Sunday Funnies: April 10

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Another installment from my dad’s humor cards.

The backstory: My dad was a Presbyterian pastor for 40 years. He kept a well curated stack of humor cards – little stories or observations that he typed onto 5×7 cards. Then he wrote in the margins when he used that particular item. His humor was often an easy way to settle in to something deeper – by laughing and thinking about the buried truth in these little nuggets, it paved the way to an open heart.

When we cleaned out his desk after he died 7 years ago, I was lucky enough to stumble on this stack. I pull it out regularly to have a little laugh with my dear Dad. Now when I post one of them, I write my note next to his and it feels like a continuation.

PARABLES

DIFFICULTIES – When they first manufactured golf balls, they made the covers smooth. Then it was discovered that after a ball and been roughed up one could get more distance out of it. So they started manufacturing them with dimpled covers. So it is with life; it takes some rough spots in your life to make you go your farthest.

APRIL FOOLS – One April Fool’s Day, as Phillips Brooks was walking along Boylston St., Boston, he saw a little fellow trying in vain to reach a door bell. Brooks walked up the steps saying, “Let me help you, my little man!” He pulled the knob; the boy scampered down the steps saying, “Now run like the devil!”

Source: Parables, Volume 4, No. 1, March 1984

12 thoughts on “Sunday Funnies: April 10”

  6. Whoa. I’m kinda blown away by the golf ball story. I had no idea! Makes me think somebody should add dimples to a bowling ball. Might make it less likely to end up in the gutter.
    Then again, my mind’s just going to go there anyway. May as well have some company.

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