Articles by Dietrich Fischer
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Some Wisdom…
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
19 Feb 2024
“Being strong does not mean that one never falls down–but that one always gets up again after falling down.”
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Courtship
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
4 Dec 2023
Hungry?
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Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
27 Nov 2023
A patient urgently needed a heart transplant. The doctor told him,
→ read full articleIn Love
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
13 Nov 2023
A young man wrote to his girlfriend the following love letter.
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Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
2 Oct 2023
After eating an entire bull, …
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Cultural Differences
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
4 Sep 2023
Being aware of cultural differences is important to avoid unfortunate misunderstandings.
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Help
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 Aug 2023
Efficiency…
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Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
3 Jul 2023
If you have a lot of tension and get a headache, do what it says on the aspirin bottle:
→ read full articleIpsis Litteris
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
29 May 2023
A husband tells his wife triumphantly,
→ read full articleAt School
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
16 Jan 2023
Teacher: “What a pair of strange socks you are wearing, one is green the other is blue with red spots!”
→ read full articleAccuracy
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
14 Nov 2022
A tourist asked a little boy in a village:
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Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
5 Sep 2022
Mondale: “George W. Bush doesn’t have the manhood to apologize.”
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The Mouse Trap
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
8 Aug 2022
Next time you hear that someone has a problem which does not touch you, think again.
→ read full articleGandhi’s Shoes
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
4 Jul 2022
As Mahatma Gandhi was boarding a train, he lost a shoe.
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Learned Helplessness
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
27 Jun 2022
People who have suffered from oppression since childhood often fail to exercise freedoms if they become available to them later, but those who initially enjoyed freedom will always search for it again.
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Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
13 Jun 2022
Bush realized that President Kennedy was popular because he sent a man to the moon.
→ read full articleSaving Lives
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
30 May 2022
In April 1940, a German warship with 4000 soldiers entered a Norwegian Fjord to occupy the country. One of two torpedoes left over from World War I hit the ship; it burst into flames and began to sink.
→ read full articleTwo for the Road
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
18 Apr 2022
A little child in church for the first time watched as the ushers passed the offering plates.
→ read full articleIpsis Literis
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
7 Mar 2022
The little girl opened the door and said happily to her uncle,
→ read full articleNo Comparison
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
17 Jan 2022
A customer complained to his tailor,
→ read full articleFake History?
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
10 Jan 2022
Austria’s greatest achievement…
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Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
27 Dec 2021
A little girl became restless as the preacher’s sermon dragged on and on.
→ read full articleHeavens
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
15 Nov 2021
A teacher asks his class,
→ read full articleMarriage
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
1 Nov 2021
Marriage is the triumph of…
→ read full articleCultures
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
25 Oct 2021
Bacteria…
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Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
18 Oct 2021
My wife keeps complaining I never listen to her — or something like that. ** “Why do you answer every question with another question?” “What’s wrong with that?”
→ read full articleConsequences
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
11 Oct 2021
A boy brought home a very bad school report.
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Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
27 Sep 2021
A boy asks, “Father, where is the equator?”
→ read full articleThe Verdict
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
13 Sep 2021
A judge announced to the ex-husband in divorce court,
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Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
6 Sep 2021
A man came to the emergency room with both ears bandaged. The doctor asked him what had happened.
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Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
16 Aug 2021
After an interval of four million years, two planets meet again in the universe.
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What Really Counts
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 Jun 2021
Nine physically and mentally disabled contestants at a Special Olympics assembled at the starting line for the 100-meter dash.
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Comfort
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
14 Jun 2021
A neighbor’s wife had died, and he was very sad.
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The Leaking Pot
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
7 Jun 2021
A water bearer in India had two large pots, each hung on one end of a pole which he carried across his neck. One of the pots had a hole in it, while the other pot was perfect and always delivered a full portion of water.
→ read full articleChanges
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
7 Jun 2021
A couple heard a psychologist explain that if one member of a family changes, the whole family system would change as a result.
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The Joy of Volunteering
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
19 Apr 2021
In kindergarten, our teacher once asked us if we would like to help our janitor carry a pile of firewood into the basement of our school building, where she needed it to heat the building early every winter morning. We all enthusiastically agreed. We stood in line, waiting for our turn, and each one said, […]
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A Big and a Small Dog
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
12 Apr 2021
A house was burglarized every night. Finally, the home owner had enough. He went to an animal shop and said, “I want to buy the biggest dog you have.”
