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» HeadZenCards - The Bible Speaks Of...

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I tried to take a trip on the bay last night, not because of moody blues or my boss' locomotive breath was too much to take, it was just because work was done, it was time to come home and the water is the easiest route.
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I get down near the dock of the bay and here comes Joe Efficient waving his arms, telling me that the Coast Guard had closed all water traffic in the area because some idiot called in a bomb threat!
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Fortunately, human beings were on top of the situation and dialed up a bus for us to take the long way home. A long and winding road it is, indeed.
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On the bus, the only human being in my life who troubles me stood right next to me. He did not stop talking during the entire 20 minute ride. Not for a moment!
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A total stranger, who was having a quiet conversation with his wife, was sitting next to me. As we arrived at our destination, he made a whispered comment about the yacker to his wife.
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Normally, I don't pay attention to such comments, but here was my chance.
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"Oh, thank you for saying that!," I told him, my voice rising loud enough for the yacker to hear me. "I thought I was the only one annoyed by him!"
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"Yeah, he goes on and on with his opinions and his religious talk all the time," the other fellow noted.
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I thanked him again and, loud enough for the whole bus to hear, I agreed that it was always Jesus this and Religion that and Politics and Yada, Yada, 24/7, whenever you see him.
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The bus stopped and the yacking evangelist left red faced. When I saw him this morning on the way to work, he had nothing to say.
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Emboldened in the rightness of my actions the day before, today I prepared and sent my letter to the Coast Guard: "If a bomb threat closes all water traffic, the terrorists have won."
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But to make an evangelist silent, for at least one morning, I'd say the detour was worth it.

-- posted by HeadZenCards