 cartons of milk. 

The wife asks him, “Why the hell did you buy 6 cartons of milk?” 

He replied, “They had eggs.”

And this makes absolutely perfect sense to me. But I also know exactly what the wife meant.  Because I have had a wife and I work with engineers.

Duct tape is like the Force. It has a light side, a dark side, and it holds the universe together. – 

 

anon…

Okay, that one went pretty quick, so that leaves me a little time for this…

I am absolutely disgusted by Seattle’s demonic mayor who blamed the Christians for the violent rioters who attacked them. Calling them far right extremists and lying and saying that they chose that location on purpose just to cause trouble.

Well, Mr. so-called mayor, they wanted to go somewhere else and your people told them no and sent them to that location, the most hostile, alphabet filled location in your cesspool of a city.  They had water balloons full of urine thrown at them.  And of the 22 or 23 people arrested, not a single one of them was one of the Christians.  They were all your precious alphabet or antifa people.

You should be ashamed of yourself!  

Now the FBI is investigating, as well it should.  I hope you get thrown in jail.

Okay, rant over.  Until next time.

One of my favorite of all time headers…dragons and books.  Thank you my brother.

A thing on TV is catching my attention right now.  We all know that lying is a sin.  9th commandment, right?  Would you lie to save your own life?  Would you lie to save the life of a loved one?  Would you lie to save the life of a stranger or even a friend?  Think about the Germans who hid the Jews in Nazi Germany.  If they were questioned and they lied, were they sinning?

It is kind of circumstantial, isn’t it?  Let’s talk about …

Would I lie to save my own life?

• A guy is holding a gun on me and is mad because I did something that upset him.  I may try to lie my way out of it to not get shot with the understanding that he is WAY over reacting to me taking the last piece of pie that he wanted, or I cut him off in traffic, or I kissed his girl … i.e. “I took this pie so I could bring it over to you.” or “I’m on my way to the hospital because it’s an emergency, I would have NEVER cut you off otherwise.” or “I had no idea at ALL she was your girl, but I should have known better, of course she would go for someone so much more handsome than I am, and if you would just gimme three step, you won’t ever see me no more.”
• I’m in front of a judge in a court of law.  Nope, probably not ever.
• You will take the mark of the beast or you will die… then kill me now.

Would I lie to save the life of someone else?

• The whole Nazi thing?  Or anything similar?  I’d definitely lie.  No question
• Anything that has to do with some moron holding a gun as in above, yeah, I’d probably lie there, too.
• The trouble comes when it comes to me lying in court to save like my daughter’s life over something she did.  Like if I could supply her an alibi or something…that would be SO HARD.  But, I don’t think I could.  I would trade my life for hers, I’d go to the gallows FOR her, but I couldn’t lie to get her out of it.  I couldn’t.
• And I would do everything I could to keep her from taking that mark.

Okay, so I lasted longer on the topic than they did on TV and I don’t know why I went where I did, but let’s move on to something else.  In fact, let’s move on to the laughter and then move on to a nice comment from Leah D. 

I love this meme.

And did you know that the only one who is supposed to get your SSN is the IRS.  No one else.  NO ONE!

This next one is from Stephanie.  Click HERE.

Bob!  It doesn’t always have to be Bob!

Kyle and Justin were about to eat with the baby-sitter when 6 year old, Kyle said, “You can’t sit in Daddy’s seat” 

“Daddy’s not home,” the babysitter replied. “Since I’m responsible for you while he’s gone, I can sit here. Today I’m the boss” 

Justin, the 4 year old, quickly piped up, “If you’re the boss, you sit over there.” He pointed to his mother’s chair.

Again?!?!  It doesn’t HAVE to be Bob!

This is pure craziness.  I agree with the person who posted this, I too am left with more questions than answers…click HERE to watch what I watched.

My wife still uses curlers in her hair after she washes it. She came into the Family Room as I was watching TV. I guess I stared at her funny because she said, “I just set my hair.” 

The last thing I remember saying was, “Oh, really? And what time does it go off?” 

Exactly!  You know, like saying how marriage is not just between and man and a woman or how this stuff doesn’t apply anymore.  The whole Progressive Christian Church thing.

A young Jew and an old Jew are riding on a bus in Jerusalem. 

The young Jew asks, “Excuse me, sir, what time is it?” 

The old Jew doesn’t answer. 

