• Little Girl: "Mother, We Learned In Sunday School ...

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Little Girl: "Mother, we learned in Sunday school today that we came from dust and that we are going back to dust. Is that true?"

Mother: "Yes, darling, that's true."

Little Girl: "Well, I just looked under the bed and someone is either coming or going."

— Encyclopedia of 15,000 Illustrations -

The Typical Lifespan

Someone has calculated how a typical lifespan of 70 years is spent. Here is the estimate:

Sleep: 23 years (32.9%)

Work: 16 years (22.8%)

TV: 8 years (11.4%)

Eating: 6 years (8.6%)

Travel: 6 years (8.6%)

Leisure: 4.5 years (6.5%)

Illness: 4 years (5.7%)

Dressing: 2 years (2.8%)

Religion: 0.5 years (0.7%)

Total: 70 years (100%)

- Our Daily Bread, November 25, 1992 -