fireplug
<font color=red>Keeper of the Flame<br><font color
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Southern Nativity Scene:
In a small Southern town there was a "Nativity Scene" that showed
great skill and talent had gone into creating it.
One small feature bothered me. The three wise men were wearing
firemen's helmets. Totally unable to come up with a reason or
explanation, I left.
At a "Quik Stop" on the edge of town, I asked the lady behind the
counter about the helmets. She exploded into a rage, yelling at me,
"You darn Yankees never do read the Bible!" I assured her that I did,
but simply couldn't recall anything about firemen in the Bible. She jerked
her Bible from behind the counter and ruffled thru some pages, and
finally jabbed her finger at a passage. Sticking it in my face she said
"See, it says right here, 'The three wise man came from afar'."
Steve
In a small Southern town there was a "Nativity Scene" that showed
great skill and talent had gone into creating it.
One small feature bothered me. The three wise men were wearing
firemen's helmets. Totally unable to come up with a reason or
explanation, I left.
At a "Quik Stop" on the edge of town, I asked the lady behind the
counter about the helmets. She exploded into a rage, yelling at me,
"You darn Yankees never do read the Bible!" I assured her that I did,
but simply couldn't recall anything about firemen in the Bible. She jerked
her Bible from behind the counter and ruffled thru some pages, and
finally jabbed her finger at a passage. Sticking it in my face she said
"See, it says right here, 'The three wise man came from afar'."
Steve