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Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
22 Mar 2021
Around the year 1900, an elderly couple from New York entered a hotel in Philadelphia late at night during a heavy storm, asking if they could get a room.
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Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
8 Feb 2021
Rachel Findlay, the founder and director of Nuclear Dialogue, told that she once attended a meeting in Washington and sat next to an American General at dinner.
→ read full articleLawyers
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
18 Jan 2021
A doctor met his lawyer friend at a party and lamented to him that when he was at a party people would ask him for advice on what to do about their illnesses.
→ read full articleHow Sarvodaya Was Founded
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
18 Jan 2021
Dr. A.T. Ariyaratne (called “Ari” by his friends) was a high school physics teacher in Sri Lanka. But he felt that what he had to teach within the prescribed curriculum had little relevance for students’ lives.
→ read full articleImproving Rural Health
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
11 Jan 2021
Drs. Rajanikant and Mabelle Arole, a husband and wife team of physicians, founded the Comprehensive Rural Health Project in Jamkhed, India, about 8 hours bus ride east of Mumbai. They first worked in a hospital, but soon realized that despite seeing hundreds of patients every day and working tirelessly, they were reaching only a small fraction of the sick people in their area.
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Mother Theresa
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
4 Jan 2021
A journalist observed Mother Theresa changing the bandage of a leper, full of blood and puss.
→ read full articleI love you!
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
4 Jan 2021
A young man confided to his friend,
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Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 Dec 2020
“God, is it true that for you a thousand years is like a minute?”
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Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 Dec 2020
In 1998, President Nelson Mandela of South Africa invited the local top executive of British Petroleum for a breakfast meeting at his home.
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Dietrich Fischer - TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 Dec 2020
Government spokesman announcing a new tax regulation:
→ read full articleRelativity Theory
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
14 Dec 2020
When a woman says she’ll be ready to go out in five more minutes, (…)
→ read full articleHoly Spoiler
Dietrich Fischer –TRANSCEND Media Service,
7 Dec 2020
Jesus recently walked into a bar somewhere in the Western World. He approached three sad‑faced gentlemen at a table, and greeted the first one:
→ read full articleNo Kidding
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
30 Nov 2020
A mouse ran for her life away from a cat. She saw a cow and begged,
→ read full articleWhite Lies
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
23 Nov 2020
A communist party functionary came home after midnight, and his wife was furious.
→ read full articleJoking with Funny Truths
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 Sep 2020
* Good judgment comes from experience; and experience usually comes from bad judgment…
→ read full articleThe Lion and the Mouse
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
14 Sep 2020
A lion caught a little mouse and was about to eat it. The mouse begged,
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Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
7 Sep 2020
Two elderly ladies had been friends for many decades. Over the years they had shared all kinds of activities and adventures.
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Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
17 Aug 2020
What is an anti‑Communist?
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Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
10 Aug 2020
Vaclav Havel recommended:
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Family Tradition
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
29 Jun 2020
A daughter observed her mother prepare a Christmas ham. Before she put it in a pot in the oven, she cut off a piece on the left and right and threw them into the garbage.
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The “Greedy” Monk
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
15 Jun 2020
A Buddhist monk had a great talent as a painter, but he always demanded a down payment before he began to paint, and charged high prices. So he was known as the greedy monk.
→ read full articleMango Trees
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
25 May 2020
A very old man was planting mango trees. Someone asked him,
→ read full articleWorld Game
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
2 Mar 2020
Buckminster Fuller, the US architect, designer and philosopher, designed a “world game,” in which the players assume the role of heads of state, and their goal is to meet the needs of their people for food, housing and education.
→ read full articleCompassion
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Feb 2020
Mother Teresa was bandaging an old man with an advanced stage of leprosy.
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‘Good’ Deeds?
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
3 Feb 2020
A scout master asked three little scouts what good deed they had done today. The first one replied, “I helped an old lady cross the street.”
→ read full articleThe Art of Listening
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
20 Jan 2020
Dr. Bernard Lown, Professor of Cardiology emeritus at the Harvard School of Public Health and co-recipient with Yevgeniy Chazov of the 1985 Nobel Peace Prize as Chairman of International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War, said that he once toured a hospital as a young intern with other interns observing their professor.
→ read full articleChanging Perceptions on Homosexuality
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
13 Jan 2020
Until the mid-1970s, Swedish law defined homosexuality as a disease.
