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What did the pencil say ...

Posted by tom | Jul 15, 2008

When entering the bedroom to feed Lily Joy, Theresa had a moment of inspiration in which she created this joke: 

What did the pencil say to the abacus? 

I can count on you!

What do you think?  Funny, huh?

Now it's back to reading Carlton O. Wittlinger's Quest for Piety and Obedience for the upcoming Brethren-in-Christ History Class (Tom).  Note:  Theresa's reading Joe Mackall's Plain Secrets:  An Outsider Among the Amish, for her own edification.  More on these books later.

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    Theresa...now you're either quite sharp :) pun intended, or quite sleep-deprived! BTW, Tom, what class are you referring to - one you are teaching or going to? Theresa, I am impressed that you can read non-fiction these days, though I am burning the fiction books while nursing!

    Posted by Amy, Jul 15 2008, 21:12

    In August, I'm taking "BIC History & Values," taught by Dr. E. Morris Sider. Greg's course has provided a helpful lens to sort through all the texts.

    I've already referred to Wittlinger's "Quest for Piety and Obedience" in a response to BIC-TALK question regarding the difference between a Mennonite and a member of the Brethren in Christ. Keep an eye out for some Groshlink posts regarding the class material, maybe I'll even edit the BIC-TALK post for Groshlink.

    BTW, Theresa thinks you'd like Joe Mackall's "Plain Secrets: An Outsider Among the Amish." She checked it out from the Etown Library and enjoying it more than the previous read, a Dorothy Hamill bio. Note: I heard Joe speak at the Amish Conference hosted by Elizabethtown College last summer. Maybe you and/or Greg crossed paths w/him at some point, he teaches English & Journalism at Ashland U, Ashland, OH.

    Posted by Tom, Jul 16 2008, 07:49

    That's funny - I read the Dorothy hamill too - before Collin was born, and didn't like it too much. I think I will read the MacKall book - I looked up his website, though we didn't know him, but it seems that the book is centered in Ashland County!

    Posted by Amy, Jul 17 2008, 09:53
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