"Merry Christmas and tell everyone I love them"
These were the last words spoken by Jobo Glidden, when he past away; December 25, 2006.
I miss that guy...
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Whose woods these are I think I know. His house is in the village though;
He will not see me stopping here To watch his woods fill up with snow.
My little horse must think it queer To stop without a farmhouse near Between the woods and frozen lake The darkest evening of the year.
He gives his harness bells a shake To ask if there is some mistake.
The only other sound's the sweep Of easy wind and downy flake.
The woods are lovely, dark and deep.
But I have promises to keep, And miles to go before I sleep, And miles to go before I sleep.
Jobo was a gem.?ÿ Hard to believe it has already been 14 years,
Back when this forum was Religion, Politics, and Land Surveying, one of the more ornery atheists made a comment, inflamitory, I'm sure. To which Jobo replied with this basic story:
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One beautiful morning, an atheist was walking through the forest, admiring natures surroundings...
He looked up and saw the trees swaying in the wind high above him and smiled...
He saw the river glisten and the sun twinkle like a new born star and it made him warm inside...
He thought to himself that mother nature had made a true and wonderful world...
The atheist had walked a little further down the track he had taken when suddenly a bear jumped out of the bushes only a few yards ahead of him and started growling, looking hungry and ran quickly towards him...
Seeing the big bear bounding towards him he screamed in horror and started running as fast as he could away from the bear...
Knowing that the bear would catch up to him and he had no chance, the atheist soon ran out of breath and in a few paces fell to the ground...
As the bears shadow fell upon his face and his paws come down upon his chest, the atheist screamed, "Oh help me God!"
Suddenly the trees that he so much admired stopped swaying...
The river he loved suddenly stopped flowing...
And the sky opened up and a voice begun to speak...
"I am God, and even though you don??t believe in me, I am the creator of all things."
The atheist felt relieved a little bit and asked God, "I??m sort of in this situation, I??m only asking if you can help me get out of it."
God thought for a moment and said...
"I will give you one wish to help you and that is all, you may proceed with this wish."
The atheist thought about this wish for a moment and then spoke to God...
"Well I don??t really want to become a Christian, so I wish the bear to become a Christian."
God spoke...
"So be it done."
Suddenly the sky closed up...
The river turned back into its flowing glory...
The trees began to sway again...
And the bear clapped his paws together and said...
"Thank you God for this meal I??m about to receive!"
Jobo defused many a discussion. His kindly demeanor, and general cheer is missed by me.
Thank you, Jobo
Nate
"Merry Christmas and tell everyone I love them"
These were the last words spoken by Jobo Glidden, when he past away; December 25, 2006.
I miss that guy...
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I loved his stories!!! What was funny was his "Famous Nephew" had fans that would come to the board now and then, looking for stories on the nephew. ????ÿ
I watched his "nephews" show on Netflix recently. It's pretty good!!!!!! In one episode he mentions his older relatives. Joe was mentioned. *I* Knew immediately who he was talking about. ?????ÿ
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