The highlight of the visit to the zoo was the time we spent in the petting zoo.

While I was petting a baby Shetland Pony, my teacher asked, "How are you feeling today?"

I responded, "Oh, I'm feeling a little horse."

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Hearing

"Anyone with needs to be prayed over, come forward, to the front at the altar," the Preacher says.

Leroy gets in line, and when it's his turn, the preacher asks: "Leroy, what do you want me to pray about for you?"

Leroy replies: "Preacher, I need you to pray for my hearing."

The preacher puts one finger in Leroy's ear, and he places the other hand on top of Leroy's head and prays and prays and prays, he prays a blue streak for Leroy.

After a few minutes, the Preacher removes his hands, stands back and asks, "Leroy, how is your hearing now?"

Leroy says, "I don't know, Reverend, it ain't 'til next Wednesday!"

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A man learned shortly before quitting time that he had to attend a meeting. He tried unsuccessfully to locate his car-pool members to let them know that he would not be leaving with them.

Hastily he scribbled a message to one fellow and left it on his desk: "I have a last-minute meeting. Leave without me. Dave."

At 7:00 p.m., the man stopped at his desk and found this note: "Meet us at the bar and grill across the street. You drove, you idiot."

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*-- Q and A Quickies --*

Q: Why are cakes similar to baseball teams?

A: They both need good batters!


Q: What did the rope say after it got tangled?

A: Oh, no, knot again!

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RANDOM TIDBITS

Both Chevy Chase and Michael Keaton turned down the role of Dr. Peter Venkman (Bill Murray's character).

Bill Murray's role was originally written for John Belushi, but he died while the script was being written.

Ray Parker Jr.'s theme song for the film was a No. 1 hit for three weeks. Huey Lewis later sued Ray Parker Jr. for plagiarism, due to similarities between the Ghostbusters theme song and Lewis' "I Want a New Drug."

The original trailer featured a 1-800 number, not a 555 number, which led to a prerecording of Bill Murray and Dan Aykroyd. They got 1,000 calls per hour, 24 hours a day, for six weeks.

The marshmallow goo that explodes onto William Atherton is actually 50 pounds of shaving cream.

The guns for the proton packs were originally wands. The wands were changed to laser guns to make it more believable that the Ghostbusters created their gear from practical equipment.

(www.buzzfeed.com)

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Words of wisdom

"Live so that when your children think of fairness, caring and integrity, they think of you."

- H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

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From Mountain Wings

Been Making Bad Decisions - Go To The Gym

A Purdue University study found that executives who work out regularly are better decision makers. The study tested the decision-making capabilities of 80 people over a nine-month period. Results showed that the exercisers' ability to make complex decisions had increased 70% over the non-exercisers.

from The Mountain:

Have you been beating yourself over the head because you've made a few bad decisions lately? The Perdue study shows that bad decisions are actually related to being out of shape. If your body is not in shape, then your mind MAY be out of shape too.

So take the advice of the Perdue researchers and workout and feel better and THINK better.

There is a FREE workout course called RinGO MaXX at www.RinGOMaXX.com.

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It Ain't Your Mountain

MountainWings often gets responses from subscribers saying they just don't understand an issue or the issue just wasn't good.

The same issue produces responses saying it was exactly what they needed or that it was one of the best issues they've read.

Why the difference?

Sometimes, it's just not your mountain.

We all deal with different things. We have different backgrounds and experiences.

...one looked at an oak tree and saw its beauty and strength.
...another looked at the same tree and recoiled in horror.

Why in horror? Their father was hung from an oak tree.

Same tree, different viewpoints, different experiences.

If we or someone we know isn't dealing with a particular problem, the solution to that problem is just not that relevant to us.

It's the front door syndrome.

Whenever something is at your front door, it's far more relevant and important.

When was the last time you thought about how resistant your house is to an earthquake?

If you live in a city that has never had an earthquake, you've probably never thought about it.

Let an earthquake hit two miles from your house.

You'll think about it.

The front door syndrome.

If there was a MountainWings issue on earthquakes, how much you thought of it would largely depend on how close an earthquake had ever been to you.

Some issues you just may not be facing right now.

It ain't your mountain, and you don't have to get over it.

~A MountainWings Original~

   Thank you, Shari!