Grandma goes for a drive!

[muleman]

*Grandma Still Drives -- PRICELESS*













Grandma is eighty-eight years old and still drives her own car. She writes:











Dear Grand-daughter,










The other day I went up to our local Christian book store and saw a'Honk if you love Jesus' bumper sticker























I was feeling particularly sassy that day because I had just come from a thrilling choir performance, followed by a thunderous prayer meeting.






So, I bought the sticker and put it on my bumper.






Boy, am I glad I did; what an uplifting experience that followed.






I was stopped at a red light at a busy intersection, just lost in thought about the Lord and how good he is, and I didn't notice that the light had changed.






It is a good thing someone else loves Jesus because if he hadn't honked, I'd never have noticed..






I found that lots of people love Jesus!






While I was sitting there, the guy behind started honking like crazy, and then he leaned out of his window and screamed, 'For the love ofGod!'






'Go! Go! Go! Jesus Christ, GO!'






What an exuberant cheerleader he was for Jesus!






Everyone started honking!






I just leaned out my window and started waving and smiling at all those loving people.






I even honked my horn a few times to share in the love!






There must have been a man from Florida back there because I heard him yelling something about a sunny beach.






I saw another guy waving in a funny way with only his middle finger stuck up in the air.



I asked my young teenage grandson in the back seat what that meant. He said it was probably a Hawaiian good luck sign or something.



Well, I have never met anyone from Hawaii, so I leaned out the window and gave him the good luck sign right back.






My grandson burst out laughing. Why even he was enjoying this religious experience!!






A couple of the people were so caught up in the joy of the moment that they got out of their cars and started walking towards me.



I bet they wanted to pray or ask what church I attended, but this is when I noticed the light had changed. So, grinning, I waved at all my brothers and sisters, and drove on through the intersection.






I noticed that I was the only car that got through the intersection before the light changed again and felt kind of sad that I had to leave them after all the love we had shared.






So I slowed the car down, leaned out the window and gave them all the Hawaiian good luck sign one last time as I drove away.



Praise the Lord for such wonderful folks!!






Will write again soon,






Love, Grandma

 

[Garmins_Dad]

hahahahahahahahahahaha I think i was behind her this morning

 

[Mr. Bill]

That is a good one. Im still grinning. Thanks

 

[Danang Sailor]

Total trivia: The "Hawaiian good luck sign" gag originated with the crew of the USS Pueblo. They used it while in captivity in
North Korea; it was several weeks before the Koreans found out what it really meant. At that point several of the crew members
were severely beaten. In the meantime, the picture of the crew wishing the Koreans "good luck" was seen worldwide!

 

[Leni]

Actually Danang Sailor it goes way back before that. During the Hundred Years War or one of those between France and England the English longbow men were devastating the French troops. When they were caught the French cut off the middle finger on the right hand so that they could no longer shoot the arrows. It became a show of contempt to stick up the middle finger to show the 'frog eaters' that they still had that finger. That's why the Pueblo sailors did that and got the tar beaten out of them.

I remember that photo and thinking that the guys got their message out despite all odds. I also remember being worried about what would happen to them when the North Koreans found out what that gesture really meant.

 

[noose]

What a wonderful thing religion is.

 

[Leni]

What a wonderful thing religion is.

Indeed. More horror and pain, more killed and things destroyed in the name of religion that anything else. As a matter of fact it is still going on. Just look at Bengazi.

 

[Danang Sailor]

Actually Danang Sailor it goes way back before that. During the Hundred Years War or one of those between France and England the English longbow men were devastating the French troops. When they were caught the French cut off the middle finger on the right hand so that they could no longer shoot the arrows. It became a show of contempt to stick up the middle finger to show the 'frog eaters' that they still had that finger. That's why the Pueblo sailors did that and got the tar beaten out of them.

I remember that photo and thinking that the guys got their message out despite all odds. I also remember being worried about what would happen to them when the North Koreans found out what that gesture really meant.

Clarification Time: You're right, the "One-Finger Salute" is much older. However, the "Hawaiian Good Luck Sign" gag
did indeed originate with the Pueblo crew; since that was used in the joke I thought folks might be interested in where that
particular piece of the joke started. I never meant to say the Flying Finger of Fate inself came from there.

 

[Leni]

Interesting. I didn't know that it started to be called the Hawaiian Good Luck sign with that incident. I love to know things like that.

 

[Danang Sailor]

Interesting. I didn't know that it started to be called the Hawaiian Good Luck sign with that incident. I love to know things like that.

Since you, like me, are a trivia buff:
It came about when one of the crew "flipped off" a Korean interrogator. The Koreans got really angry until anothe r
crewman brilliantly invented that Hawaiian gag to keep his buddy from being ab used. From then on to keep up the
charade, the entire crew kept wishing their captors "Good Luck" in the old Hawaiian way, even insisting that they use it
in that famo us photo.

Ironically, it was the international response to that picture (hilarity, mostly) that let the Koreans know they'd been
hoodwinked ... which lead to the horrific beatings the crew suffered.

 

[Leni]

I remember. I'll never forget.