Sunday Family Humour 21st June

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Grandma

Grandma is eighty-eight years old and still drives her own car. She writes:

Dear Grand-daughter,

The other day I went up to our local Christian book store and saw a 'Honk if you love Jesus' bumper sticker.

I was feeling particularly sassy that day because I had just come from a thrilling choir performance followed by a thunderous prayer meeting. So I bought the sticker and put it on my bumper.

Boy, am I glad I did; what an uplifting experience that followed:

I was stopped at a red light at a busy intersection, just lost in thought about the Lord and how good He is, and I didn't notice that the light had changed. It is a good thing someone else loves Jesus because if he hadn't honked, I'd never have noticed. I found that lots of people love Jesus!

While I was sitting there, the guy behind me started honking like crazy and then he leaned out of his window and screamed, 'For the love of God!' and 'Go! Go! Go! Jesus Christ, GO!'

What an exuberant cheerleader he was for Jesus! Everyone started honking!

I just leaned out my window and started waving and smiling at all those loving people. I even honked my horn a few times to share in the love!

There must have been a man from Florida back there because I heard him yelling something about a sunny beach.

I saw another guy waving in a funny way with only his middle finger stuck up in the air. I asked my young grandson in the back seat what that meant. He said it was probably a Hawaiian good luck sign or something.

Well, I have never met anyone from Hawaii, so I leaned out the window and gave him the good luck sign right back.

My grandson burst out laughing. Why even he was enjoying this religious experience!!

A couple of the people were so caught up in the joy of the moment that they got out of their cars and started walking towards me.

I bet they wanted to pray or ask what church I attended, but this is when I noticed the light had changed. So, grinning, I waved at all my brothers and sisters and drove on through the intersection.

I noticed that I was the only car that got through the intersection before the light changed again and felt kind of sad that I had to leave them after all the love we had shared.

So I slowed the car down, leaned out the window and gave them all the Hawaiian good luck sign one last time as I drove away.

Praise the Lord for such wonderful folks!!

Will write again soon,

Love, Grandma

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When things just work

There are no computer graphics or digital tricks in these images. Everything that you see happened in real time exactly as you see it. The recording required 606 takes and in the first 605 takes there always was something, usually of minor importance, that didn't work. It was necessary for the recording team to install the set-up time after time and it took several weeks working day and night to achieve this effect. The recording cost 6 million dollars and it took 3 months to finish, including the engineering design of the sequence. The duration of the video is only 2 minutes, but every time that Honda shows the commercial on British television, they make enough money to support any of us for the rest of our lives. However, this commercial has turned out to be the most displayed in the history of the Internet. Honda execs think that it will pay for itself simply because of the free showings. When Honda senior execs viewed it, they immediately approved it without hesitation -- including costs. Everything you see in the sequence (besides the walls, floor, ramp and untouched Honda Accord) is part of two automobiles. The voice is that of Garrison Keiller. The commercial was so well received by Honda execs that when they saw it, their first comment was how amazing the computer graphics were. They almost fell out of their chairs when told that the recording was real without any graphics manipulation. By the way, about the windshield wipers in the new Honda Accords, they are sensitive to water and designed to start working as soon as they get wet.

Who Writes Maxine?

This is interesting. I never knew who the creator of Maxine was! After the Maxine jokes there is a summary on how she was created and a photo of her creator. More from the gal everyone loves and admires and you finally get to meet her creator at the end.

John

Wagner, Hallmark artist since 1970, says Maxine was inspired by his mother, his

maiden aunts and his grandmother, the woman who bought him art lessons when

'fill in the pumpkins' was about the extent of his art classes at St. John's

Catholic School in

Leonia N.J. John remembers doodling as a preschooler and says both his

grandmother and his mother encouraged his artistic interests. He eventually

attended the Vesper George School of Art in Boston and landed at Hallmark as

part of a new artists group. But it was the birth of the humorous Shoebox

Greetings (a tiny little division of Hallmark) in 1986 that added a new

dimension to John's professional life. The Shoebox way of seeing the world

unleashed his talents and he created Maxine.

'Cartoonists are sensitive

to the insanities of the world; we just try to humanize them,' John says.

'If Maxine can get a laugh out of someone who feels lonely or someone who is

getting older and hates the thought of another birthday, or if she can make

someone! chuckle about stressful interpersonal relationships, then I'm happy.

Putting a smile on someone's face is what it's all about.'

Those smiles

have led to Maxine's becoming a bit of a celebrity. She (and John) have been the

subject of media stories, including People, USA Today, Good Morning America, The

Wall Street Journal, St. Petersburg (FL) Times, and Las Vegas Journal-Review,

and they have been included in a major Associated Press story.

Collector and trade publications have reported fans nationwide are collecting

Maxine items. Letters from consumers and fans to John and Maxine reveal a very

personal connection to Maxine.

Many people say they are just like her.

Why the name 'Maxine'? 'People at Shoebox started referring to the

character as 'John Wagner's old lady,' and I knew that would get me into trouble

with my wife,' John says. The Shoebox team had a contest among themselves to

name the character and three of the approximately 30 entries suggested 'Maxine'.

John says the name is perfect.

John, who says he's humbled by such

acceptance of Maxine, admits he's proud of her.

Now you know the story of

how Maxine came to be.

Driver or pilot?

Nice dance move!

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