Sunday,  Oct. 6, 2013 • Vol. 15--No. 83 • 3 of 42

The Parsonage Kitchen Shutdown Threat

• A certain situation has been building in the Parsonage for the last several

The Lighter Side
Rev. James L. Snyder

months. At first, I did not think it too serious but alas, we have reached a terrible impasse.
• It started a few months ago when I came home, walked into the house and was hit in the face so hard I almost passed out. At the time, I was hoping I would pass out, but no such luck.
• I think everybody knows what it is like to be hit unexpectedly by something you do not actually expect. I guess that is why it is called unexpectedly. It happened to me and I am not sure I am over it yet.
• Even though I have been married 42 years, of which most of it has been happily, I did not see this one coming. Just when you think you have your spouse figured out, they do something off the radar. Every husband knows exactly what I am talking about.
• This makes it hard to buy Christmas and birthday presents. What they liked last year is not what they like this year. I remember buying my wife a watch one year for Christmas of which she was so delighted that for the next four years after I bought her a watch for Christmas. How was I supposed to know she only wanted one

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