In a small Southern town there was a “Nativity Scene” that showed great skill and talent had gone into creating it. One small feature bothered me. The three wise men were wearing firemen’s helmets. Totally unable to come up with a reason or explanation, I left.
At a “Quik Stop” on the edge of town, I asked the lady behind the counter about the helmets.
She exploded into a rage, yelling at me, “You darn Yankees never do read the Bible!”
I assured her that I did, but simply couldn’t recall anything about firemen in the Bible.
She jerked her Bible from behind the counter and ruffled thru some pages, and finally jabbed her finger at a passage.
Sticking it in my face she said “See, it says right here, ‘The three wise men came from afar’.”
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My sister and I still use the phrase "AFAR" as "LOL." Last year she told me this joke, and at the end, I said "AFAR! That's hilarious!" Well, she didn't know what I meant, so she asked everyone in her office what AFAR meant (she had JUST told me the stupid joke!), and no one knew. Finally, she asked her boss, the FIRE CHIEF, and he said.."did you tell her that joke??" Finally, she and her whole crew figured it out.
So anyway, everytime we want to say LOL, we say AFAR.
Ok, you had to be there. ;-)
Posted by Becky | December 12, 2005 8:42 AM
Posted on December 12, 2005 08:42