The Joke Page

...current sillyness...all original material

Q: What do you call it when an Indian squaw takes her baby on a long journey? A: Forty days of papoose. "Psst!! Hey--I spilled the Aunt Jemima--hand me a Kleenex," he whispered syrup-tissue-sly. Q: What did the multicultural cowboy say? A: Why can't we all just get along, little dogie? New slogan for government program discouraging dieting: "A waist is a terrible thing to mind." Another name for Scotch Broth: Clan Chowder (Chloe, age 17) Let's assume Grace Kelly still lives. She's overworked, overwrought, and in need of a break, but finances are tight. Her friend, singer Faith Hill, has compassion on her, and lends her enough money for Ms. Kelly to take a trip, all by herself, to recoup. Hence, what we have is nothing more than: Just a vacation by Grace, alone, through Faith (a loan). Britney Spears' recent antics make me think that she has developed a worldview which borrows heavily from Martin Luther: "If you're going to sin, sin baldly." Q: What's the difference between a Middle Eastern dish and a shoddy apartment building? A: One is lentils and rice, the other is rentals and lice. Q: What's the difference between a poker player and a farmer? A: The poker player reads 'em and weeps; the farmer weeds 'em and reaps.

More Jamestown Pictures

These current posts are from a website we had that we are in the process of deleting...in case you were wondering why they are so terribly out-of-date.

The whole fam! Children, from left to right are... Tirzah, Duncan, Olivia, Gabriel, Ruby, Chloe, Peter, and Luther.

Debating with Dad...

The Children's Memorial.

He loved her so much...

The hero of the 1600's, Captain John Smith.

The Hopkins Children in the Nelson House gardens in Yorktown.

A Post from the Past: Fourth of July Activities

Peter's birthday was on the third of July, so our family, along with Peter's friend Luke,

took a trip to our friends house in the country. We had a wonderful time hiking through

the woods, swimming in the pond, jumping on the trampoline, romping with our friends,

and shooting Peter's guns.

Peter watches Luke take a shot with his Mosin Nagant 1891/30 rifle.

Our gracious hostess, Catherine Clarke,

with her favorite piece of Classical Literature: Dr. Suess's Thidwick.

Olivia and Luther and the turtle that was found during a hike.

The birthday cake!

Rachel Clarke, age 12, takes a shot with a 22.

I, Ruby, take a shot with Peter's Mosin Nagant rifle.

Peter with one of his gifts: The Complete Memiors of Nepoleon.

A bountiful feast!

Mommy and Mrs. Clarke admiring God's creation.

Daddy took some amazing shots of Peter jumping on the trampoline.

My personal favorite...

Celebrating the Fourth around a bonfire. From left to right: Gabriel, Duncan,

Natalie Clarke, Andrea C., Willa Howard, Rachel C., Emma H., Olivia H.,

Mr. C., and Ruby.

Even Daddy had fun with the sparklers...

Ruby's New Do

From this...
























...To this :)





















Barber's Name: Mother


(Posted by Chloe)

"Empress Carlotta"

Sewing Projects

On the Clarke's recent visit, Rachel Clarke requested to be taught how to sew a dress. We made the daily trip to Jo-Ann Fabrics, and found some clearance fabric and pretty trims. Three cheers for Rachel for doing ALL of the sewing by herself!!!


























(Posted by Chloe)

The Day Daddy Shot Jimmy

The situation pictured here is the once-in-a-blue-moon opportunity to shoot a gun in Cleveland Heights. It WAS a Groundhog. His name is Jimmy.

(Posted by Chloe)

Arm-Wrestling Competitions With the Clarke Family

Country Man vs City Boy....Country Man wins.


















Even the Faire Maidens got into the act.


















Now this is interesting.....


















A crushing defeat... but they don't seem too upset about it.


















Notice Olivia's face :).


















Country Girl vs City Boy.....


















...Country Girl wins!


















Country Girl vs City Girl...... City Girl wins!


















Brother vs Brother....Brother wins!


















The Wonderful Clarke Family!

Posted by Ruby.

Birthday Time!

Monday the 13th: Luther turns 5 years old.
Tuesday the 14th: Daddy turns...well, lets just say that he's a year older now :).

We tried combining the two celebrations this year. A trip to the zoo for Luther...



















(L to R): Olivia, Ben Suster, Duncan, Gabriel, Megan Suster, Tirzah, Luther, Ruby, Chloe


















Orchids :)


















Granddaddy Orangutan (We asked Olivia beforehand which animal she was excited to see...her reply was "the Grandfathers". We weren't quite sure what this meant...until we reached the Orangutans.)



















Mr. Giraffe (My neck gets tired holding my head up. I can't imagine my neck getting tired from holding my neck up!)

























A REAL Bald Eagle!


















"Playing with Wolves"


















Sleeping Beauty


















Tigers or "Gagoos" (Duncan once named a stuffed tiger he had "Gagoo"...and so it has been ever since :). Funny how things stick. )


















The Birthday Boy and Mother

...and a big Italian dinner for daddy. (We've decided that combining birthdays is hard because by the time Daddy's birthday came around, we felt like we should still do something even though the celebration in honor of the event had already taken place.)

They were both showered with gifts...



















Ball-catching...

























Bike-riding...

























...and Book-reading

Daddy's gifts actually had something in common...

























National Treasure...



















...and a National Treasure :)

























The Birthday Boys!!

(Posted by Chloe)

Fun with Words Part 3: Our Nation's Economy

Our nation's prosperity is due in large part to our support of a free-market economy. The success of the internet as a new source of commerce has been the latest evolution of said economics. Why, with eBay, you can quickly and conveniently purchase virtually anything, and, conversely, you can sell almost anything. In my humble opinion, this is because the success of eBay, as well as our addiction to garage sales, yard sales, and the like, demonstrates our support of what you could call a
flea-market economy...

Posted by Dad, who doesn't think he has fleas.