Contributed by Steve Miller on Feb 4, 2006
MISTAKES:
“bulletin bloopers” actual mistakes made in actual bulletins:
--The outreach committee has enlisted 25 visitors to make calls on people who are not afflicted with any church.
--Evening massage - 6 PM
--Thursday night - Potluck supper. Prayer and medication to follow.
--The third verse
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Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 23, 2010
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MISTAKES
One wit has written:
* "A dentist's mistake is pulled out,
* A lawyer's mistake is imprisoned.
* A teacher's mistake is failed,
* A printer's mistake is corrected.
* A pharmacist's mistake is buried.
* A
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Brethren
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MISTAKES HAPPEN
The following series of advertisements reportedly appeared in a daily newspaper:
Monday: "The Rev. A.J. Jones has one color TV set for sale. Telephone 626-1313 after 7 p.m. and ask for Mrs. Donnelley who lives with him, cheap."
Tuesday: "We regret any embarrassment caused to
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
PATTON'S MISTAKE
On August 3, 1943, General George S. Patton entered a tent in a military hospital in Sicily to visit wounded soldiers. He had just been briefed by one of his commanders that malingering was thinning out the ranks at the front. Amid the wounded warriors was an enlisted man
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Catholic
Contributed by Ed Vasicek on May 23, 2021
In 1968, scientist Spencer Silver at the 3M company created a very weak adhesive that would peel off when removed from any surface. The funny thing was that he was in fact trying to create a super strong adhesive No one thought there was any use for such a product, until another scientist, Art Fry,
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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Illustration- Mistake at the Movies
A young fellow named John had purchased movie tickets for his girlfriend and himself. While he got the popcorn, she went inside to find seats.
By the time he was served, the previews were being shown. As he fumbled his way in the dark, he sat down and gave his
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Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 17, 2010
SHAKESPEARE'S MISTAKE
In Shakespeare's Julius Caesar, Act II, Scene II, Caesar asks Brutus, "What is't o'clock?" Brutus replies, "Caesar, 'its strucken eight."
The great Bard had forgotten that mechanical clocks were not invented until 14
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Brethren
Contributed by Mark Eberly on Dec 22, 2008
The Gospel According to… Charlie Brown. Charlie Brown cannot catch a break. He is the stereotypical American loser. Whenever he tries to kick the football that Lucy is holding, every time she pulls it away at the last second and he misses it, flying through the air to land flat on his back. His
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Contributed by Charles Wallis on Jan 14, 2009
Scientists at NASA have developed a gun for the purpose of launching dead chickens. It is used to shoot a dead chicken at the windshield of airline jet, military jet, or the space shuttle, at that vehicle’s maximum traveling velocity. The idea being, that it would simulate the frequent incidents of
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Contributed by Gordon Curley on Aug 13, 2011
OOPS...
A secretary was leaving the office one Friday evening when she encountered one of the bosses, Mr. Jones. He was standing in front of a shredder with a piece of paper in his hand.
"Listen," said Mr. Jones, "This is important, and my secretary has already left. Can you make this thing
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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No matter what mistakes you have made no matter how you've messed things up you can still make a new beginning. The person who fully realizes this suffers less from the shock
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