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Heard Any Good Ones: Part 2
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<blockquote data-quote="moreluck" data-source="post: 518071" data-attributes="member: 1246"><p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 22px"><span style="color: #ff0000">THE SNEEZE </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 22px"></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 22px"></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 22px">They walked in tandem, each of the ninety-two students filing into the already crowded auditorium. </span><span style="font-size: 22px">With their rich maroon gowns flowing .. and the traditional caps, they looked almost ... as grown up as they felt. </span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 22px"></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 22px">Dads swallowed hard behind broad smiles, and Moms freely brushed away tears. </span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 22px"></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 22px">This class would </span><strong><span style="font-size: 22px">NOT</span></strong><span style="font-size: 22px"> pray during the commencements----not by choice, but because of a recent court ruling prohibiting it. </span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 22px"></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 22px">The principal and several students were careful to stay within the guidelines allowed by the ruling. They gave inspirational and challenging speeches, but no one mentioned divine guidance and no one asked for blessings on the graduates or their families. </span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 22px"></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 22px">The speeches were nice, but they were routine.....until the final speech received a standing ovation. </span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 22px"></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 22px">A solitary student walked proudly to the microphone. He stood still and silent for just a mo ment, </span><strong><span style="font-size: 22px">and then, it happened.</span></strong> <strong><span style="font-family: 'Wingdings'"><span style="font-size: 26px"><span style="color: #ff0000"></span></span></span></strong></p> <p style="text-align: center"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Wingdings'"><span style="font-size: 26px"><span style="color: #ff0000">H</span></span></span></strong></p> <p style="text-align: center"><strong><span style="font-size: 22px"></span></strong></p> <p style="text-align: center"><strong><span style="font-size: 22px"></span></strong><strong><span style="font-size: 22px"><span style="color: #ff0000"></span></span></strong></p> <p style="text-align: center"><strong><span style="font-size: 22px"><span style="color: #ff0000">All 92 students, every single one of them, suddenly SNEEZED!!!!</span></span></strong> <span style="font-size: 22px"></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 22px"></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 22px">The student on stage.. simply looked at the audience and said,</span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 22px"><span style="color: #ff0000">'GOD BLESS YOU'.</span></span></span></strong> </p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 22px">And he walked off stage... </span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 22px"></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 22px">The audience exploded into applause. This graduating class had found a unique way to invoke God's blessing on their future with or without the court's approval. </span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 22px">This is a true story; it happened at the University of Maryland </span></span></strong><span style="font-size: 22px">. </span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 15px">Oh, how I wish THIS one would take off and FILL the whole Country!!!</span></span></strong> </p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #ff0000">For where the name of God is invoked.. No danger will insue.</span></span></span> </p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></span><strong><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></span></strong></p></blockquote><p></p>
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