A group of professional people posed this question to a group of 4 to 8 year-olds, "What does love mean?"
The answers tot were broader and deeper than anyone could have imagined. See what you think:
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"When my grandmother got arthritis, she couldn't bend over and paint her toenails anymore. So my grandfather does it for her all the time, even when his hands got arthritis too. That's love." - Rebecca- age 8
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"When someone loves you, the way they say your name is different. You just know that your name is safe in their mouth." - Billy - age 4
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"Love is when a girl puts on perfume and a boy puts on shaving cologne and they go out and smell each other." - Karl - age 5
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"Love is when you go out to eat and give somebody most of your French fries without making them give you any of theirs." - Chrissy - age 6
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"Love is what makes you smile when you're tired." - Terri - age 4
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"Love is when my mommy makes coffee for my daddy and she takes a sip before giving it to him, to make sure the taste is OK." - Danny - age 7
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"Love is when you kiss all the time. Then when you get tired of kissing, you still want to be together and you talk more. My Mommy and Daddy are like that. They look gross when they kiss" - Emily - age 8
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"Love is what's in the room with you at Christmas if you stop opening presents and listen." - Bobby - age 7 (Wow!)
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"If you want to learn to love better, you should start with a friend who you hate," - Nikka - age 6
(we need a few million more Nikka's on this planet)
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"Love is when you tell a guy you like his shirt, then he wears it everyday." - Noelle - age 7
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"Love is like a little old woman and a little old man who are still friends even after they know each other so well." - Tommy - age 6
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"During my piano recital, I was on a stage and I was scared. I looked at all the people watching me and saw my daddy waving and smiling. He was the only one doing that. I wasn't scared anymore." - Cindy - age 8
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"My mommy loves me more than anybody .You don't see anyone else kissing me to sleep at night." -
Clare - age 6
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"Love is when Mommy gives Daddy the best piece of chicken." - Elaine-age 5
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"Love is when Mommy sees Daddy smelly and sweaty and still says he is handsomer than Robert Redford." - Chris - age 7
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"Love is when your puppy licks your face even after you left him alone all day." - Mary Ann - age 4
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"I know my older sister loves me because she gives me all her old clothes and has to go out and buy new ones." - Lauren - age 4
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"When you love somebody, your eyelashes go up and down and little stars come out of you." (what an image) - Karen - age 7
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"You really shouldn't say 'I love you' unless you mean it. But if you mean it, you should say it a lot. People forget." - Jessica - age 8
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And the final one -- Author and lecturer Leo Buscaglia once talked about a contest he was asked to judge. The purpose of the contest was to find the most caring child.
The winner was a four year old child whose next door neighbor was an elderly gentleman who had recently lost his wife. Upon seeing the man cry, the little boy went into the old gentleman's yard, climbed onto his lap, and just sat there.
When his Mother asked what he had said to the neighbor, the little boy said, "Nothing, I just helped him cry"
Feb 21, 2007
CHAIN SMOKER
A man sees another leaning against the wall of a large building. The Second man is puffing away, one cigarette after another.
The nonsmoker says, "Sir, I couldn't help noticing how you chain-smoke.
How many packs do you smoke a day?"
"Four."
"How long have you been smoking?"
"Thirty years."
"That's over forty thousand packs. Why, if you didn't smoke, you could Have saved enough money to buy this building."
The smoker takes a deep puff and says, "Do you smoke?"
"Never."
"Do you own this building?"
"No."
"Well, I do."
The nonsmoker says, "Sir, I couldn't help noticing how you chain-smoke.
How many packs do you smoke a day?"
"Four."
"How long have you been smoking?"
"Thirty years."
"That's over forty thousand packs. Why, if you didn't smoke, you could Have saved enough money to buy this building."
The smoker takes a deep puff and says, "Do you smoke?"
"Never."
"Do you own this building?"
"No."
"Well, I do."
Barbie Shopping
A man goes shopping for his 6-year-old daughter and decides to check out the Barbie dolls at the toy store. As he walks in, a young woman asks if he needs any help. He tells her he is shopping for a Barbie doll for his daughter.
The clerk takes him to the dolls and the man is surprised to see SOOOO MANY different Barbie's to choose from. He asks the clerk to explain the differences.
She says, "This is Summer Barbie – $19.95. This is Christmas Barbie – $19.95. This is our wedding Barbie – $19.95. This is our divorced Barbie – $245.00 and this is…"
The man interrupts the clerk and asks, Why are all the Barbie's $19.95, and the divorced one is $245.00?"
The clerk says, "Well sir, Divorced Barbie comes with Ken's house, Ken's car, Ken's furniture and everything else he owned, silly."
The clerk takes him to the dolls and the man is surprised to see SOOOO MANY different Barbie's to choose from. He asks the clerk to explain the differences.
She says, "This is Summer Barbie – $19.95. This is Christmas Barbie – $19.95. This is our wedding Barbie – $19.95. This is our divorced Barbie – $245.00 and this is…"
The man interrupts the clerk and asks, Why are all the Barbie's $19.95, and the divorced one is $245.00?"
The clerk says, "Well sir, Divorced Barbie comes with Ken's house, Ken's car, Ken's furniture and everything else he owned, silly."
