A father noticed that his son was spending way too much time playing computer games. In an effort to motivate the boy into focusing more attention on his schoolwork, the father said to his son, “When Abe Lincoln was your age, he was studying books by the light of the fireplace.”
The son replied, “When Lincoln was your age, he was the president of the United States....”
Once a little girl went to the library to get a book. A few days later, she returned and said to the librarian at the counter, “Sir, this book was very boring. It had too many characters and too many numbers and no story, so I would like to return it.”
The librarian said to the other librarian, “So here is the person who took our phone book!”
Two young boys were spending the night at their grandparents. At bedtime, the two boys knelt beside their beds to say their prayers when the youngest one began praying at the top of his lungs.
“I pray for a new bicycle... I pray for a new gameboy... I pray for a new DVD...”
His older brother leaned over and nudged the younger brother and said, “Why are you shouting your prayers? God isn’t deaf.” To which the little brother replied, “No, but Grandma is!”