July 1999 Overnight Lite Discarded Jokes

A smooth sea never made a skillful mariner. —English proverb

"What's the matter, honey?" a mother asked as her son burst into the house crying.
"Daddy and I were fishing, and he hooked a fish this big," the boy whimpered as he stretched his arms wide. "While he was reeling it in, the line busted and the fish got away!"
"Now, honey," his mother chided, "a big boy like you shouldn't cry about that. You should have laughed."
"But Mom," the boy wailed anew, "That's what I did!"

To deal with an unusually large number of people waiting to get into Heaven, St. Peter said, "All men who've been bossed around their whole lives, form Line 1. The rest in Line 2."
St. Peter was startled when all the men shuffled to Line 1, except for one little old man who stood alone in Line 2. "What sets you apart from all these other men?" St. Peter asked him.
"I don't know," the old man answered meekly. "I'm just standing where Ethel told me to."

Over the massive front doors of a church, these words were inscribed: "The Gate of Heaven." Below that was a small cardboard sign which read: "Please use other entrance."

"What's another word for synonym?'"

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