On the Lighter Side (March 2025)

Scientists have found a way to genetically cross a praying mantis with a termite. In other words, they’ve created an insect that says a prayer before it eats your house. — It was the day of the big sale. A long line had formed by opening time. A man pushed his way to the front of the line, only to be pushed back amid shouts. On the man’s second attempt, he was knocked around and then thrown to the end of the line again. As he got ready for a third try, he said to the person at the end of the line. “That does it! If they hit me one more time, I won’t open the store!” — The preacher was opening his mail one morning. Taking a single sheet of paper from an envelope, he found written on it only one word: “Fool.” Th e following Sunday he…