--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "geezerfreak" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <sparaig@> wrote:
> >
> > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "geezerfreak" <geezerfreak@>
> wrote:
> > >
> > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "wayback71" <wayback71@> wrote:
> > > >> Geezer, You have provided me with some great laughs - I like your
> > > sense of humor. 
> > > > thanks
> > > >
> > > Thanks Wayback. Nice to meetcha. Here's something that I remembered a
> > > few days ago that got me chuckling. Some may not realize this but
> > > "flying" did not always involve foams pads and bouncy bouncy. I was in
> > > the very first group to do...um..."research" into this particular
> > > sutra. We (a select group of Selisbergers) sat in a circle of chairs
> > > trying it out. Needless to say, not much was happening. One day I
> > > rigged a coathanger in my tie in such a way that I could manipulate
> > > the tie....cause it to "levitate"...with my hand in my pocket.
> > > The chosen did their thing the next afternoon and sure enough, as
> > > everyone was slowly opening their eyes, the end of my tie was floating
> > > aloft trying to get it's dim witted owner to follow suit. You could
> > > hear the collective gasps in the room as everyone came out. Only when
> > > I lost it and started laughing did the camp divide into those
> > > (thankfully many) who thought it hilarious and those (the usual sad
> > > sack hard core) who thought humor should be kept OUT of spiritual
> > > development.
> > > Achtung! There vill be no yokes.....NO YOKING in this room from
> now on!
> > > Ahh yes, good times.
> > >
> > 
> > Humor has its place, but  in that context, you were out of line.
> That's Mel Brooks sort of 
> > humr, where Jesus prays for a sign and someone pulls a prank that
> leads to legends of 
> > miracles. Works in the movies but NOT in real life.
> > 
> > Well, maybe the legend-of-miracles part.
> >
> I was out of line? I guess that would put you in the sad sack hard
> core group then, wouldn't it.

Yep, or perhaps I simply recognize that humor has its place, and that wasn't it.

 Got a question for you Sparaig..how many
> fingers can you get between your shirt collar and your neck?
>

I'm getting pretty fat these days. All my collars are stretched out.







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