April 21, 2008

Quote of the Day

Our quote today comes from the United Kingdom’s Queen Elizabeth II. Her Majesty celebrates her 82nd birthday today.

The upward course of a nation’s history is due in the long run to the soundness of heart of its average men and women.

Life is Fun: A Visit to Rome

Today is also the anniversary of the foundation day of the city of Rome. Here’s a funny story about a man who visited Rome.

A man walked in to Joe’s Barber Shop for his regular haircut. As he snips away, Joe asks “What’s up?”

The man proceeds to explain he’s taking a vacation to Rome.

“ROME?!” Joe says, “Why would you want to go there? It’s a crowded dirty city full of Italians!You’d be crazy to go to Rome! So how ya getting there?”

“We’re taking TWA,” the man replies.

“TWA?!” yells Joe. “They’re a terrible airline. Their planes are old, their flight attendants are ugly and they’re always late! So where you staying in Rome?”

The man says “We’ll be at the downtown International Marriot.”

“That DUMP?!” says Joe. “That’s the worst hotel in the city! The rooms are small, the service is surly and slow and they’re overpriced! So whatcha doing when you get there?”

The man says “We’re going to go see the Vatican and hope to see the Pope.”

“HA! That’s rich!” laughs Joe. “You and a million other people trying to see him. He’ll look the size of an ant. Boy, good luck on THIS trip. You’re going to need it!”

A month later, the man comes in for his regular haircut. Joe says, “Well, how did that trip to Rome turn out? Betcha TWA gave you the worst flight of your life!”

“No, quite the opposite” explained the man. “Not only were we on time in one of their brand new planes, but it was full and they bumped us up to first class. The food and wine were wonderful, and I had a beautiful 28 year old flight attendant who waited on me hand and foot!”

“Hmmm,” Joe says, “Well, I bet the hotel was just like I described.”

“No, quite the opposite! They’d just finished a $25 million remodeling. It’s the finest hotel in Rome, now. They were overbooked, so they apologized and gave us the Presidential suite for no extra charge!”

“Well,” Joe mumbles, “I KNOW you didn’t get to see the Pope!”

“Actually, we were quite lucky. As we toured the Vatican, a Swiss guard tapped me on the shoulder and explained the Pope likes to personally meet some of the visitors, and if I’d be so kind as to step into this private room and wait, the Pope would personally greet me. Sure enough, after 5 minutes the Pope walked through the door and shook my hand. I knelt down as he spoke a few words to me.”

Impressed, Joe asks, “Tell me, please! What’d he say?”

“Oh, not much really. Just “Where’d you get that awful haircut?”

Newsmaker: PNP Music Album, “Mamang Police”

Visit your local police station to see and hear policemen dancing and singing to the reggae beat of “Mamang Police, Salamat sa Iyo”. This song is the carrier single of the Philippine National Police’s newly-released music CD entitled,”Mamang Police.” The ten songs in the album are going to be played in police stations everywhere so you can expect to hear our policemen singing to the tunes in the compilation as they serve and protect the people.  Perhaps the next CD will be a karaoke version of all the songs in the album.  

Today’s Psalm

Not to us, O Lord, but to your name give the glory.

***** 

References:

Quote of the Day: http://thinkexist.com/quotes/elizabeth_ii/

Life is Fun: http://www.jokesgallery.com/joke.php?joke=2242&id=1/

Newsmaker: http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/metro/view_article.php?article_id=131611

Today’s Psalm: http://www.nccbuscc.org/nab/readings/042108.shtml

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