{"id":80,"date":"2008-03-12T00:13:20","date_gmt":"2008-03-12T05:13:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.timony.com\/jokes\/?p=80"},"modified":"2008-03-12T00:18:12","modified_gmt":"2008-03-12T05:18:12","slug":"four-worms-and-a-lesson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.timony.com\/jokes\/2008\/03\/12\/four-worms-and-a-lesson\/","title":{"rendered":"Four Worms and a lesson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#000000\" face=\"Arial\" size=\"1\"><font style=\"background-color: transparent\" color=\"#000000\" face=\"Arial\" size=\"1\"><font color=\"#000000\" face=\"Arial\" size=\"1\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; color: #000040\"><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-size: 13.5pt; color: #3d357a\"><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #010101\"><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-size: 13.5pt; color: #010101\"><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; color: #000040\"><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #3d357a\"><\/span><span style=\"color: #3d357a\"><\/span><strong><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #010101\"><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; color: #010101\"><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000040\">A minister decided that a visual demonstration would add emphasis to his Sunday sermon.<\/span><\/strong><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#000000\" face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font style=\"background-color: transparent\" color=\"#000000\" face=\"Arial\" size=\"1\"><font color=\"#000000\" face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; color: #000040\"><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-size: 13.5pt; color: #010101\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-size: 13.5pt; color: #000040\"><\/span><\/strong><\/font><\/font><\/font><font color=\"#000000\" face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font style=\"background-color: transparent\" color=\"#000000\" face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font color=\"#000000\" face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 13.5pt; color: #000040\">Four worms were placed into four separate jars.<\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #010101\"> <\/span><\/strong><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><font color=\"#000000\" face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font style=\"background-color: transparent\" color=\"#000000\" face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font color=\"#000000\" face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 13.5pt; color: #000040\">The first worm was put into a container of alcohol. <\/span><\/strong><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/li>\n<li><font color=\"#000000\" face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font style=\"background-color: transparent\" color=\"#000000\" face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font color=\"#000000\" face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 13.5pt; color: #000040\">The second worm was put into a container of cigarette smoke. <\/span><\/strong><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/li>\n<li><font color=\"#000000\" face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font style=\"background-color: transparent\" color=\"#000000\" face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font color=\"#000000\" face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 13.5pt; color: #000040\">The third worm was put into a container of chocolate syrup.<\/span><\/strong><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/li>\n<li><font color=\"#000000\" face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font style=\"background-color: transparent\" color=\"#000000\" face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font color=\"#000000\" face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 13.5pt; color: #000040\"> The fourth worm was put into a container of good clean soil. <\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #010101\"><\/span><\/strong><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><font color=\"#000000\" face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font style=\"background-color: transparent\" color=\"#000000\" face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font color=\"#000000\" face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 13.5pt; color: #010101\"><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-size: 13.5pt; color: #000040\">At the conclusion of the sermon, the Minister reported the following results:<\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #010101\"> <\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-size: 13.5pt; color: #010101\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-size: 13.5pt; color: #000040\"><br \/>\nThe first worm in alcohol &#8211; <\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-size: 36pt; color: #000040\">Dead.<\/span><\/strong><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#000000\" face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font style=\"background-color: transparent\" color=\"#000000\" face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font color=\"#000000\" face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 36pt; color: #000040\"><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-size: 13.5pt; color: #000040\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #3d357a\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"color: #3d357a\"><\/span><strong><span style=\"font-size: 13.5pt; color: #010101\"><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-size: 13.5pt; color: #000040\">The second worm in cigarette smoke &#8211; <\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-size: 36pt; 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color: #000040\"> <\/span><\/strong><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#000000\" face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font style=\"background-color: transparent\" color=\"#000000\" face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font color=\"#000000\" face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 13.5pt; color: #000040\"><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #010101\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-size: 13.5pt; color: #000040\"><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #3d357a\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"color: #3d357a\"><\/span><strong><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #010101\"><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-size: 13.5pt; color: #000040\">Fourth worm in good clean soil &#8211; <\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-size: 36pt; color: red\">Alive.<\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-size: 13.5pt; color: #000040\"> <\/span><\/strong><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#000000\" face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font style=\"background-color: transparent\" color=\"#000000\" face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font color=\"#000000\" face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 13.5pt; color: #000040\">So the Minister asked the congregation &#8211; <\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #010101\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-size: 13.5pt; color: #000040\"><br \/>\nWhat can you learn from this demonstration?<\/span><\/strong><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#000000\" face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font style=\"background-color: transparent\" color=\"#000000\" face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font color=\"#000000\" face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 13.5pt; color: #000040\">Maxine was sitting in the back, quickly raised her hand and said, <\/span><\/strong><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><font color=\"#000000\" face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font style=\"background-color: transparent\" color=\"#000000\" face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font color=\"#000000\" face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 13.5pt; color: #000040\">&#8216;As long as you drink, smoke and eat chocolate, you won&#8217;t have <font color=\"#ff0000\">worms!&#8217;<\/font><\/span><\/strong><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h1><font color=\"#000000\" face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font style=\"background-color: transparent\" color=\"#000000\" face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font color=\"#000000\" face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 13.5pt; color: #000040\"> <\/span><\/strong><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/h1>\n<h2><font color=\"#000000\" face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font style=\"background-color: transparent\" color=\"#000000\" face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font color=\"#000000\" face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 13.5pt; color: #000040\"><\/span><\/strong><\/font><\/font><\/font><font color=\"#000000\" face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font style=\"background-color: transparent\" color=\"#000000\" face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font color=\"#000000\" face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 13.5pt; color: #000040\">That pretty much ended the service &#8212;<\/span><\/strong><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A minister decided that a visual demonstration would add emphasis to his Sunday sermon. Four worms were placed into four separate jars. The first worm was put into a container of alcohol. The second worm was put into a container of cigarette smoke. The third worm was put into a container of chocolate syrup. 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