This collection posted 09-14-2009
Latter-day Laughs
Edited and Compiled by Trish Manwaring,
Assistant Editor, Meridian Magazine
I Spy
Yesterday in stake conference, a little boy, about 3, sat in front of me with his family. As people were filing in, he spied a nice looking man with dark hair that was a little longer, and he said: "Look Dad, there is Joseph Smith!"
Claudia Cox
Lehi, Utah
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Geography Lesson
Today my 5-year-old daughter was looking at an electronic device. "Mom," she yelled. "This says USB instead of USA! What country is that?"
Trisha Manwaring
Cincinnati, OH
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Special Delivery
At Church yesterday, the bishop included in his testimony an amusing anecdote. He told about FedEx trying to deliver church supplies to his home that required a signature. Since both he and his wife work during the day, he called FedEx requesting delivery on Saturday. The girl on the line asked if it was the shipment for Mindi Meadows Ward, and he replied that it was. She answered, "Yes, Mr. Ward, we would be happy to deliver it to her on Saturday."
Joan Goble
Salt Lake City, Utah
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Eternal Optimist
My wife's sister called to ask, on behalf of a neighbor, where they might get a kit like I had to build their father's casket. When I told her it wasn't a kit, but a set of plans and some hardware, we talked about possibilities. I told her, "I would like to build my own casket, but there is a problem with where to store it until I need it." She thought a moment and replied: "Well, you could fill it with goodies in the meantime and use it for a hope chest!"
John Brockbank
West Haven, Utah
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A Child’s Interpretation
I am unable to walk because I have multiple sclerosis so I use a wheelchair to get around. When my 3-year-old granddaughter visited recently, she asked, "Grandma, why can't you walk?" I explained to her that I have MS. Later she informed her mother: "Grandma can't walk because she has a mess!"
Loray Randall
White Bear Lake, Minnesota
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A Night to Remember
My wife once enjoyed a long drive into the country in search of a ward member’s wedding reception. She was nearing the end of the directions when she spied a house adorned with balloons and flowers. She parked the car, went inside and took her present to the gift table. She grabbed a plate and filled it with food. As she strolled into the backyard, she was shocked to see the guests at this Mormon reception drinking beer. She hurried back into the house, and in talking with the caterers, discovered she had happened upon the wrong wedding. She left her plate on a table and fled to her car. As she drove away, she realized she had left behind her wedding gift. She was forced to return to the errant reception, creep into the house and retrieve her gift from the table, mumbling an explanation to the few who were standing nearby. As she got back on the road, she was counting her blessings that there weren’t any flashing blue lights in her rearview mirror!
Larry Manwaring
Warrenton, Virginia
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Goin’ To the Chapel …
We live close to the beach and were attending stake conference at our chapel with Elijah, who was about 5 years old. A sister was talking about recently being married in the temple, which is Jesus’ house. Elijah turned to my husband and said, “But I thought this chapel was his house.” My husband replied that the temple is his house. Elijah thought for a minute and then said: “Oh I get it, then the chapel must be his beach house!”
Carol Boulter
Carolina Beach, North Carolina
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Lawfully Wedded?
Our 4-year-old daughter, Nina, was watching a marriage ceremony take place on television. After the minister pronounced the couple “lawfully wedded as husband and wife,” Nina asked her mother: “Is Daddy your awfully wedded husband?”
Jorma K. Rauma
Delta, British Columbia, Canada
1 comment:
These are cute, Becky! Thanks for sharing!
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