Friday, February 29, 2008

MARGIES BIMS

SUNSET HOURS-PHILIPPIANS 3;20-4:1********


IF YOU ARE STILL YOUNG AND ENERGETIC, YOU MAY FIND IT DIFFICULT TO SYMPATHIZE WITH THE FEELINGS THAT AFFLICT MANY OLDER PEOPLE. BUT THOSE WHO HAVE PASSED THE MIDPOINT ON LIFE'S JOURNEY AND HAVE BEGUN TO DESCEND THE WESTERING SLOPE CAN APPRECIATE WHAT KING DAVID SAID: "I HAVE BEEN YOUNG, AND NOW I AM OLD" (PS. 37:25)

BECAUSE AGING OFTEN BRINGS WITH IT PAIN AND LOSS, THERE MAY BE THOSE WHO VAINLY WISH THAT THEIR SUMMERTIME DAYS WOULD NEVER END. BUT LISTEN TO CHRISTIAN ESSAYEIST AND THEOLOGIAN
F. W. BOREHAM SAY'S: "SOMEDAY MY LIFE'S LITTLE DAY WILL SOFTEN DOWN TO EVENTIDE. MY SUNSET HOURS WILL COME...

AND THEN, I KNOW THERE WILL ARISE, OUT OF THE DUSK, A DAWNING FAIRER THAN MY DAWN THAT HAS YET BROKEN UPON ME. OUT OF THE LAST TINTS OF SUNSET THERE SHALL RISE A DAY THAT SHALL RESTORE TO ME ALL THAT THE OTHER DAYS HAVE TAKEN FROM ME, A DAY THAT SHALL NEVER FADE INTO TWILIGHT."

SO NO MATTER WHERE WE ARE ON THE HEAVENWARD PILGRIMAGE, IF WE ARE WALKING WITH JESUS WE CAN REJOICE. AND SINCE WE KNOW THAT OUR FAITHFUL FATHER WILL ABIDE WITH US TILL OUR JOURNEY ON EARTH IS OVER, WE CAN ACTUALLY BE THANKFUL FOR THE LENGTHENING SHADOWS AND THE SETTING SUN.

BEYOND THE SUNSET, O BLISSFUL MORNING,
WHEN WITH OUR SAVIOR HEAVEN IS BEGUN;
EARTH'S TOILING ENDED, O GLORIOUS DAWNING,
BEYOND THE SUNSET, WHEN DAY IS DONE.

TO LIVE IS CHRIST; TO DIE IS GAIN. GOD BLESS YOU AND LET'S ENJOY OUR SUNSET HOURS.

HAVE A HAPPY, BLESSED DAY***************
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Wednesday, February 27, 2008

Victor Villasenor Interview

The following video is an interesting interview with Victor Villasenor, author of the best selling "Rain of Gold" and "Macho" and many other books. He talks about his family history and his own life as a Mexican American in California. If you haven't yet read "Rain of Gold", take my word for it, it's a great book. It should be mandatory reading.

“I want to leave a body of work that's wonderful and inspires people. I'm not just a Chicano writer, or a Mexican writer I'm a writer as universal as Shakespeare or Confucius.” Victor Villasenor

Tuesday, February 26, 2008

MARGIES BIMS

MUSIC INSIDE-PSALLM 98***************

SINGING COMES NATURALLY TO THE FOUR VON TRAPP CHILDREN. THEY ARE THE GREAT-GRANCHILDREN OF CAPTAIN GEORG VON TRAPP, WHOSE ROMANCE WITH HIS SECOND WIFE MARIA INSPIRED THE 1965 FILM "THE SOUND OF MUSIC".

AFTER THEIR GRANDFATHER WERNER VON TRAPP HAD A STROKE, THE MONTANA SIBLINGS RECORDED THEIR FIRST CD IN ORDER TO CHEER HIM UP. SOON THE CHILDREN WERE PERFORMING AROUND THE WORLD. STEFAN, THE CHILDREN'S FATHER, SAYS, "THE MUSIC IS INSIDE THEM."

THE WRITER OF PSALM 98 ALSO HAD A SONG IN HIS HEART. HE CALLED ON OTHERS TO JOIN HIM IN SINGING "TO THE LORD A NEW SONG! FOR HE HAS DONE MARVELOUS THINGS". HE PRAISED GOD FOR HIS SALVATION, HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS
HIS MERCY, AND HIS FAITHFULNESS.

