Welcome to Tickles 'n Truth A Fun, Faith 'n Funny Bone Feature

Have you got a funny bone or two? Can fun connect with faith? You'd better believe it...."Funny Bone Faith" sees humor--AND faith--in the tough times and with God's help, smiles through tears as it triumphs in a Lord who brings joy and laughter to our lives--daily! Enjoy the fun and inspiration--and strengthen YOUR "Funny Bone Faith" right here--today!

Please note: Humor pieces are meant to be funny - no offense is meant with regard to age, sex, race, religion, occupation or any other topic. It is simply a way of laughing at ourselves; please do not take the humor personal or offensive.

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"A merry heart doeth good like a medicine... (Proverbs 17:22)."

"The New Language of the White House"

As you know, the White House has a new team, and a whole new language. George W. Bush brought with him many friends from Texas, and for anyone not born in the Lone Star State, the Texan accent and the cowboy colloquialisms can seem a bit strange. Here is a guide to a few of the more colorful expressions:

The engine's runnin' but ain't nobody driving. (Not overly-intelligent.)

As welcome as a skunk at a lawn party. (self-explanatory)

Tighter than bark on a tree. (Not very generous)

Big hat, no cattle. (All talk and no action)

We've howdy'd but we ain't shook yet. (Made a brief acquaintance, but not been formally introduced.)

He thinks the sun come up just to hear him crow. (He has a pretty high opinion of himself.)

She's got tongue enough for 10 rows of teeth. (That woman can talk.)

Just because a chicken has wings doesn't mean it can fly. (Appearances can be deceptive.)

This ain't my first rodeo. (I've done been around awhile.)

He looks like the dog's been keepin' him under the porch. (Not the most handsome of men.)

They ate supper before they said grace. (Living in sin.)

You can put your boots in the oven, but that don't make 'em biscuits. (You can say whatever you want about something, but that doesn't change what it is.)

--Found circulating the Web!

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"The Ant and the Grasshopper"

A mother of a 9 year old boy, Mark, received a phone call in the middle of the afternoon. It was the teacher from her son's school.

"Mrs. Smith, something unusual happened today in your son's third grade class. Your son did something that surprised me so much that I thought you should know about it immediately."

Mother seldom want to hear from their child's teacher in the middle of the day. The mother was uneasy and nervous by such a beginning to a phone call. "What now?" the mother wondered.

The teacher continued, "I have been teaching for many years and nothing like this has happened until now. This morning I was teaching a lesson on creative writing. And as I always do, I tell the story of the ant and the grasshopper. The ant works hard all summer and stores up plenty of food. But the grasshopper plays all summer and does no work.

Then winter comes. The grasshopper begins to starve because he has no food. So he hops to the ants house and begins to beg. 'Please Mr. Ant, you have much food please let me eat, too.' Now boys and girls your job is to write the ending to the story.

Your son, Mark, raised his hand. "Teacher, may I draw a picture?"

"Well, yes, Mark, if you like, you may draw a picture. But first you must write the ending to the story."

The papers came in. As in all the years past, most of the students said that the ant shared his food through the winter and both the ant and the grasshopper lived.

As always, a few children said, 'The ant said, "No, Mr. Grasshopper. You should have worked in the summer and not played. Now, I have just enough food for myself." So the ant lived and the grasshopper died.

But your son ended the story in a way different from any other child, ever. He wrote, "So the ant gave all of his food to the grasshopper; the grasshopper lived through the winter. But the ant died."

And the picture?

At the bottom of the page, Mark had drawn three crosses. "He gave everything to us so that we might live; but Jesus died."

-- Author Unknown.

--Selected from E-Mail Ministry.

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