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10/22/11
Yard Sales and Other Deadly Sins

There's a church with a reader-board sign across the street from the entrance to my neighborhood. The church likes to put little witty and thoughtful sayings on it, and I like to read them as I'm pulling out of my neighborhood. That is until the other day, when they put this one up:

"He who thinks he is without fault has another yard sale".

And I was like, "Hmmmm. I'm not sure I get that one. Are yard sales spiritual no-nos? Yard sales are of the devil? Or do they mean that people who have yard sales have faults? Is yard sale metaphorical? Do they mean that the junk cluttering up our lives is a fault? Or that trying to sell your junk to other people is a fault? I was just telling Tony the other day that we needed to get rid of some of our miscellaneous flotsam, but I'M CERTAINLY NOT GOING TO HAVE A YARD SALE NOW!"

Anyway, this sign bothered me for days. DAYS! And maybe you're all smarter than me and you've already figured it out, but I was completely clueless until Tony called me on his way back to work today.

Tony: You know that church sign that's been bothering you?
Me: You mean the yard sale one? Why? Did you figure out what it means?
Tony: Yeah. It needs a period.
Me: A period is a fault or a period is a yard sale?
Tony: No. The sign reads "He who thinks he is without fault has another fault, as in his fault is that he thinks he has no faults. Then a period. End of sentence. New sentence: Yard sale. As in, the church is having a yard sale.

Oh.

Well yes, I suppose that makes sense.

Maybe the yard sale is to raise money to buy some punctuation.


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That's too funny! Reminds me of the importance of punctuation reminder: "Let's eat Grandma" (should read, "Let's eat, Grandma"). Good thing Tony figured it out, or you'd still be thinkin' on it! LOL
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beccalouloubell · 702 weeks ago

I read it the exact same way, except that I figured that a yard sale was a way of getting rid of all of our past "mistakes"--all the stuff we maybe didn't need and shouldn't have bought.
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oooooh! Very deep!
I like it and I love that you posted about it. :)

I just sat her and caught up on your baby girl - she's a doll!! Hope all is well...
Come back! I miss your posts!
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Quirky come baaaaaaack....
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drjolibois · 687 weeks ago

What's up? Why'd you quit posting? I really enjoyed your blog!

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