THE PSALMIST'S HEART WAS SO OVERFLOWING WITH PRAISE THAT HE CALLED ON THE EARTH TO BREAK FORTH IN SONG, THE RIVERS TO CLAP THEIR HANDS, AND THE HILLS TO BE JOYFUL.

WE HAVE MUCH TO BE THANKFUL FOR AS WELL-GOD'S GOOD GIFTS OF FAMILY, FRIENDS, AND HIS DAILY SUPPLY FOR OUR NEEDS. HE FAITHFULLY CARES FOR US, HIS CHILDREN.

WE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO SING WELL. BUT WHEN WE RECALL ALL THAT GOD IS TO US AND ALL THAT HE HAS DONE FOR US, WE CAN'T HELP BUT "BREAK FORTH IN SONG".

PRAISE. , MY SOUL, THE KING OF HEAVEN,
TO HIS FEET THY TRIBUTE BRING;
RANSOMED, HEALED, RESTORED, FORGIVEN,
EVERMORE HIS PRAISES SING.

PRAISE IS THE OVERFLOW OF A JOYFUL HEART. KEEP PRAISING THE LORD FOR ALL OUR BLESSINGS.

HAVE A HAPPY.BLESSED DAY**************
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Saturday, February 23, 2008

Mexican Foods

Mexican cuisine, along with Italian, French and Chinese is considered one of the world's great cuisine. It is versatile and has many regional varieties including the Mexican American foods of the Southwestern United States. The following video will give you a small but interesting glimpse into Mexican cooking.

Friday, February 22, 2008

MARGIES BIMS

HIS EVERLASTING ARMS-ISAIAH 46:1-11*****

MISSIONARY COUPLE RAY AND SOPHIE DE LA HAYE SERVED HEROICALLY IN WEST AFRICA FOR MORE THAN 40 YEARS. AS SHE GREW OLDER, SOPHIE SUFFERED FROM THE LOSS OF ALL MOTOR CONTROL OF HER BODY. THAT ONCE-STRONG SERVANT OF CHRIST, WHO HAD CARRIED ON A MINISTRY OF UNIMAGINABLE STRESS, WAS SUDDENLY REDUCED TO HELPLESSNESS, UNABLE TO BUTTON HER CLOTHES OR LIFT A CUP OF WATER TO HER TO HER LIPS.

SHE REFUSED TO BECOME BITTER OR SELF-PITYING. IN HER MOMENTS OF UTTER WEAKNESS, SHE WOULD QUIETLY REMIND HERSELF, "FOR THIS YOU HAVE JESUS."

MANY CENTURIES AGO OUR HEAVENLY FATHER GAVE A REASSURING MESSAGE TO A BURDENED PROPHET OF ISRAEL-A MESSAGE THAT WE NEED TODAY: "LISTEN TO ME, O HOUSE OF JACOB....WHO HAVE BEEN UPHELD BY ME FROM BIRTH, WHO HAVE BEEN CARRIED FROM THE WOMB: EVEN TO YOUR OLD AGE, I AM HE, AND EVEN TO GRAY HAIRS I WILL CARRY YOU! I HAVE MADE, AND I WILL BEAR; EVEN I WILL CARRY, AND WILL DELIVER YOU" (ISA. 46:3-4).

WHAT AN ENCOURAGING PICTURE OF DIVINE GRACE! IT CALLS TO MIND THE GOOD SHEPHERD BEARING A HELPLESS LAMB. WHETHER YOUNG OR OLD, WE CAN LEARN TO LET GOD CARRY US. WEAK AND BURDENED, WE CAN LEAN ON HIS EVERLASTING ARMS AND REMIND OURSELVES, FOR THIS I HAVE JESUS."

THE KING OF LOVE MY SHEPHERD IS,
WHOSE GOODNESS FAILETH NEVER;
I NOTHING LACK IF I AM HIS,
AND HE IS MINE FOREVER.

YOU CAN REST IN THE ARMS OF JESUS-HE'LL NEVER LET YOU DOWN. SO LET'S NOT FEEL DISCOURAGED WHEN OUR HEALTH FAILS US, JESUS IS ALWAYS THERE.

