A man and wife were having some problems at home and were giving each other the silent treatment.
Suddenly, the man realized that the next day, he would need his wife to wake him at 5 a.m. for an early morning business flight.
Not wanting to be the first to break the silence (and lose) he wrote on a piece of paper. "Please wake me at 5 a.m." He left it where she would find it.
The next morning, the man woke up, only to discover it was 9:00 AM and he had missed his flight. Furious, he was about to go and see why his wife hadn't awakened him, when he noticed a piece of paper by the bed....
Jack goes quail hunting before school and then pulls into the school parking lot with his shotgun in his truck's gun rack.
1957-- Vice Principal comes over, looks at Jack's shotgun, goes to his car and gets his shotgun to show Jack.
2013-- School goes into lock down, FBI called, Jack hauled off to jail and never sees his truck or gun again. Counselors called in for traumatized students and teacher.
SCENARIO 2
Johnny and Mark get into a fist fight after school.
1957--Crowd gathers, Mark wins. Johnny and Mark shake hands, and end up buddies.
2013-- Police called and SWAT team arrives...they arrest both Johnny and Mark. They are both charges with assault and both expelled even though Johnny started it.
A grandmother was telling her little granddaughter what her own childhood was like. "We used to skate outside on a pond. I had a swing made from a tire; it hung from a tree in our front yard. We rode our pony. And we picked raspberries in the woods,"
The little girl was wide-eyed, taking this all in. At last she said, " I sure wish I'd gotten to know you sooner."