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The rising obesity rate in our country is a cause for concern. I heard of a husband who asked his wife, “Have you seen my belt around the house?” She said, “You mean it will reach around the house now?”

Once upon a time in a small Western town, a rather simple-minded man owned a beautiful horse. Two shysters came to town, saw the horse, and immediately began scheming to take it. They hit upon an imaginative plan to do so.

This column first appeared on March 28, 2001.

A young man was at a party when he began talking to a very pretty young woman. After talking a while, he said to her, “So, tell me, what kind of man do you like?” She responded, “Well, I like native American men because they are so strong. And, I like Jewish men because of the way they put women on a pedestal. And, I like Southern men because of their courtesy.”

After she had completed her response, the young woman asked the young man, “And what is your name?” The young man said, “My name is Geronimo Goldstein, but all of my friends just call me Bubba.”

I read about a farmer’s son who decided to get married. When he told his father, his father said, “That’s good, son, but you need to understand that in most marriages the wife is the boss.” The boy didn’t believe that so his father decided to prove it to him. He told his son, “Catch a dozen chickens, tie their legs together, and put them into the wagon. Hitch up two horses to the wagon and drive into town. Stop at every house you come to, and where you find the man is the boss, give them a horse. Then, wherever you find the woman is the boss, give them a chicken.

Danielle and I lived 11 years in the state of Texas. Although I was born and reared in the state of Louisiana, my experience was that of Paul who said, “I have learned in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content.” We enjoyed four years in Southeast Texas where I pastored Burkeville Baptist Church and seven years in the Dallas-Fort Worth area where I pastored First Baptist Church of Newark and completed my seminary work.