Moormanism #26, 8-17-72, from The McLeansboro Times Leader,McLeansboro, Illinois #Moormanisms

It is a tough situation loaning money to a friend. The Bible gives us direction in several verses. In Matthew 5:42 Jesus tells us to not turn away from someone who wants to borrow from you. In Luke 6:35 Jesus tells us to lend without expecting to get it back, and that if you do this your reward will be great. In Deuteronomy 15:7-8 Moses says to lend whatever is needed. In Exodus 22:25 Moses says to lend with no interest to the poor.

Hank mentions that the Church is a proper place to go for help. Increasingly, this has become true especially in McLeansboro. We have a Ministerial Alliance group that has been and is handling requests from those in need, and this is occurring daily. Funds,however, become low or used up from time to time. In this time of giving gifts, check with your church to see if there are requests from the needy that need to be taken care of.

Straighten up and fly right. I remember hearing this a lot, and I am sure many of us have used this idiom before.

The one about the governor of Missouri is appropriate for today as well.

Moormanisms Ira E. Moorman 

Every time I breathe, I figure up the tax. ..........

Straighten up and fly right, I’ve often been told. Can the birds do that? ..........

This is an old joke. A man hurried into a hardware store and said, “I’ve got to catch a bus and I need a mouse trap.”

“Sorry,” the proprietor answered, “I don’t have a trap that large.” ..........

In 1946 I could run really fast. In fact, I could outrun Lou Brock. Lou Brock was three years old.

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In this day and age, if you have a friend and he wants to borrow money from you, consider him a lost friend, and if you loan him money, then you’ve lost your money, too. The bank, the state, or the church are the proper places to go for help. It’s rough to feel sorry for yourself because you felt sorry for someone else.

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I was talking and told a lady everyone ought to have some kind of marker after death. Her reply: “I don’t want to be bothered after I’m dead.” 

Another old one: a man was about to commit suicide. He held the gun to his head. Then his wife commenced to laugh. “Don’t laugh,” the man said angrily. “You’re next.”

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Perhaps the governor of Missouri ought to make periodic checks on some of his natives.