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Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg! That’s the name of a lake in Webster, Massachusetts (and the longest place name in the United States). I first learned about it in grade school and actually memorized it. Years later I can still roll the name off my tongue, and believe it or not, I can even spot the two misspelled letters in the sign above.

In an embarrassing mistake, officials in Massachusetts have been forced to admit that some road signs pointing to Lake Chargoggagogg-manchauggagogg-chaubunagungamaugg have spelling mistakes in them.

The typos, which are completely baffling considering how easy it is to spell Lake Chargoggagogg-manchauggagogg-chaubunagungamaugg, were revealed by a local newspaper, the Worcester Telegram & Gazette, which has been covering the misspelling scandal since 2003.

Legend has it that two Indian tribes disputing fishing rights gave the lake its long Indian name which means: “You fish on your side, I fish on my side, and nobody fish in the middle.” It’s a fun story which unfortunately was later debunked. But somehow that’s how I still think about the lake after all these years.

HT: Neatorama

I have been pretty quiet around here on anything Obama related, but I got a laugh out of this report from yesterday’s Tea Party in Greenville, South Carolina. Apparently, they were selling Obama Burgers — you pay for one and they cut it in half and give the rest to the guy behind you for free!!

HT: National Review

Well, I posted on pastors earlier this week and then on the pastor’s wife, so I thought it was time for the pastor’s dog. I love this old cartoon from Leadership Journal.

Remember, Beauregard, you’re the pastor’s dog; all the other dogs will be watching you.

                  (Rob Suggs; Leadership, Spring 1987, Vol. 8, no. 2, p. 75.)

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    • You Might Be a Pastor’s Wife If …
    • Parable of the Prodigal Puppy

Here is a follow-up to yesterday’s post on You Might Be a Pastor.

You might be a pastor’s wife if …

• Every summer you counsel at teen camp for your vacation.
• You have shaken as many hands as a politician.
• People think your husband works only three hours a week.
• You can teach Sunday School and nurse your baby at the same time.
• You can sincerely pray for someone’s dog!
• You spend more time visiting in hospitals than doctors do.
• People consider you a walking phone book for church members.
• You sing in the choir, teach Sunday School, and host a missionary family all in the same day.
• You’re expected to be a piano player … actually, a “spiritual gift!”

Source: You Might Be a Pastor’s Wife If, by Kathy Slamp

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    • You Might Be a Pastor If …
    • The Pastor’s Dog

H. B. London shared some of these at a recent pastors’ seminar:

You might be a pastor if …

• You hesitate to tell people what you do for a living.
• You’ve ever wondered why people couldn’t die at more appropriate times.
• You find yourself counting people at a sporting event.
• You’re leading the church into the 21st century, but you don’t know what you’re preaching on Sunday.
• Instead of getting “ticked off,” you get “grieved in your spirit.”
• You often feel like you’re herding cats rather than shepherding sheep.
• You’ve been tempted to take up an offering at a family reunion.

And my personal favorite:

• You’ve ever dreamed you were preaching only to awaken and discover you were!

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    • You Might Be a Pastor’s Wife If …
    • The Pastor’s Dog

A little girl asked her father, “Daddy, where did people come from?”

He answered, “God created the first man and woman, then they had children, and that’s where we came from.”

“Okay,” she said, and went off to find her mother. “Mommy,” she asked, “where did people come from?”

Her mother answered, “Well, there were these monkeys, and over time they changed into people, and that’s where we came from.”

The little girl went back to her father. “Daddy, I’m confused. You say God created us, and Mommy says we came from monkeys. I don’t understand.”

Her father replied, “Honey, it’s simple. Let me explain it to you. Your mother was telling you about her side of the family.”

(heard at a conference last weekend)

I’m not into exercising. Yesterday my wife said, “Let’s walk around the block.” I said, “Why? We’re already here.”
  – Comedian Wendell Potter

    1) He’s a really good player.
    2) He needs to work on his free throws.
    3) It’s too bad he and Kobe couldn’t get along better.

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What if, instead of God sending three wise men at our Savior’s birth, He had sent three wise women?

1. They would have stopped to ask for directions.
2. They would have been on time.
3. They would have prepared the stable.
4. They would have helped deliver the baby.
5. They would have made a casserole.
6. And they would have brought diapers as a gift rather than perfume.

HT: Pastor’s Weekly Briefing

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“Illinois – Where Our Governors Make Our License Plates”

I know, innocent until proven guilty. But this was too fun to pass up. Chicago politics — what are you going to do?

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HT: Don Surber

You know it’s Christmas when …

Santa gives you a month with no Mondays.
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