OT-humor FW: catholic math]

My cousin sent this to me this morning.  Got a good laugh out of it so
thought I would share it with you all.

Glenn

Glenn & Linda Simmons
Springfield, Missouri, Zone 6

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  • To: g*@swbell.net
  • Subject: Fwd: FW: catholic math
  • From: M*@aol.com
  • Date: Wed, 15 Jul 1998 09:13:20 EDT
In a message dated 98-07-14 15:52:04 EDT, Laurie.Hall@PSS.Boeing.com writes:

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  • To: "Davidson, Dick F" <R*@West.Boeing.com>, "'joan'" <j*@ostream.com>, "Josephson, Deanna K" <D*@PSS.Boeing.com>, "Kildea, Betty L" <B*@PSS.Boeing.com>, "'Mary'" <M*@aol.com>
  • Subject: FW: catholic math
  • From: "* L* A* <L*@PSS.Boeing.com>
  • Date: Tue, 14 Jul 1998 12:51:32 -0700
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Laurie Hall
Central Engineering Business Management
(425) 237-5417


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> From: 	Fletcher, Nancy I
> Sent: 	Tuesday, July 14, 1998 10:38 AM
> To: 	Whelan, Fran; Jami Larson; Paula Hill; Janice Noble; Judy
> Mazzaferro; Laurie Hall
> Subject: 	FW: catholic math
> 
> 
> 
>  Nancy 
> A/P Structures Bus. Mgmt
> (425) 234-0935
> 
> 
> 
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> From: 	Hestad, Dolores I
> Sent: 	Tuesday, July 14, 1998 9:03 AM
> To: 	Shelton, Barbara A; Hood, Debora L; Fletcher, Nancy I; Campbell,
> Jacqui A; Stanford, Deborah R
> Subject: 	FW: catholic math
> 
> 
> Have a Great Day!
> 
> Dolores I. Hestad
> B-Y000, 67-UT
> (425) 234-9957
> 
> ----------
> From: 	Solier, Sylvia V
> Sent: 	Tuesday, July 14, 1998 8:59 AM
> To: 	Higginbotham, Elda L; Aakre, Barbara J; Leyritz, Charlene M;
> 'Melissa'; 'Anita'; 'Norma'; 'Home'; 'Teresa'; Gonzalez-Bevil, Austria
> M; Villarreal, Leandro G; Fothergill, Carolyn A; Hestad, Dolores I;
> Duntley-Heffernan, Lea L; Burnham, Kendra E
> Subject: 	catholic math
> 
> > > CATHOLIC MATH
> > >
> > > Little Tommy was doing very badly in math. His parents had tried
> > > everything; tutors, flash cards, special learning centers, in
> short,
> >
> > > everything they could think of. Finally in a last ditch effort,
> they
> >
> > > took Tommy down & enrolled him in the local Catholic School.
> > > After the first day, little Tommy comes home with a very serious
> > look
> > > on his face. He doesn't kiss his mother hello. Instead, he goes
> > straight
> > to
> > > his room & starts studying. Books & papers are spread out all over
> > the
> > room
> > > and little Tommy is hard at work.
> > >
> > > His mother is amazed. She calls him down to dinner and to her
> shock,
> > > the minute he is done he marches back to his room without a word
> and
> > in
> > no
> > > time he is back hitting the books as hard as before.
> > > This goes on for sometime, day after day while the mother tries to
> > > understand what made all the difference. Finally, little Tommy
> > > brings home his report card. He quietly lays it on the table and
> > > goes up to his room and hits the books. With great trepidation,
> his
> > > mom looks at it and to her surprise, little Tommy got an A in
> math.
> > > She can no longer hold her curiosity. She goes to his room and
> says:
> >
> > > "Son, what was it? Was it the nuns?" Little Tommy looks at her and
> > > shakes his head. "Well then" , she replies, "was it the books, the
> > > discipline, the structure, the uniforms, WHAT was it?".
> > > Little Tommy looks at her and says, "Well, on the first day of
> > > school, when I saw that guy nailed to the plus sign, I knew they
> > > weren't fooling around."
> 
> 
> 
>

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