OFFICE JOKES >>>>>>>>
Good Excuse
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Jones came into the office an hour late for the third time in one week and found the boss waiting for him. “What’s the story this time, Jones?” he asked sarcastically. “Let’s hear a good excuse for a change.”
Jones sighed, “Everything went wrong this morning, Boss. The wife decided to drive me to the station. She got ready in ten minutes, but then the drawbridge got stuck. Rather than let you down, I swam across the river — look, my suit’s still damp — ran out to the airport, got a ride on Mr. Thompson’s helicopter, landed on top of Radio City Music Hall, and was carried here piggyback by one of the Rockettes.”
“You’ll have to do better than that, Jones,” said the boss, obviously disappointed. “Yes I know no woman can get ready in ten minutes.”
M&Ms
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An old man and a young man worked in office next to each other. The young man had noticed that the older man always seemed to have a jar of peanuts on his desk. The young man loved peanuts.
One day while the older man was away from his desk the young man couldn’t resist and went to the old man’s jar and ate over half the peanuts.
When the old man returned the young man felt guilty and confessed to taking the peanuts.
The old man responded “That’s ok since I lost my teeth all I can do is lick the chocolate off the M&Ms.”
Interview
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Manager, interviewing a job applicant: “For a man with no experience, you are certainly asking for a high wage.”
Job Applicant: “Well Sir, the work is so much harder when you don’t know what you’re doing!”
Expensive Monkeys
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A tourist walked into a pet shop and was looking at the animals on display. While he was there, another customer walked in and said to the shopkeeper, “I’ll have a C monkey please.”
The shopkeeper nodded, went over to a cage at the side of the shop, and took out a monkey. He fit a collar and leash and handed it to the customer, saying “That’ll be $5000.” The customer paid and walked out with his monkey.
Startled, the tourist went over to the shopkeeper and said, “That was a very expensive monkey! Most of them are only a few hundred dollars. Why did it cost so much?”
The shopkeeper answered, “Ah, that monkey can program in C — very fast, tight code, no bugs, well worth the money.”
The tourist looked at the monkey in another cage. “That one’s even more expensive — $10,000! What does it do?”
“Oh, that one’s a C++ monkey; it can manage object-oriented programming, Visual C++, even some Java. All the really useful stuff,” said the shopkeeper.
The tourist looked around for a little longer and saw a third monkey in a cage of its own. The price tag read $50,000. He gasped to the shopkeeper, “That one costs more than all the others put together! What on earth does it do?”
Scratching his head, the shopkeeper replied, “Well, I haven’t actually seen it do anything, but the other two monkeys call him BOSS.”
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Jones came into the office an hour late for the third time in one week and found the boss waiting for him. “What’s the story this time, Jones?” he asked sarcastically. “Let’s hear a good excuse for a change.”
Jones sighed, “Everything went wrong this morning, Boss. The wife decided to drive me to the station. She got ready in ten minutes, but then the drawbridge got stuck. Rather than let you down, I swam across the river — look, my suit’s still damp — ran out to the airport, got a ride on Mr. Thompson’s helicopter, landed on top of Radio City Music Hall, and was carried here piggyback by one of the Rockettes.”
“You’ll have to do better than that, Jones,” said the boss, obviously disappointed. “Yes I know no woman can get ready in ten minutes.”
M&Ms
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An old man and a young man worked in office next to each other. The young man had noticed that the older man always seemed to have a jar of peanuts on his desk. The young man loved peanuts.
One day while the older man was away from his desk the young man couldn’t resist and went to the old man’s jar and ate over half the peanuts.
When the old man returned the young man felt guilty and confessed to taking the peanuts.
The old man responded “That’s ok since I lost my teeth all I can do is lick the chocolate off the M&Ms.”
Interview
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Manager, interviewing a job applicant: “For a man with no experience, you are certainly asking for a high wage.”
Job Applicant: “Well Sir, the work is so much harder when you don’t know what you’re doing!”
Expensive Monkeys
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A tourist walked into a pet shop and was looking at the animals on display. While he was there, another customer walked in and said to the shopkeeper, “I’ll have a C monkey please.”
The shopkeeper nodded, went over to a cage at the side of the shop, and took out a monkey. He fit a collar and leash and handed it to the customer, saying “That’ll be $5000.” The customer paid and walked out with his monkey.
Startled, the tourist went over to the shopkeeper and said, “That was a very expensive monkey! Most of them are only a few hundred dollars. Why did it cost so much?”
The shopkeeper answered, “Ah, that monkey can program in C — very fast, tight code, no bugs, well worth the money.”
The tourist looked at the monkey in another cage. “That one’s even more expensive — $10,000! What does it do?”
“Oh, that one’s a C++ monkey; it can manage object-oriented programming, Visual C++, even some Java. All the really useful stuff,” said the shopkeeper.
The tourist looked around for a little longer and saw a third monkey in a cage of its own. The price tag read $50,000. He gasped to the shopkeeper, “That one costs more than all the others put together! What on earth does it do?”
Scratching his head, the shopkeeper replied, “Well, I haven’t actually seen it do anything, but the other two monkeys call him BOSS.”