Seriously

(Although you didn't accuse me) FTR: I didn't say he was a misogynist. I don't know him enough to make that assertion. The post, however, had misogynistic overtones, even if addressed only to one woman.

 

"Open Up Your Heart and Let the Sun Shine In"

Mommy told me something
a little kid should know.
It's all about the devil
and I've learned to hate him so.
She said he causes trouble
when you let him in the room.
He will never ever leave you
if your heart is filled with gloom.

So let the sun shine in
face it with a grin.
Smilers never lose
and frowners never win.
So let the sun shine in
face it with a grin
Open up your heart and let the sun shine in.

When you are unhappy,
the devil wears a grin
But oh, he starts to running
when the light comes pouring in
I know he'll be unhappy
'Cause I'll never wear a frown
Maybe if we keep on smiling
He'll get tired of hanging 'round.

If I forget to say my prayers
the devil wears a grin.
But he feels so awful awful
when he sees me on my knees
So if you're full of trouble
and you never seem to win,
Just open up your heart and let the sun shine in.

So let the sun shine in
face it with a grin.
Smilers never lose
and frowners never win.
So let the sun shine in
face it with a grin
Open up your heart and let the sun shine in.

 

Nothing wrong with laughter or a good joke, but if it's forced I can think of a few reasons:
1. If we are angry or crying inside, forced laughter is a way to hide it.
2. If we can laugh at someone else's sin, it won't seem so serious when we ourselves commit that sin.
3. People natually are drawn to happy people. Pretend you're happy, and you'll have lots of friends. Look at Hillary Clinton. She has smiled her way through her husband's affairs and she's smiled her way to the presidential nominations. Does anyone actually believe she's always that happy? I doubt it, but it's helped her rise politically. I'd personally hate to see what's behind that plastic smile.

 

Cutter: We didn't make it about you...YOU did.

A gentle warning...Put downs and personal attacks are not allowed on the BB and if continued will be dealt with.

Also, you do not have the authority to tell someone they cannot post on your thread. Anyone may post wherever they wish.

Maybe you should have posted this in the MPF?

 

once again, you prove my point.

 

Smarting off is not becoming of you.

 

Nor is it smart to "smart off" to an admin.

 

Maybe my posts are just hitting a bit too close to home for you?

I don't have 'subjects' on this board. I have friends.

Please show me where I got emotional. I was giving you a gentle warning. The personal attacks I was referring to were not even directed at me. I am just doing my job. Better a gentle warning than a harsh banning.

BTW, this would be your second official warning...

 

You have to be a friend to have a friend.

Not all women are alike.

Thank you! This is a six figure job...

Two before you are brought up before the Administrative Council.

I agree most of the posts were off topic. But most of us really did feel, from the demeanor of your OP, that you needed some cheering up. And that's what friends do.

I apologize if I took it the wrong way.

 

Maybe he just needs another copy of the memo. You see, were putting new cover sheets on the TPS reports.

 

"A merry heart does good, like medicine, But a broken spirit dries the bones."

Nothing wrong with a merry heart, my friend.

 

I think these things vary from person to person. Yes, I am sure some people are not serious enough. Your point about churches (I would say some churches) wanting a pastor who can tell a good joke would be an example of this, as would those churches that feel it right to dress their preachers up as clowns. On the other hand, there are some Christians who act as if smiling and humour are inherently sinful, and go around with long, doleful faces, looking as if they were on there way to hell rather than heaven!

Things vary from country to country, too. Television newsreaders here rarely laugh when reading the news. (In fact, I often wonder how some of them manage to keep a straight face, if the item they are reading out is humerous, like an item about a goat getting lost on a bus). And politicians here may often be accused of "acting the fool", but that is done by people who think their policies and decisions are mad, not because they don't treat things seriously.

 

Cutter, I said my piece about the OP in my first post. I think people take things, and themselves, way too seriously and I still think you woke up on the wrong side of the bed yesterday.

Attack me and make snide remarks about me all you want. Doesn't affect my day in any way.

Oh, and remember: next Friday... is Hawaiian shirt day. So, you know, if you want to go ahead and wear a Hawaiian shirt and jeans.

And MP, we're gonna need to go ahead and move you downstairs to storage B. We have some new people coming in, and we need all the space we can get. So if you could just go ahead and pack up your stuff and move it down there, that would be terrific, Ok? And, oh, there's that stapler. I'm just gonna go ahead and take that with me.

 

I'm still bummed out...we got back our pictures from our mission trip, and I smiled in two of them. I've written an apology letter to each member of the group, and I'll be resigning from my position. From here, I'll go and live in the deserts of Elbonia, eating locusts and never smiling again.

 

But...uh...well...I'm gonna burn the place down.