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Don’t Do What John Did!

THIS STORY BEGAN AT EASTER, BUT ITS A FUN READ … ANYTIME

Fred: Almost Famous
5 min readMar 30, 2024
THIS ISN’T JOHN … HE DIDN’T FEEL LIKE JUMPING FOR JOY AT EASTER * Photo by Kenny Eliason on Unsplash

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Read this story anytime. Its not just for Easter …its an evergreen fun-read.
Its bound to make you smile, but you won’t want to swap places with John!

John’s Story

Note: I find myself re-telling ‘John’s Story’ every year. This year it’s for YOU:

Some time ago, my wife & I received an invitation from an old couple who live up the road from us, asking us to join them for an afternoon tea at their house on the Sunday before Easter.

Let’s call our friends Mabel & John (not their real names), in order to avoid embarrassment … especially for ‘John’.

We didn’t associate our afternoon visit with Easter … that was a week away, but during our little chats, Easter became a real focus. And here’s why:

We were coming to the end of a lovely tea-and-scones-type meal when Mabel said: “Wait til you hear what John did last week

Before she could elaborate, John got up from the table and said that he was going out to the verandah for a smoke. And being a friend of John’s, and another fella (though a…

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Fred: Almost Famous
Fred: Almost Famous

Written by Fred: Almost Famous

Former International Sci/Ed Advisor. Speaker, Preacher & Song Writer. See 'Index' to Story Collections near-top-of-Home-Page. Email:Fred.Almost.Famous@gmail.com

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