Latter-day Laughs, Edited and Compiled by Trisha Manwaring, Assistant Editor, Meridian Magazine

Twelve Tribes

One Sunday, I wore a necklace consisting of beads and shells to church.  After the meeting, one of the brethren looked at the necklace and asked me to which tribe I belonged.  Immediately, I said, "Ephraim."

Brenda C Jones
Tucson, Arizona

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If They’re So Smart …

My 4-year-old niece, Anna, was listening to her parents talk about a raccoon they had seen around their house.  They told Anna and her brother how smart raccoons are.  Anna quickly asked: “If they are so smart, why do they eat out of trash cans?

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Check Me Out

Last night I was sitting in our family room nursing our 3-month-old baby.  My chair faced away from the kitchen where our 5-year-old was.  She has a long history of being mischievous, so I asked her what she was doing.  She responded: "I don't know.  You better come and check on me."

Mary Jane Helms
Meridian, Idaho

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Follow the Prophet

We were taking turns singing our favorite Primary songs from the Children's Songbook and my son chose "Follow the Prophet."  His version of the chorus ended like this: “Follow the prophet, don't go to jail!”

Allison Scholl

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Trying to Be Like Jesus

My 5-year-old granddaughter Naomi was saying her line in her Primary program.  Her line was: "When I follow Jesus, my faith grows."  When she got up to the pulpit, she said: "When I follow Jesus my face grows."

Mary Black
Walterboro, South Carolina

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General Conference

Yesterday I was rearranging my tape collection with the help of my 3-year-old son, Christian. He handed me a General Conference tape and asked who was on it. I told him that the Prophet, Gordon B. Hinckley, was on the tape and he asked with excitement: "Can I listen to Gordon B. Twinkley?"

Joanne da Paixão Santos,
Dublin, Ireland

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