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with Bewareof the Lord’s Coming
Robert Wood Johnson
the
former chairman of Johnson & Johnson
was known to be a terror when he
inspected his plants. On one such unannounced visit
the plant manager had a
fortunate 30-minute tip prior to his arrival. Hastily he had things spruced up
by ordering several large rolls of paper transported to the roof of the
building. When Johnson arrived
he was furious. "What in the hell is all
that junk on the roof?" were his first words. How were they to know that
he would arrive in his personal helicopter?
Edward Buxton
Promise
Them Anything (Stein & Day)
in Reader's Digest
March 1980.
During one of his
political campaigns
a delegation called on Theodore Roosevelt at his home in
Oyster Bay
Long Island. The President met them with his coat off and his
sleeves rolled up. "Ah
gentlemen
" he said
"come down to the
barn and we will talk while I do some work." At the barn
Roosevelt picked
up a pitchfork and looked around for the hay. Then he called out
"John
where's all the hay?"
"Sorry
sir
"
John called down from the hayloft. "I ain't had time to toss it back down
again after you pitched it up while the Iowa folks were here."
Bits & Pieces
November 12
1992
pp. 19-20.
Lady Nancy Astor
the first
woman ever seated in the British House of Commons
encountered a lot of male
antagonism -- but proved herself capable of giving as well as receiving in that
arena. Once
at a formal dinner
Lady Astor said to her neighbor that she
considered men to be more conceited than women. Noticing that she had been
heard around the table
she continued loudly: "It's a pity that the most
intelligent and learned men attach the least importance to the way they dress.
Why
right at this table the most cultivated man is wearing the most clumsily
knotted tie!" The words were scarcely out of her mouth before every man in
the room secretly reached up to adjust his tie.
Today in the Word
May 9
1992.
An enthusiastic but
somewhat unscrupulous salesman was waiting to see the purchasing agent of the
engineering firm where my husband worked. The salesman was there to submit his
company's bid
or price quote
for a particular job. He couldn't help but
notice
however
that a competitor's bid was on the purchasing agent's desk.
Unfortunately
the actual figure was covered by a can of juice. The temptation
to see the amount quoted became too much
so the salesman lifted the can. His
heart sank as he watched thousands of BB's pour from the bottomless can and
scatter across the floor.
Reader's Digest.
In A View From The Zoo
Gary Richmond
a former zoo keeper
tells about an experience a friend had with
a raccoon. He explains that raccoons go through a glandular change at about 24
months. After that they often attack their owners. A 30-pound raccoon can be
equal to a 100-pound dog in a scrap. Richmond felt compelled to warn this young
friend of his named Julie of the change coming to her pet raccoon. She listened
politely as he explained the coming danger. She responded by saying what people
always say
"It will be different for me..." And she smiled as she
added
"Bandit wouldn't hurt me. He just wouldn't." Three months
later Julie underwent plastic surgery for facial lacerations sustained when
Bandit attacked her for no apparent reason.
Quoted in Dynamic
Preaching
June 1990.