Truth in Advertising
In front of the grocery store, a bubbly Girl
Scout stood beside a table full of cookies.
“Please buy some cookies from me!” she
begged. “How much are they?” I asked.
“They’re $5 a box, except these two kinds
over here. They’re $6 a box.” Figuring there
must be something special about the two
$6 varieties, I asked why. “Well, these are
gluten-free,” the little girl replied. “What
about the others?” She beamed. “Oh, those
are overpriced!”
—Kathryn Thayer Spokane, Washington“Man” of the Cloth
As a church worker, I
was sought out by many
people for informal
counseling. One single
mother often stopped by
to complain about all the
silly things that men do.Splitting Hairs
I work with kids, and
I’d recently gotten
my hair cut. A little boy
named Jaiden asked,
“Miss Joanne, did you
get a haircut?” Trying
to be funny, I replied,
“I got ’em ALL cut.” He
looked at me quizzically
and asked, “What’s a
mall cut?”
—Joanne Rivera
ramona, californiaTo read more true
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If we publish yours in
the print magazine, it
could be worth $100.After one particularly
long tirade, she looked
directly into my eyes and
sweetly said, “Steve,
I hope you know I don’t
consider you a man.”
—Steve Johnson
oakley, kansas16 april 2020 Illustration by Hallie Bateman
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