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CD Player
I wanted to buy a CD player, but was completely perplexed by one
model's promotional sign. So I called the salesclerk over and asked,
"What does 'hybrid pulse D/A converter' mean?"
He said, "That means that this machine will read the digital
information that is encoded on CDs and convert it into an audio signal."
"In other words," I said, "this CD player plays CDs."
"Exactly."
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New Year's Dinner
As in many homes on New Year's Day, my wife and I faced the annual conflict of which
was more important - the football games on television, or the dinner itself. To keep
peace, I ate dinner with the rest of the family, and even lingered for some pleasant
after-dinner conversation before retiring to the family room to turn on the game.
Several minutes later, my wife came downstairs and graciously even brought with her
a cold pop for me. She smiled, kissed me on the cheek and asked what the score was.
I told her it was the end of the third quarter and that the score was still nothing
to nothing.
"See?" she said, continuing to smile, "You didn't miss a thing."
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"There is no security in this life. There is only opportunity."
- Douglas MacArthur
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Featured *Illustration* items are well suited for introducing or illuminating a
point in a sermon, speech, or devotional. Funny, moving, or perhaps even graphic,
the point of them is the point you make with them.
*Here is today's Illustration. - Appearances*
Each Friday night I drove my wife to the station for the train to Weimar, CA, so she could visit her sister who was ill. Ten minutes later, my sister arrived by train from Sacramento to manage our household over the weekend. On Sundays this procedure worked in reverse with my sister departing by train ten minutes before my wife arrived.
One evening after my sister left and while I awaited my wife's arrival, a porter sauntered over.
"Mister," he said, "you are sure some man! But one of these days you are goin' to get caught!"