Month: July 2023

NOT-REALLY-JOKING JOKES

Have you ever taken some part of truth and turned it into a joke about someone that makes other question their character? It also serves as a passive way to spread more gossip. Example: Maybe he/she will actually get off the couch today long enough to blahblah. haha.

When the joking is harmful to another, it’s mockery. How can you know a mocker? It’s in the Bible. Proverbs 21:24 says, “Mockers are proud and haughty; they act with boundless arrogance.” And verse 9:8 says, “A mocker resents correction; he will not consult the wise.”

In addition, Proverbs 22:10 says, “Drive out the mocker, and out goes strife; quarrels and insults are ended.”

And Psalm 1:1 starts out: “Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked or stand in the way of sinners or sit in the seat of mockers.”

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BACKBITING

It’s a flavor of gossip that involves speaking spiteful or slanderous words about another who is not present and can do nothing in defense. It’s secretive, and the Bible actually mentions it by name in Proverbs 25:23: “The north wind brings forth rain, and a backbiting tongue, angry looks.”

Also: “Whoever secretly slanders his neighbor, him I will destroy; No one who has a haughty look and an arrogant heart will I endure” (Psalm 101:5).

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RUMORS

You hear something, and it’s not good, and it’s also not confirmed as true. But you tell someone or ask someone else about it to get more info. The rumor mill turns and turns and the gossip spreads.

Proverbs 13:3 says, “He who guards his lips guards his life, but he who speaks rashly will come to ruin.”

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DISHING

“Dishin’ the dirt” basically means sharing the “juicy info” you learned about someone. Maybe the intent isn’t to directly cause damage, but by keeping the gossip alive, it continues to spread and taint the image of the person it’s about.

Proverbs 20:19 tells us that a gossip betrays a confidence; so avoid a man who talks too much.

James 5:9 says, “Don’t grumble against each other, brothers, or you will be judged. The Judge is standing at the door!”

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SLANDER

It’s defined as spreading rumors or lies about a person to cause damage purposely. The written form of it is libel.

The Bible mentions slander countless times in lists like this one: “But now you must rid yourselves of all such things as these: anger, rage, malice, slander, and filthy language from your lips” (Colossians 3:8).

James 4:11 tells it straight: “Brothers, do not slander one another.”

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TYPES OF GOSSIP AND WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS

How do we know what’s gossip and what’s not gossip? We can find a number of Bible verses about gossip, especially in Proverbs, and we can also ask God to reveal it to us. James 1:5 tells us: “If any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him.”

Have any of the types of gossip below been too tempting for you to resist lately? (Come back here when you’re done if you can use help to stop gossiping.)

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8 Types of Gossip, 26 Bible Verses

Gossip is like a secret craving. We say we don’t like it, but when it’s within reach, we almost can’t resist it. We get a sudden appetite to know what we don’t know… about somebody else.

Why is it so hard to stop? Proverbs 18:8 says, “The words of a gossip are like choice morsels; they go down to a man’s inmost parts.”

No, you might think. Not me. I’m not into sharing the dirty details about a person’s life just for fun. But gossip comes in many flavors, and it involves listening as well. Proverbs 17:4 notes: “Wrongdoers eagerly listen to gossip; liars pay close attention to slander.” Yikes!

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Man Calls 911 and Reports Himself for Illegal Trash Dumping

MACON, GEORGIA –

WMGT-TV reports that 22-year old Gerald Perry got so rattled after illegally dumping trash in a grade school parking lot that he called 911 to report his crime.

Officers arrived to find Perry shaking and crying uncontrollably. They also found chairs, a ladder, yard debris and several bigger surprises: used condoms inside the torn belly of a stuffed bear, a bin of used cat litter, bloody diapers, insulin syringes, a Tums bottle holding what appeared to be Pepto-Bismol and an oil painting of a spider.

“Mostly it was wood, normal stuff,” arresting Officer Eli Johnson said. “But hidden inside the refuse were very puzzling items. We’re bringing in a contract cleanup crew to deal with it because of potential health hazards.”

Mr. Perry claims a voice told him to do it.

“This voice inside my head just said, ‘go dump this stuff in the school parking lot, Gerald.’ After I did it I kind of woke up astonished to what I had done and dialed 911 and told on myself. I then had a complete breakdown.”

Mr. Perry was booked into Macon County Jail on a felony illegal dumping charge (typically a misdemeanor) for dumping on a public school grounds.

“I hope they send me to prison for life,” Perry added.

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Man Had $ex With A Picnic Table

ANNNNDDD attempted to have $exual intercourse with an ATM machine.

JUNEAU, Alaska —

49-year-old Lonnie Hutton first walked into a bar Friday night, pulled down his pants and attempted to put his penis inside an ATM machine.

When police responded to a 911 call they found Hutton naked and thrusting his erect penis into the air. Reportedly Hutton was wobbly on his feet, had bloodshot eyes and reeked of alcohol i.e., he was drunk.

When police asked why he was trying to have sex with the ATM he responded, “I told the money machine I’d give it $ex for cash. I’m trying to male prostitute myself.”

Officers wrestled him outside and cuffed him to a wooden picnic table, but Police said Lonnie Hutton soon dropped his pants and began to copulate with the picnic table.

When police asked why he was having with the picnic table he yelled, “stay out of my $ex life!”

Prosecutors charged him with public intoxication.

Source: Messenger-Index

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Fraternity Brothers Pour Hot Sauce Inside Private Parts

A University of Tennessee fraternity has been suspended for putting Mad Dog 357 Ghost Pepper Hot Sauce (considered by some to be the world’s hottest hot sauce) inside a pledge’s penis and other cruel hazing rituals.

Students trying to join the UT chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha said they were also subject to two hours of nude paddling plus each pledge had to sacrifice a goat.

“We know hazing happens,” said Dave Williams, UT fraternity system director. “And we talk to each fraternity president before and during pledge week, but we obviously can’t stop it all. This is the worst case of hazing I have ever seen.”

All Alpha Phi Alpha pledges made it through the paddling and each managed to sacrifice a goat, but the hazing session fell apart once the hot sauce was put into the first pledge.

“Apparently the victim ran screaming from the frat house to the hospital. He was in so much pain he had to be heavily sedated with morphine while the medical staff flushed out the hot sauce. Thankfully, the other pledges were not subjected to the hot sauce. I think at that point the fraternity brothers realized that the hot sauce wasn’t a good idea.”

The university’s investigative documents show the hospitalized hazing victim threatened to sue the school if the fraternity was allowed to continue to operate there.

“We’re really sorry about this,” said Alpha Phi President. “It won’t happen again. Sorry, Tyler.”

But the terse apology wasn’t enough to satisfy university officials. The chapter is suspended indefinitely and a criminal investigation is pending.

“The only silver lining in this very dark cloud is the sacrificed goat meat was able to be salvaged and  donated to the local food bank,” Williams said.

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