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look stupid before existence."
If the disciple loves the master, if there is trust, and trust founded on experience, he will carry spontaneously the master's message. There is no need to say anything, he will be his master's message.
Now something serious...
Ronald Reagan is on his last legs as president. So to impress the world with his sense of culture, he opens a new art gallery in Washington D.C. Reagan invites Pope the Polack, Margaret Thatcher and Mikhail Gorbachev -- also his old buddy, Bonzo, the chimpanzee.
Ronald and his tour guide, Reginald the homosexual, are giving these world famous figures a special tour of the collection of priceless paintings.
"Ah, yes," says Reagan, the amateur art connoisseur, "this painting is by Rembrandt."
"No, it is not," says Reginald; "this is by Salvador Dali."
The group pauses for a moment, takes a deep breath, and then moves on.
"And this one," says Reagan proudly, "is painted by Monet."
"No," corrects Reginald again, "this is painted by Van Gogh."
At the next painting, Reagan stands motionless. He stares at it this way and that way, and then he scratches his head.
"Well, I'm sure this must be a Picasso," he says loudly to the group.
"Wrong again, Ronnie," replies Reginald. "That is a mirror!"
The Babblebrain family are going to the theater one night, but nobody wants to stay at home to look after Grandad. So they have to take him with them.
The play is nearing its climax when the whole row is disturbed by old man Babblebrain crawling around on his hands and knees.
"Grandpa!" whispers Boris loudly. "Get back in your seat!"
"I can't," replies Grandad. "I've lost a toffee."
"Sit down!" snaps Boris. "You are disturbing the whole theater for a lousy toffee. I'll buy you another one if you just sit down."
"I need that one," says Grandad.
"My God!" cries Boris. "What's so special about that toffee?"
"Well," says Grandad, "my teeth are in it!"
Pope the Polack is on a ten-million-dollar pilgrimage to India. He goes to Calcutta, where he visits Mother Teresa's orphanage.
He
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