“Excuse me, sir,” the young Jew asks again, “what time is it?” 

The old Jew still doesn’t answer. 

“Sir, forgive me for interrupting you all the time, but I really want to know what time it is. Why won’t you answer me?” 

The old Jew says, “Son, the next stop is the last on this route. I don’t know you, so you must be a stranger. If I answer you now, according to Jewish tradition, I must invite you to my home. 

You’re handsome and I have a beautiful daughter. You will both fall in love and you’ll want to get married. And tell me, why would I want a son-in-law who can’t even afford a watch?” 

Believe it or not, I’ve played with guys and in places where that sign was absolutely a requirement.

Sarah, the new bride, went crying to her mother. “What’s troubling you?” asked her concerned mother. 

“Momma, I can’t get Dave to do anything. I want him to fix up the house, and he keeps putting it off.” Sarah explained. 

“Honey,” her mother replied, “after being married to your father for twenty six years, I’ve found that there’s only one way to get him to do anything.” 

“What way is that?” asked Sarah, “I want to know so that I can try it out on Dave.” 

“Well,” said her mother, “the way to get him to do anything is to tell him he’s too old.”

Okay, if I’m not mistaken, back in the day, cough syrup used to be made up of alcohol, pot, chloroform, and morphine, which was skillfully combined with other ingredients.  Oh no, that’s not scary…not at all.

Okay, so got a nice comment from Leah D. on the Memorial Day issue.  Presented to you here:

Thank you for the request not to say “Happy Memorial Day.” That has always irritated me greatly.

My years growing up in an area of small towns, back when they hadn’t stuck Memorial Day on a Monday, to make a three day weekend, we always gathered at the cemetery, received our flags, placed them on the graves of all our servicemen. There was a gun salute, then from a high cliff, taps reached out to us. It was so moving.

I know Memorial Day is about those who lost their lives defending us. However, I have been acutely aware that ALL who served, though they may have survived, were just as ready as those who didn’t, to make that sacrifice.

I had uncles lost in WWII and Korea. My father made it home, but the tormenting loss of his brothers was too much to stand. By the time his second brother’s body was delivered, my father’s was buried too.

As a teen, I lost friends to the Viet Cong, and one friend lost his mind. I totally agree with you, in anger over how our Vets are treated, left to live a homeless existence on the streets. But one friend who had rich relatives, ready to help him, and they did try, could not rescue him from the nightmares.

Some come home from the wars alive, but missing parts of their bodies. We see the gap where a leg should be . . . but can’t their sanity.

Thank you for the nice comment.  There are a lot of vets who come back with issues.  Some of which are readily apparent by looking at them.  We need to do a better job.  A much better job.

Look at that!  Three on a theme!  Thanks Pete!

That last one was sent to me by buddy Wheats!  Thanks Wheats!

Look what Izzy bought me!!!!! I came home from a graduation party for a friends daughter and she told me that she bought something for me with a big grin on her face.  I thought it would be something silly and it was this cool gift!  I thumbed through it and read a few pages and it is actually really cool and quite biblically accurate.  I’m going to have a great time reading through this!  Maybe I’ll send you guys some pages as I go through it.

Mississinewa Lake from last weekend when I was out on my buddy’s boat.  Quite relaxing for a little while.  Would have been better if it was a sailboat instead of a pontoon.  

Horrific damage from the last storm at our shop on base.

I actually hope it’s the willfully blind, because if they are that congenitally stupid than they are also rabidly dangerous.

A man flies into a new city on business. 

When he got to the hotel he found that he has come down with laryngitis.  He decided to call a doctor before he completely lost his voice.  He looks up a doctor’s phone number and calls him.

Took this picture while I was at the lake.

Tornado takes out tornado siren.  That’s just evil Mr. Tornado!

It’s a sad world we’re living in folks.

39 Ridiculously Gendered Bathroom Signs That Made Me Roll My Eyes So Hard I Could See My Brain

You deserve everything you get!

I don’t want any of you to pass this next one by.  This is SO PERFECT.  What an awesome simile … or is it an analogy?  Whatever.  This is the perfect representation of our life on earth and having a loving God who wants us to get to Heaven.  No one better skip this one.  It’s like one minute long.

WAS     THAT    NOT     AWESOME??????

