Cal Ripkin, Jr. Of the Baltimore Orioles baseball team broke Lou Gehrig's seemingly insurmountable record of 2,130 consecutive games played. Gehrig never missed a game for over 15 seasons. He played despite a broken toe, a broken rib, a broken thumb, a twisted back, several attacks of...

A motorcycle cop was rushed to the hospital with an inflamed appendix. The doctors operated and advised him that all was well. However, the patrolman kept feeling something pulling at the hairs on his chest. Worried that it might be a second surgery the doctors hadn't...

A little girl was wearing one of those Medical Alert bracelets. Someone asked her what the bracelet was for. She replied, "I'm allergic to nuts and eggs." The person asked, "Are you allergic to cats?"...

Responsibility

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Dr. Robert Lamont, a Presbyterian pastor who felt incredibly blessed by God, once observed, "When I was a schoolboy, we would occasionally see a turtle on a fence post, and when we did, we knew someone had put him there. He didn't get there by himself. That is how I see my own life. I'm...

Aging

Arnold and his wife were cleaning out the attic one day when he came across a ticket from the local shoe repair shop. The date stamped on the ticket showed it was over eleven years old. They both laughed and tried to remember which of them might have forgotten to pick up a pair of shoes over...

An elderly man in Phoenix calls his son in New York and says, "I hate to ruin your day, but I have to tell you that your mother and I are divorcing; 45 years of misery is enough." "Pop, what are you talking about?" the son screams. "We can't stand the...

Age