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Saturday Smile!
email | 10/26/2019 | unknown

Posted on 10/26/2019 3:41:08 AM PDT by sodpoodle

A friend told me about his trip out with his grandson. This is what he said. "Last week, I took my grandchildren to a restaurant. My 6 year-old grandson asked if he could say grace."

As we bowed our heads he said, "God is good, God is great. Thank you for the food and I would thank you even more if Grandpa gets us ice cream for dessert. And liberty, peace & justice for all. Amen!"

Along with the laughter and nodding of heads from the other customers nearby, I heard a woman at the next table remark, "That's what's wrong with this country. Kids today don't even know how to pray. Asking God for ice cream! Why -- I never!"

Hearing this, my grandson burst into tears and asked me, "Did I do it wrong Grandpa? Is God mad at me?"

After I assured him that he had done a terrific job and that God was certainly not mad at him, an elderly gentleman approached the table. He winked at my grandson and said, "I happen to know that God thought that was a great prayer." "Really?" my grandson asked.

"Cross my heart," the man replied Then, in a theatrical whisper, he added (indicating the woman whose remark had started this whole thing), "Too bad she never asks God for ice cream. A little ice cream is sometimes good for the soul."

Naturally, I bought my grandchildren ice cream at the end of the meal. My grandson stared at his ice cream for a moment, and then he did something I will remember the rest of my life. He picked up his sundae and, without a word, walked over and placed it in front of the woman.

With a big smile he looked her in the eye and told her, "Here ma'am, this is for you, you grouchy old thing.. You must be a Democrat, shove it in your mouth and cool off!”


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Food; Humor
KEYWORDS: innocent
Children are perfect - it's the adults who ruin them!
1 posted on 10/26/2019 3:41:08 AM PDT by sodpoodle
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To: sodpoodle

Without a whiff of apocrypha.


2 posted on 10/26/2019 3:49:54 AM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets (Be vewy, vewy quiet. Adam Fudd is hunting Wussians!)
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To: sodpoodle

Thanks for the laugh.

Good morning to you and good nite to me!


3 posted on 10/26/2019 3:56:46 AM PDT by blondiegoodbadugly (Thank you President Trump! Please continue MAGA)
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To: sodpoodle

Made me smile. bump


4 posted on 10/26/2019 4:02:11 AM PDT by Fzob
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To: sodpoodle
If you've never seen the Bad Grandpa Restaurant Scene please do so now.

I don't think I ever laughed as hard at any movie scene ever as I did on this one. If you're unfamiliar with the set-up, it's a modern take on Candid Camera with Johnny Knoxville in makeup as the kid's grandfather. If you don't have a good (if not mildly sophomoric) sense of humor, and maybe a strong stomach, move along.

6 posted on 10/26/2019 4:09:51 AM PDT by DoodleBob (Gravity's waiting period is about 9.8 m/s^s)
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To: DoodleBob

OMG!!!!!


7 posted on 10/26/2019 4:19:51 AM PDT by sodpoodle (Life is prickly - carry tweezers)
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To: Fzob

Enjoy this one from ‘Laugh Factory”

A child asked his father, “How were people born?” So his father said, “Adam and Eve made babies, then their babies became adults and made babies, and so on.” The child then went to his mother, asked her the same question and she told him, “We were monkeys then we evolved to become like we are now.” The child ran back to his father and said, “You lied to me!” His father replied, “No, your mom was talking about her side of the family.”


8 posted on 10/26/2019 4:29:12 AM PDT by sodpoodle (Life is prickly - carry tweezers)
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To: DoodleBob

We were having a birthday party for my younger grandson at my daughter’s house, and a football game was on in the background. An ad for Bud Lite came on. My older grandson, about 11 at the time asked, “What’s Bud Lite?” My wife helpfully chimed in, “We don’t like Bud Lite.” and her co-grandmother joined in, “We don’t like Bud Lite, do we, Paqa (moi)?”, casting a glance in my direction.

Always ready to accommodate the ladies, and make my modest contribution to the nurture and upbringing of the next generation, I voiced my most resolute agreement, “Give me a good pilsner, or lager, maybe a stout or an ale, but that dishwater they call Bud Lite? Never!”

His other grandmother could not help grinning, but my wife shot her a look that plainly said “Do. Not. Encourage. Him.”

I take pride in my child rearing skills.


9 posted on 10/26/2019 4:54:15 AM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets (Be vewy, vewy quiet. Adam Fudd is hunting Wussians!)
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To: DoodleBob

I mean, who’s old and hasn’t done that themselves? /s/


10 posted on 10/26/2019 8:09:15 AM PDT by HotHunt (Been there. Done that.)
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To: Lonesome in Massachussets

Beautiful!

If I had been in the room, I’d have given you a wink and a nod!


11 posted on 10/26/2019 8:25:37 AM PDT by FamiliarFace
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To: FamiliarFace

Actually, I just didn’t want to instill in my grandson an unreasoning and puritanical fear of alcohol, and since the subject was Bud Lite and not a real alcoholic beverage, the response came quite naturally.


12 posted on 10/26/2019 1:56:33 PM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets (Be vewy, vewy quiet. Adam Fudd is hunting Wussians!)
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