One day at kindergarten a teacher said to the class of 5-year- olds, “I’ll give $2 to the child who can tell me who was the most famous man who ever lived.” 

An Irish boy put his hand up and said, “It was St. Patrick.” 

The teacher said, “Sorry Sean, that’s not correct.” 

Then a Scottish boy put his hand up and said, “It was St. Andrew.” 

The teacher replied, “I’m sorry, Hamish, that’s not right either.” 

Finally, a Jewish boy raised his hand and said, “It was Jesus Christ.” 

The teacher said, “That’s absolutely right, Marvin,come up here and I’ll give you the $2.” 

As the teacher was giving Marvin his money, she said, “You know Marvin, since you’re Jewish, I was very surprised you said Jesus Christ.” 

Marvin replied, “Yeah. In my heart I knew it was Moses, but business is business…”

Okay, the one about inside the old man….yeah, that one…absolute truth!  Time goes by so fast.  Before you know it, there’s an old man looking back at you in the mirror and you can’t but help think to yourself, “What in the world happened?”

But what happened here is that we are now done with this issue and saying good night.  Until next time.

Trying to get a bit ahead.  Today is Sunday, and I’m now working on next Saturday’s issue.  I have a lot going on over the next two days with my grandson’s graduation from high school.  Might be exciting…we’ll have to see.  I won’t say why because it’s not my story to tell.  I just hope my grandson decided to do the right thing.

So, not having much else to talk about, let’s just go ahead and get into the fun stuff.  If I think of anything else to talk about throughout, I will.

No kidding!

Sec Rubio cancelled another 139 wasteful grants worth $215 million including:

$5.2 million to “Media Diversity” for programs like “Get the Trolls Out!” – “an anti-disinformation program” in the United Kingdom

$2.5 million for “advancing critical civic engagement” in Uzbekistan

$2 million for “Expanded Newsroom Sustainability and Engagement” in Moldova

$1 million for “channeling gig workers’ rights” in Brazil

$2.4 million for “Responding to Disinformation Through Creative Content in Belarus”

$1.7 million for “Independent Media for Peace and Democracy” in Europe

$1.5 million for a “Women-led Gendered Approach to Justice and Accountability”

$1.7 million “BeMediaWise” in Bulgaria

$900k for a “Place for Women to Join to Organize” in Mauritania

$750k for “Building the Migrant Domestic Worker-Led Movement” in Lebanon

$740k for a feminist “Free Expression Initiative” in Tunisia

Just further proof that the left has ZERO regard for hard-working Americans tax dollars!

None of this stuff surprises me anymore.

The first graders were attending their first music lesson.  The teacher was trying to begin at the beginning.  She drew a musical staff on the blackboard and asked a little girl to come up and write a note on it. 

The little girl went to the blackboard, looked thoughtful for a minute and wrote, “Dear Aunt Emma, just a short note to tell you I’m fine.” 

21 Coincidences So Wild You’ll Think the Universe Is Glitching

Well, that’s definitely not Luke 6:37 although, I suppose the sentiment is kind of close.  Luke 6:37, Jesus speaking, “Judge not, and you shall not be judged.  Condemn not, and you shall  not be condemned.  Forgive, and you will be forgiven. So the meme could be saying that the writer of the meme will not judge, since he walks imperfectly.  But it’s in quotes like he’s quoting someone and then put a bible reference like the reference is what he’s quoting.  That is definitely NOT a quote from Jesus since He did walk perfectly.  He was Himself sinless.  

After doing a search online, the line is associated with that scripture all over the web.  It’s not surprising to me that other people disagree with me.  But, like I said, the sentiment is certainly there.

This one’s from our dear South African friend Wouter

My wish exactly.

And this one:

That’s it my friends. 

Welcome to Thursday.  I’m not sure what else to say since I just finished up the Memorial Day issue.

It’s Saturday and I have things I should be doing. But instead, I’m going to be spending time with you guys.

Oh my dear goodness!  Watch this one! This is the exact blatant racism that is everywhere in our country today:

Racist Entitled Ass.

Charles Spurgeon, who died over 133 years ago, had so many great quotes that are still so true today!

46 Disastrous Design Fails That Made Me Laugh So Hard I’m Probably Going Straight To Hell

The restaurant where I took my two sons for a meal was crowded with fans watching a sporting event on television.
 
The harried waitress took our order, but more than half an hour passed with no sign of her return.
 
