Then did you jump? A young soldier finally got his first jump in at Airborne school. The young man proudly calls home from Ft Benning to tell his dad all about it. ""hey dad, I finally got my first jump!"" ""awesome, tell me all about it"" said the enthusiastic father. ""well pop, first they load all of you into a C130 and you take off in a very fast and violent climb"" ""sounds scary. So then did you jump?"" ""No dad, not yet. After that ascent the jumpmaster yells 10 minutes!"" ""and then you …

Moral of the Story. A teacher told her young class to ask their parents for a family story with a moral at the end of it, and to return the next day to tell their stories. In the classroom the next day, Joe gave his example first, ""My dad is a farmer and we have chickens. One day we were taking lots of eggs to market in a basket on the front seat of the truck when we hit a big bump in the road; the basket fell off the seat and all the eggs broke. The moral of the story is not to put all your eg…

The Cushmaker On Johnny's first day of school, Ms. Patrick assigned the kids to start learning their ABCs. Johnny calmly refused to participate. The teacher let it go for a bit, but then had to take him aside. ""You're going to have to do the work like everyone else, Johnny."" ""Nope."" ""Well how are you going to learn to read and write? You need to learn these things to get a job someday."" ""Don't need it,"" He replied ""I'll be a cushmaker when I grow up."" Ms. Patrick didn't want to admit t…

My high school assignment was to ask a veteran about World War II. Since my father had served in the Philippines during the war, I chose him. After a few basic questions, I very gingerly asked, ""Did you ever kill anyone?"" Dad got quiet. Then, in a soft voice, he said, ""Probably. I was the cook.""