HAVE A HAPPY, BLESSED DAY**************
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Tuesday, February 19, 2008

MARGIES BIMS

LINCOLN'S TESTIMONY-LUKE 24:26**********

ABRAHAM LINCOLN WAS A BACKWOODS-MAN WHO ROSE FROM HUMBLE BEGINNINGS TO THE HEIGHTS OF POLITICAL POWER. DURING THE DARK DAYS OF THE US CIVIL WAR, HE SERVED AS A COMPASSIONATE AND RESOLUTE PRESIDENT.

DEPRESSION AND MENTAL PAIN WERE HIS FREQUENT COMPANIONS. YET THE TERRIBLE EMOTIONAL SUFFERING HE ENDURED DROVE HIM TO RECEIVE JESUS CHRIST BY
FAITH.

LINCOLN TOLD A CROWD IN HIS HOME-TOWN IN ILLINOIS: "WHEN I LEFT SPRINGFIELD, I ASKED THE PEOPLE TO PRAY FOR ME; I WAS NOT A CHRISTIAN, WHEN I BURIED MY SON, THE SEVEREST TRIAL OF MY LIFE, I WAS NOT A CHRISTIAN. BUT WHEN I SAW THE GRAVES OF THOUSANDS OF OUR SOLDIERS, I THEN AND THERE CONSECRATED MYSELF TO CHRIST. I DO LOVE JESUS."

LIFE'S MOST PAINFUL TRAGEDIES CAN BRING US TO A DEEPER UNDERSTANDING OF THE SAVIOR. LUKE 24:26-27 TELL US, WHEN TWO MEN WALKED THE ROAD TO EMMAUS, THEY WERE DUMBFOUNDED BY THE SENSELESS MURDER OF JESUS OF NAZARETH.

THEN A STRANGER JOINED THEM AND GAVE
SCRIPTURAL INSIGHT ABOUT THE SUFFERING MESSIAH. THE STRANGER WAS JESUS HIMSELF, AND HIS MINISTRY TO THEM BROUGHT COMFORT.

HEARTACHE HAS A WAY OF POINTING US TO THE LORD JESUS WHO HAS SHARED IN OUR SUFFERINGS AND CAN BRING MEANING TO SEEMINGLY SENSELESS PAIN.

THOUGH TRAGEDY, HEARTACHE, AND SORROW ABOUND
AND MANY A HARDSHIP IN LIFE WILL BE FOUND,
JUST PUT ALL YOUR TRUST IN THE SAVIOR OF LIGHT,
FOR HE CAN BRING HOPE IN THE DARKEST OF NIGHT.

SUFFERING CAN TEACH US WHAT WE CAN'T LEARN IN ANY OTHER WAY. GOD BLESS YOU ALL AND I HOPE TO SEE YOU NEXT TIME.

HAVE A HAPPY, BLESSED DAY*************
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Friday, February 15, 2008

MARGIES BIMS

GROWING THROUGH GRIEF-PSALM 119:65-80********************************************


A WOMAN WHO LOST HER HUSBAND OF 40 YEARS TO A SUDDEN HEART ATTACK SAID THAT THE RESULTING GRIEF HAD CAUSED HER TO VALUE LOVE MORE. WHEN SHE HEARD COUPLES ARGUING, SHE SOMETIMES SPOKE TO THEM, SAYING, "YOU DON'T HAVE TIME FOR THIS." SHE NOTED THAT THE WASTED MOMENTS IN ALL OUR LIVES BECOME MORE PRECIOUS WHEN THEY CANNOT BE REPEATED.

GRIEF CHANGES OUR PERSPECTIVE ON LIFE. IT IS TRITE BUT TRUE THAT HOW WE DEAL WITH SORROW WILL MAKE US EITHER BITTER OR BETTER. IN A REMARKABLE STATEMENT, THE PSALMIST ACTUALLY THANKED GOD FOR A DIFFICULT EXPERIENCE: "BEFORE I WAS AFFLICTED I WENT ASTRAY, BUT NOW I KEEP YOUR WORD.....IT IS GOOD FOR ME THAT I HAVE BEEN AFFLICTED, THAT I MAY LEARN YOUR STATUTES" (PSALLM 119:67,71

WE DON'T KNOW THE NATURE OF THE PSALMIST'S AFFLICTION, BUT THE POSITIVE OUTCOME WAS A LONGING TO OBEY THE LORD AND A HUNGER FOR HIS WORD. RARELY CAN WE USE THIS TRUTH TO COMFORT THOSE WHO HURT. INSTEAD, IT IS THE LORD'S WORD TO US FROM HIS COMPASSIONATE HEART AND THE TOUCH FROM HIS HEALING HAND.

