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5 Tips for Handling Conflicts
Misunderstandings and conflicts can happen between any two people. Having different ideas about how to solve a problem or what to do in a situation is part of what makes each of…
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Tongue Twisters For The Record Book
We’ve been having some fun around the house these days. See if these get to you too! Try to say each one at least three times fast – and ten if you…
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Children Are Quick
TEACHER: Why are you late? STUDENT: Class started before I got here. ____________________________________ TEACHER: John, why are you doing your math multiplication on the floor? JOHN: You told me to do it…
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Living History Lessons Are All Around Us
by Garret Mathews I’ve written a lot about men and women who came of age during the Second World War. They’re living history lessons, and I’m not shy about popping the questions.…
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The Texan And The Irishman
A Texan walks into a pub in Ireland and clears his voice to the crowd of drinkers. He says, “I hear you Irish are a bunch of hard drinkers. I’ll give $500…
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The Quickest Way To Cork
Billy stops Paddy in Dublin and asks for the quickest way to Cork. Paddy says, “Are you on foot or in the car?” Billy says, “In the car.” Paddy says, “That’s the…
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Funny Bone
An Irish priest is driving down to New York and gets stopped for speeding in Connecticut. The state trooper smells alcohol on the priest’s breath and then sees an empty wine bottle…
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The Irishman And The Parking Space
An Irishman was flustered not being able to find a parking space in a large mall’s parking lot. “Lord,” he prayed, “I can’t stand this. If you open a space up for…
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Choices
Charles Dickens walks into a bar and orders a martini. The bartender asks, “Olive or twist?”