There are a lot of these that would never make it into a church publication, of any type, today.

Actually it does. (!) Part of the reason these jokes are so interesting to read (besides the occasional funny one) is the great dichotomy between their content — racism, taking advantage of one another for a word, abuse, adultery, etc., etc. — and what we would currently see as appropriate for the pious pages of a church publication.

Scott stopped his super-heavy drinking about a year before we met as hiking buddies, and he stopped smoking for good a couple years before that. Since almost every joke he knew came from another drunk at the bar, most of his pre-Julia humor was not appropriate to repeat around stepchildren.

So, when he asked my kids if they thought it would be okay to propose, one of Joshua’s concerns was if Scott was going to play the joke and mind puzzle games on long car rides. The one time he had tried to play it with us he had to stop in the middle of almost every joke when he realized the punch line was not PG-13 in content or language. Lol.

(Scott can’t remember if that came before or after the questions about vasectomies and his views on unrighteous dominion. The kids had the explain the last one, but they agreed the persuasion and long suffering should be part of love. I think Scott was relieved to get to the jewelers to pick out a ring so the conversation got rerouted.)

Since their agreement for Scott to “clean up” his jokes, Josh emails Scott any clean jokes he thinks are funny. Most of them are knock-knock jokes, so Funny Bones are a good break into more thoughtfulish . There are often a few details to explain before he gets the jokes though.

I like the beehive as a possible logo/design element. I need to make new magnets for my website, since I upgraded it and took out the blogspot part of the address. I will try a couple designs for Keepa-ninnies, and everyone can see if they hate all of them, love all of them, or if there is a clear favorite. I will be making a few choices for Josh too, since he wants to be able to give out “blog cards” to people he meets that might be interested in checking out his blog.

I am rambling, so I will stop while I am only slightly behind.

(a honey bee is always appropriate in any situation, btw)

I was wondering, if I made Keepa’ninny notecards or magnets, besides the name and blog web address, what would belong on them? Would you be willing to have a post asking people?
(I wouldn’t be selling them, just sending them to Keepa’ninnies for Christmas, a birthday, or just because.)

Judy: “Teacher, is it bad to say ‘Rotterdam’?”

Teacher: “Why no, Rotterdam is the name of a city in Holland.”

Judy: “Good, because Susie stole my gum and I hope it’ll Rotterdam teeth out!”