WHEN WE GRIEVE, IT FEELS MORE LIKE DYING THAN GROWING, BUT AS GOD WRAPS HIS LOVING ARMS AROUND US, WE HAVE THE ASSURANCE OF HIS FAITHFUL CARE.

I HAVE BEEN THROUGH THE VALLEY OF WEEPING,
THE VALLEY OF SORROW AND PAIN;
BUT THE GOD OF ALL COMFORT WAS WITH ME,
AT HAND TO UPHOLD AND SUSTAIN.

PRECIOUS IN THE SIGHT OF THE LORD IS THE DEATH OF HIS SAINTS. HOPE TO SEE YOU NEXT TIME.

HAVE A HAPPY, BLESSED DAY************
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Tuesday, February 12, 2008

MARGIES BIMS

THE WOUNDS OF A FRIEND-2 SAMUEL 12:1-13*********************************************

NOT EVERYONE APPRECIATES CORRECTION, BUT KING DAVID DID. HE FELT INDEBTED TO THOSE WHO CORRECTED HIM AND REALIZED HOW MUCH HE OWED THEM. "LET THE RIGHTEOUS STRIKE ME; IT SHALL BE A KINDNESS. LET HIM REBUKE ME; IT SHALL BE AS EXCELLENT OIL; LET MY HEAD NOT REFUSE IT" (PS. 141:5)

CORRECTION IS A KINDNESS, DAVID INSISTS, A WORD THAT SUGGESTS AN ACT OF LOYALTY. LOYAL FRIENDS WILL CORRECT ONE ANOTHER, EVEN WHEN IT'S PAINFUL AND DISRUPTIVE TO RELATIONSHIPS TO DO SO. IT'S ONE OF THE WAYS WE SHOW LOVE AND HELP ONE ANOTHER TO GROW STRONGER. AS PROVERBS 27:5 STATES: "FAITHFUL ARE THE WOUNDS OF A FRIEND.

IT TAKES GRACE TO GIVE GODLY CORRECTION; IT TAKES GREATER GRACE TO RECEIVE IT. UNLIKE DAVID, WHO ACCEPTED NATHAN'S CORRECTION (2 SAM. 12:13), WE'RE INCLINED TO REFUSE IT. WE RESENT THE INTERFERENCE; WE DO NOT WANT TO BE FOUND OUT.

BUT IF WE ACCEPT THE REPROOF, WE WILL FIND THAT IT DOES INDEED BECOME "EXCELLENT OIL" ON OUR HEADS, AN ANOINTING THAT MAKES OUR LIVES A SWEET AROMA WHEREVER WE GO. GROWTH IN GRACE SOMETIMES COMES THROUGH THE KIND BUT UNPLEASANT CORRECTION OF A LOYAL FRIEND. DO NOT REFUSE IT, FOR "HE WHO RECEIVES CORRECTION IS PRUDENT AND WISE" (PROV. 15:5)

WHEN OTHERS GIVE US COMPLIMENTS,
THEY ARE SO EASY TO BELIEVE;
AND THOUGH IT'S WISE TO TAKE REBUKES,
WE FIND THEM HARDER TO RECEIVE.

CORRECTION FROM A LOYAL FRIEND CAN HELP US CHANGE FOR THE BETTER. GOD BLESS YOU AND I HOPE TO SEE YOU NEX TIME.

HAVE A HAPPY.BLESSED DAY*************
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Tuesday, February 05, 2008

MARGIES BIMS

CHOICES - PHILIPPIANS 1:3-11************


EVERY CHOICE WE MAKE CREATES A RIPPLE EFFECT ON OUR LIVES AS WELL AS ON THE LIVES OF OTHERS. THE CHOICES WE HAVE MADE THROUGHOUT LIFE DETERMINE WHERE WE ARE AND WHAT WE ARE BECOMING.