I was trying to keep my kids from becoming restless when suddenly shouts of victory came from the bar.
 
“Hey,” commented my 11-year-old, “it sounds as if someone just got his food.”

Okay, I Can’t Stop Laughing At These Extremely Petty People Who Got Revenge In Literally The Best Way Possible

Well, this classic sign is from Hell, Michigan and it definitely freezes over each year.  I’m pretty sure if you look hard enough, you can find the sign from the one in Norway frozen over somewhere on the internet.

Thousands Of People Have Agreed That These 19 Photos Are Inexplicably Creepy

A man took his wife to a Broadway show. During the first intermission he had to use the bathroom in the worst way, so he hurried to find the bathrooms.
 
He searched in vain for the rest rooms, but instead, all he found was a beautiful fountain with foliage. 

Nobody was watching, so he decided to take a go right there. 

When he finally got back into the auditorium, the second act had already begun.
 
He searched in the dark until he found his wife. “Did I miss much of the second act?” he asked.
 
“Miss it?” she said, “You were starring in it!”

Nope!  Everything is going exactly to plan!

15 Hilarious Stories About The Dumbest People In The World

A customer in a bakery was observed carefully examining all the rich-looking pastries displayed on trays in the glass cases. 

When a clerk approached him and asked, “What would you like?” he answered, “I’d like that chocolate-covered, cream-filled doughnut, that jelly-filled doughnut and that cheese Danish.” 

Then with a sigh he added, “But I’ll take an oat-bran muffin.” 

Thanks to John M for sharing this one.

Why Did Jesus Fold the Napkin?

Why did Jesus fold the linen burial cloth after His resurrection? I never noticed this….

The Gospel of John (20:7) tells us that the napkin, which was placed over the face of Jesus, was not just thrown aside like the grave clothes. The Bible takes an entire verse to tell us that the napkin was neatly folded, and was placed separate from the grave clothes. Early Sunday morning, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene came to the tomb and found that the stone had been rolled away from the entrance. She ran and found Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one whom Jesus loved. She said, ‘They have taken the Lord’s body out of the tomb, and I don’t know where they have put him!’ Peter and the other disciple ran to the tomb to see.. The other disciple outran Peter and got there first. He stooped and looked in and saw the linen cloth lying there, but he didn’t go in.

Then Simon Peter arrived and went inside. He also noticed the linen wrappings lying there, while the cloth that had covered Jesus’ head was folded up and lying to the side. Was that important? Absolutely!

Is it really significant? Yes!

In order to understand the significance of the folded napkin, you have to understand a little bit about Hebrew tradition of that day. The folded napkin had to do with the Master and Servant, and every Jewish boy knew this tradition.

When the servant set the dinner table for the master, he made sure that it was exactly the way the master wanted it…

The table was furnished perfectly, and then the servant would wait, just out of sight, until the master had finished eating, and the servant would not dare touch that table, until the master was finished. Now, if the master were done eating, he would rise from the table, wipe his fingers, his mouth, and clean his beard, and would wad up that napkin and toss it onto the table.

The servant would then know to clear the table. For in those days, the wadded napkin meant, ‘I’m done.’

But if the master got up from the table, and folded his napkin, and laid it beside his plate, the servant would not dare touch the table, because……….. The folded napkin meant, ‘I’m coming back!’ He is Coming Back!

This is the perfect example of almost every Marine I’ve ever met…sorry guys.

A new Marine Captain becomes the commander of a company of Marines. As he goes about learning everything on how they do things, he finds two Marines guarding a bench. The bench has the eagle, globe and anchor Marine Corp symbol on the middle of the backrest. 

He asks his Gunny Sergeant why they’re guarding the bench and he says that the previous commander ordered it.
 
He calls the previous commander up, now a major, asking why he did that and the major said that it’s because the previous commander ordered it. So he calls that commander, now a Lieutenant Colonel asking why he ordered it. He gets the same answer that it was ordered by the previous commander. 
 
The captain goes through this song and dance a couple more times before he gets a hold of an old retired General. He politely calls him up and he asks him why he ordered his men to guard this bench that all the commanders since then have maintained the tradition. 
 
The old retired General says, “I don’t recall… Oh, wait, is the paint still wet?”

Yup, every single Marine I’ve ever met, known, and loved.

And this is it my friends.  Until next time….