>1) > >"Denounce The Devil!" > >The priest was preparing a man for his long day's journey >into night. > >Whispering firmly, the priest said, "Denounce >the devil! Let him know how little you think of his evil!" >The dying man said nothing. > >The priest repeated his order. > >Still the dying man said nothing. The priest asked, "Why >do you refuse to denounce the devil and his evil?" > >The dying man said, "Until I know where I'm heading, I >don't think I ought to aggravate anybody." > > >2) > > Here are some punctuation differences (no political subtext intended): > >An English professor wrote the words, > "Woman without her man is nothing" on the blackboard and directed >his students to punctuate it correctly. > >The men wrote: "Woman, without her man, is nothing." > >The women wrote: "Woman! Without her, man is nothing." > >