CHOICES ARE ALSO TELLING WHAT WE REALLY WANT, LOVE, AND THINK SHOW UP IN THE CHOICES WE MAKE. IT'S NO WONDER THEN THAT PAUL URGED US TO MAKE "EXCELLENT" CHOICES-CHOICES THAT EMANATE FROM A HEART FULLY COMMITTED TO JESUS.

HE STATED THAT WHEN OUR LOVE ABOUNDS IN KNOWLEDGE AND DISCERNMENT, WE ARE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IS BEST, SO THAT WE MAY "APPROVE THE THINGS THAT ARE EXCELLENT" (PHIL. 1:9-10)

EXCELLENT CHOICES ARE THE PROOF OF A LIFE THAT IS DEEPLY COMMITTED TO JESUS AND HIS WAYS, AND THEY HAVE THE RIPPLE EFFECT OF FILLING OUR LIVES "WITH THE FRUITS OF RIGHTEOUSNESS WHICH ARE BY JESUS CHRIST, TO THE GLORY AND PRAISE OF GOD".

DO A DEED OF SIMPLE KINDNESS,
THOUGH ITS END YOU MAY NOT SEE;
IT MAY REACH, LIKE WIDENING RIPPLES,
DOWN A LONG ETERNITY.

LIVES ARE NOT MADE BY THE DREAMS WE DREAM BUT BY THE CHOICES WE MAKE. LET'S MAKE EXCELLENT ONES! HOPE TO SEE YOU NEXT TIME AND DONT FORGET TO VOTE TODAY. EVERY VOTE COUNTS.....

Friday, February 01, 2008

The Lost Art of Conversation

Has this ever happened to you? You are listening to a friend, coworker or family member talk about what ever is on their mind, usually a problem. You are courteous, maintain eye contact and you let them know by your responses and body language that you are interested, and at the time, you really are interested. Twenty minutes pass by, and your neck is getting a little stiff, and you decide to comment on something they said, but as you open your mouth and attempt to speak, they suddenly talk louder, until you give in, still trying not to be rude, you continue listening, again you try to speak and they give you the “look”. You know the look. It’s the look that says YOU are rude or that THEY disapprove of YOUR interruptions. They may even say to you “Excuse me I’m talking”

On and on they go Ad Nauseam . Finally, after an hour or more has gone by, and now along with a stiff neck, your shoulders are now aching and sagging, your facial muscles are stiff and numb, your vision has become blurred and you have a slight double vision and you can no longer be sure if your fake smile still looks real, he stops talking and you begin to speak. No sooner do you begin to speak than his eyes start to wander, he starts to fumble with something that has caught his attention and he (or she) is clearly not interested in anything you have to say. Now you get the “look” again. You know the look. It’s the look that says YOU are rude or that THEY disapprove of YOUR constant yakking. They may even say “Excuse me! I don’t have time to sit here and listen to you talk” and away they go, leaving you in mid sentence.

Cell phone users are the worst offenders. My good friend Ridge over at “Ridge’s Place” has covered cell phone users on his blog but it deserves to be repeated here briefly. Almost without fail every time I have a “Conversation”, and after listening to someone talk until my ear falls to the ground, and just as I begin to speak, their cell phone rings and they answer it. Now they give me the “Look” again. You know the look. It’s the look that says “Dude, I’m on the phone” or the index finger goes up as If to say “Give me a minute”. So you stand there thinking it’ll just be a minute, but they keep walking further away. You hear them talking loudly and laughing and it occurs to you that your friend has not given the caller a chance to speak yet either. It may be a while. Now you have a decision to make, Do I stand here like a dummy and wait for who knows how long or do I walk away.

It happens while on the phone too. Someone calls to talk to you, and I mean that literally too, they have no intention of listening because as soon as you begin to speak they say "I Gotta go man!” and then they hang up.

That is not conversation my friends. I am not an just one big ear. It makes me wonder how some people get as far as they do in life. Webster’s Dictionary defines a conversation as: “Speech used for informal exchange of views.”. American Heritage Dictionary describes it similarly as “The spoken exchange of thoughts, opinions, and feelings; talk.” and lastly Dictionary.com says a conversation is an “informal interchange of thoughts, information, etc., by spoken words; oral communication between persons; talk; colloquy.” In other words it takes two to Tango! A conversation should be free flowing. There are times when someone is overloaded and has to get something off their chest, understandable, but that is something different, that is when being a good friend and a good listener is important.

