October 19th - Holidays and Observances

(click on the day for details)

• Christian feast day:
  • Aaron (Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria)
  • Aquilinus of Évreux
  • Desiderius (Didier) of Auxerre
  • Frideswide
  • Henry Martyn (Anglican Communion)
  • Isaac Jogues, Jean de Brébeuf, and Companions
  • Blessed Jerzy Popiełuszko
  • Paul of the Cross
  • Ptolemaeus and Lucius
  • Varus
  • Veranus of Cavaillon
  • William Carey (Episcopal Church)
  • October 19 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
• Constitution Day, in honor of the country's independence (self-governing in free association with New Zealand) in 1974. (Niue)
• Mother Teresa Day (Albania)
• Oxfordshire Day

 

Observances (click on the day for details)

Evaluate Your Life Day

International Gin and Tonic Day

 

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I answered a 911 call at our emergency dispatch center from a woman who said her water broke.

"Stay calm," I advised. "Now, how far apart are your contractions?"

"No contractions," she said breathlessly. "But my basement is flooding fast."

 

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A motorist was driving down a rural dirt road when he came upon a stream. He called out to a man walking by, "Do you think I can drive my car through the stream?"

"I suppose you can," said the man.

So the driver started across, but within seconds, his car sank, and he barely escaped with his life.

"You lied to me!" the driver screamed at the passerby. "That stream is at least ten feet deep!"

"That's funny. It only reaches up to the middle of the ducks."

 

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Once there was a guy named Bill who wanted a horse. On Craigslist, Bill saw a Christian horse so he went to check it out. When Bill got to the ranch, the horse's owner said "It's easy to ride him. Just say 'praise the Lord' to make him go, and 'amen' to make him stop."

Bill got on the horse and said "praise the Lord." the horse started to walk. "Praise the Lord, praise the Lord, praise the Lord" and the horse is running.

Now Bill sees the cliff and says: "AMEN."

The horse stops and Bill says: "Whew! Praise the lord!"

 

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Here's a classic bar joke: a centaur walks into a bar, the bartender says, "Hey, how's the throat?"

The centaur replies, "My throat isn't horse but my legs are."

 

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