The Reminder is making its archives back to 2003 available on our website. Please note that, due to technical limitations, archive articles are presented without the usual formatting.
Trivia for the Brain: - Can you cry underwater? - How important does a person have to be before he is considered assassinated instead of murdered? - Why do you have to 'put your two cents in', but it's only a penny for your thoughts? Where is that extra penny going? - Once you are in Heaven, do you get stuck wearing the clothes you were buried in for eternity? - Why does a round pizza come in a square box? - What disease did cured ham actually have? - How is it that we put a man on the moon before we figured out it was a good idea to put wheels on luggage? - Why is it that people say they have slept like a baby when babies are awake every two hours? - If a deaf person has to go to court, is it still called a hearing? - Why are you IN a movie, but you are ON TV? - Why do people pay to go up tall buildings and then put money in binoculars to look at things on the ground? - Why do doctors leave the room while you change? They are going to see you naked anyway! - Why is a 'bra' singular and panties are plural? - Can a hearse carrying a body drive in a carpool lane? - If the professor on Gilligan's Island can make a radio out of a coconut, why can't he fix a hole in the boat? - Why does Goofy stand erect while Pluto remains on all fours? They are both dogs! - If corn oil is made from corn and vegetable oil is made from vegetables, what is baby oil made from? - If electricity comes from electrons, does morality come from morons? - Why do they call it an asteroid when it is outside the hemisphere but call it a hemorrhoid when it is in your butt? - Did you ever notice that when you blow in a dog's face, he gets mad at you and yet when you take him in the car, he sticks his head out of the window? ************* A holy man was having a conversation with the Lord one day and said, "Lord, I would like to know what Heaven and Hell are like." The Lord led the holy man through two doors. He opened one of the doors and the holy man looked in. In the middle of the room was a large round table. In the middle of the table was a large pot of stew which smelled delicious and made the holy man's mouth water. The people sitting around the table were thin and sickly. They appeared famished. They were holding spoons with very long handles and each found it impossible to reach into the pot of stew and take a spoonful because the handle was longer than their arms. They could not get the spoon to their mouths. The holy man shuddered at the sight of their misery and suffering. The Lord said, "You have seen Hell!" Then they went to the next room and opened the door. It was exactly the same as the first one. There was the large round table with the large pot of stew which made the holy man's mouth water. The people were equipped with the long handled spoons, but here the people were well nourished and plump, laughing and talking. The holy man said, "I don't understand!" "It is simple," said the Lord. "It requires but one skill. You see, they have learned to feed each other. While the greedy can think only of themselves!" Have a great weekend!