Think back to some of the really good times that you have shared with people. Chances are that a good conversation was involved somehow. Like an equitable deal, a good conversation should make everyone involved, feel good, as if what they had to say was important enough to be heard. While being a good conversationalist does mean being a good listener, it also means being fair and not taking advantage of a good listener. It means showing a little courtesy. Sometimes it means keeping your mouth shut. I guess what I’m really trying to say is don’t make me grab your nose and start twisting just to get a word in edgewise!

MARGIES BIMS

GOD'S ENDTIME EVENT BY THE APOSTLE JOHN-REVELATION 21:1-7 ***************

NOW I SAW A NEW HEAVEN AND A NEW EARTH, FOR THE FIRST HEAVEN AND THE FIRST EARTH HAD PASSED AWAY. ALSO THERE WAS NO MORE SEA. THEN I JOHN, SAW THE HOLY CITY, NEW JERUSALEM, COMING DOWN OUT OF HEAVEN FROM GOD, PREPARED AS A BRIDE ADORNED FOR HER HUSBAND.

AND I HEARD A LOUD VOICE FROM HEAVEN SAYING, "BEHOLD, THE TABERNACLE OF GOD IS WITH MEN, AND HE WILL DWELL WITH THEM, AND THEY SHALL BE HIS PEOPLE. GOD HIMSELF WILL BE WITH THEM AND BE THEIR GOD.

AND GOD WILL WIPE AWAY EVERY TEAR FROM THEIR EYES; THERE SHALL BE NO MORE DEATH, NOR SORROW, NOR CRYING. THERE SHALL BE NO MORE PAIN, FOR THE FORMER THINGS HAVE PASSED AWAY."

THEN HE WHO SAT ON THE THRONE SAID, "BEHOLD, I MAKE ALL THINGS NEW." AND HE SAID TO ME, "WRITE, FOR THESE WORDS ARE TRUE AND FAITHFUL." REV. 20:10 SAY'S
ONE DAY, SATAN AND HIS EVIL COHORTS AND ALL HUMANKIND WHOSE NAMES ARE NOT FOUND IN THE BOOK OF LIFE WILL BE CAST INTO THE LAKE OF FIRE FOR ETERNAL PUNISHMENT.

AND HE SAID TO ME, "IT IS DONE! I AM THE ALPHA AND THE OMEGA, THE BEGINNING AND THE END. I WILL GIVE OF THE FOUNTAIN OF THE WATER OF LIFE FREELY TO HIM WHO THIRSTS.

HE WHO OVERCOMES SHALL INHERIT ALL THINGS, AND I WILL BE HIS GOD AND HE SHALL BE MY SON.

GOD LOVES US SO MUCH, HE WANTS US TO OVERCOME ALL EVIL. HOPE TO SEE YOU NEXT TIME.

HAVE A HAPPY, BLESSED DAY*********
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A Couple of Jokes

Yankees-VS Red Sox

A teacher asks her students if they're Yankee's fans. All of the hands go up except for one student.'' OK, Bobby. What team are you a fan of?. The Red Sox. Why's that? Well, my parents are both Red Sox fans,so I'm a Red Sox fan too.'' That's not a good answer,Bobby. If your parents were both MORONS, would you be a MORON too? NO, that would make me a Yankee's fan..

A Norwegian took a trip to Fargo,North Dakota...

A Norwegian took a trip to Fargo,North Dakota. While in a bar, an Indian on the next stool spoke to the Norwegian in a friendly manner. ''Look, he said,lets have a little game,I'll ask you a riddle, If you can answer it, I'll buy you a drink, If you can't then you buy me one, OK. ja dat sounds purty good, said the Norwegian. The Indian said my father and mother had one child. It wasn't my brother. It wasn't my sister. Who was it ? The Norwegian scratched his head and finally said , I give up. Who vas it? ''It was me, chortled the Indian, So the Norwegian paid for the drinks.Back in Sioux Falls the Norwegian went into the bar and spotted one of his Cronies, Sven, he said. I got a game,If you can answer a question, I'll buy you a drink. If you can't you have to buy me vun. Fair enough said Sven. Ok the Norwegian said' my father and mudder had vun child. It vasn my brudder. It vasn't my sister who vas it? Search me said Sven. I give up, who vas it? The Norergian burst out, vas some Indian up in Fargo,North Dakota.