I remember watching the 700 Club back in the 90s for giggles

[Coventina]

During the "call-in" portion of the show, a woman called in asking for advice for saving money because she was very poor.

He suggested that she start sewing her and her family's clothes, and to raise chickens for their eggs and meat.

I remember how shocked I was by such stupid advice.

Sewing and keeping chickens are both rather high-end hobbies. Clothes are so relatively cheap now, making them yourself is definitely NOT worth the time and money for poor people!!

And don't even get me started on the feasibility of raising chickens for urban poor people!!!

The man had no sense at all what real life is like.

Not only was he evil, he was also just plain stupid.

[LakeArenal]

1. Jim Baker once asked for $1000 for "a round of golf with Jesus".

I couldn’t believe it.

[Effete Snob]

5. That's a bargain

Moses and Jesus were on the tee for a hole across a water hazard, and Jesus says to Moses, “I saw Tiger hit this with a 3 iron.”

“Yeah, well, you’re not him,” says Moses.

Jesus, smirks, picks up his 3 iron and thwack, the ball plops in the water.

“I’ll get it, I’ll get it,” says Moses.

Moses goes down to the pond, parts the water, but can't find the ball. “Just take another shot,” he says.

“I can do it,” says Jesus.

“Just hit the driver,” Moses urges

“Tiger did it,” says Jesus.

“You’re going in after it this time then,” Moses says.

“Sure, if it goes in,” Jesus answers. “But it won’t.”

The ball goes right into the water. Jesus takes off his sandals and goes out after the ball.

He walks out onto the surface of the pond, looking down to find the ball.

Two men in the next party approach Moses and point out toward the water. “Who’s that guy think he is?” they ask, “Jesus Christ?”

Moses answers, “No, he thinks he’s Tiger Woods.”

[70sEraVet]

7. That is FUNNY! Thanks, Effete!

[iluvtennis]

13. + 1. 🤣

[niyad]

10. When I first heard that joke, it was Arnold Palmer.

[Effete Snob]

11. Yup

I started telling it the other day and realized "Arnold Palmer" might not be a relatable reference.

[bucolic_frolic]

2. Logic is not the currency of scam artists, religious wackos, or psychologists

Miracles are based on BELIEF alone!

[jaxexpat]

12. Actually, based on belief's strange cousin, faith.

That's where the really weird stuff comes from.

[3Hotdogs]

3. I'll re-post again, my favorite image of him in later years.... when he was prayin' hard, with his

face scrunched up, looking like he had 5 days worth of bean burritos, blocked up, going down the evacuation ramp.

[EYESORE 9001]

4. In the late '70s I came across a piece of mail on my grandmother's bedside table

It was from some upstart televangelist soliciting via mail. I was hardly surprised that my grandmother Engadget ended up on so many mailing lists. Joke was on them, because my grandmother had no access to money she could give to those charlatans. What did surprise me was the clumsy, cartoonish letter, which claimed, ‘we’ve been robbed!’, claiming that bags of cash 💰 that look exactly like the emoji I just added were stolen off an armored truck, you guessed it, there was a cartoon truck. I shoulda hung on to that letter as a cultural artifact. That televangelist could have gone on to become ‘somebody’ for all I know.

[RAB910]

6. You have to wonder how much money the monster

Was conning her out of

[John1956PA]

8. I watched when Robertson giggled while making a misogynist crack.

The object of his crassness was a beloved celebrity. Robertson thought he was witty, but he was a cad at best.

[twodogsbarking]

9. Take out your own appendix and that will save plenty.

[Jilly_in_VA]

14. I dunno, though

Back in my earth mother days, I used to sew all my daughter's clothes and a good share of mine. I know it saved money, but mostly because a lot of the moms I knew also sewed and we'd swap patterns, especially for the girls' clothes. There was one little dress that I think all of the little girls had in various iterations. We jokingly referred to "The Dress" but it was really cute and classic. My daughter particularly loved one version of it made of yellow gingham that she called her "sunshine dress" and she insisted on wearing that constantly until she outgrew it. But material for little girls' clothes can come right off the remnant table, usually; it doesn't take that much.

And to the person saying clothes are relatively cheap--only at the thrift store, my dear.

[ggma]

16. The thrift stores! A very dear aunt

taught me to buy from the ten cent bin and remake those clothes into outfits for my daughters. It's how I was able to keep them in cute clothes. And I loved the remnant table!

gg

[Coventina]

17. If you don't already own a sewing machine? Or know how to make clothes?

Or the spare time to make them if you're already working two jobs to make ends meet?


I didn't say cheap I said relatively cheap.

[Racygrandma]

15. Fabric is just plain pricey

I like to make quilts in the winter, so I know. I do not know the price of chicken feed.

[Coventina]

18. It's not just chicken feed but the coop, the space to raise them?

What if you live in a one-bedroom apartment?

Some friends of mine started keeping backyard chickens and they were pretty astounded at the initial upfront investment required.

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

20. yep. I sew for the creativity of it (selection of fabrics and patterns) not to save $$

everytime I visit JoAnnes, I spend $75 for fabric and notions. I could by 6 tops at Ross for that $

[Blue Owl]

19. I remember watching this in the 90's for giggles (on VHS of course)