→ read full articleIgnorant Good Intentions Lost in Translation
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
9 Dec 2019
During the Iranian hostage crisis, UN Secretary General Kurt Waldheim flew to Teheran and announced at a news conference at the airport, “I have come here to mediate a compromise.”
→ read full articleCourtroom
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 Oct 2019
Taking his seat in his chambers, the judge faced the opposing lawyers.
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Work Partnership
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
7 Oct 2019
Rufus Jones (1863-1948), the American Quaker who helped found the American Friends Service Committee in 1917, went to England after World War I to help with the reconstruction.
→ read full articleRisk-Taking
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
30 Sep 2019
Never be afraid to try something new.
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The Origins of European Unification
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
30 Sep 2019
After World War II, the French economist and diplomat Jean Monnet thought that the best way to end the century old hostility between Germany and France was to tie the two countries together in some mutually beneficial economic venture.
→ read full articleA Lake without Fish
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
23 Sep 2019
Someone flew in a seaplane over a lake and saw two people fishing down there.
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Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
23 Sep 2019
Sunday school teacher: “What do we have to do so that our sins can be forgiven?”
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Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
16 Sep 2019
A little girl comes running and says, “Father, my toothbrush fell into the toilet!”
→ read full articleIntelligent Design
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
9 Sep 2019
A little boy went up to his father and asked:
→ read full articleClarification
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
2 Sep 2019
During the German occupation of France, a German soldier entered Picasso’s studio and saw a small reproduction of his painting “Guernica”.
→ read full articleThe Good Friday Agreement
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
22 Apr 2019
Former US Senator George Mitchell played a crucial role as mediator in helping bring about a peace settlement between representatives of the Northern Irish Protestants and Sinn Fein.
→ read full articleEvolution
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
8 Apr 2019
Two aliens in their spaceship approached earth.
→ read full articleBig Mistake
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
25 Mar 2019
A new young monk arrives at the monastery. He is assigned to help the other monks in copying the old canons and laws of the church by hand.
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Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
11 Mar 2019
A woman taught English to immigrants in London.
→ read full articleVacationing
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
4 Mar 2019
“How was your vacation in the mountain resort?”
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Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
25 Feb 2019
In Vienna, everything that is not explicitly forbidden is permitted.
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Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
18 Feb 2019
The first advanced civilizations emerged about 6,000 years ago in the Nile, Euphrates and Yellow River valleys when farmers faced problems that they could not solve alone.
→ read full articleProfessional Integrity
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
18 Feb 2019
During the French revolution, a doctor, a lawyer and an engineer were sentenced to be beheaded by the guillotine.
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Misunderstanding
Prof. Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 Jan 2019
A family with children enjoyed a day at the beach, splashing in the water and building sand castles. Suddenly they saw what looked like an old beggar woman, walking along the beach looking for refuse and putting items in her bag.
→ read full articleA Butterfly
Prof. Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 Jan 2019
One day a small opening appeared on a cocoon. A man sat and watched the butterfly for several hours as it struggled to force its body through that little hole.
→ read full articleArt Divine
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
14 Jan 2019
A kindergarten teacher was observing her class while the children drew pictures.
→ read full articleBack in 1960s
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
7 Jan 2019
The United Nations conducted a worldwide survey asking, “Would you please give your honest opinion about the solutions to the food shortage in the rest of the world?”
→ read full articleClarification
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
31 Dec 2018
President George W. Bush was on a state visit in England. As he stepped off the plane onto the red carpet, he was greeted by the Queen.
→ read full articleQuickies
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Dec 2018
A father told his son, “Never go to a nightclub!”
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Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
17 Dec 2018
A man organized a blind date for his friend. His friend was excited, but also a little worried and asked, “What shall I do if I really don’t like the girl?
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Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
3 Dec 2018
A man is stopped by the police around 2 a.m. on a Thursday and asked where he is going at that time of night.
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Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
26 Nov 2018
A student had just obtained his doctorate in mathematics and proudly checked into a small village hotel signing as “Dr. Smith”.
→ read full articleNo Brainer
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
19 Nov 2018
Stalin claimed he was the greatest philosopher of all times. In Moscow in the early 1950s, the following joke circulated among physicists, who have some disdain for chemists:
→ read full articleDad’s Profession?
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
12 Nov 2018
It was the first day of school and the teacher thought she would get to know the kids by asking their names and what their fathers did for a living.
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Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
5 Nov 2018
A grandmother was telling her little granddaughter what her own childhood was like:
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Dogs as Teachers
Prof. Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
15 Oct 2018
If dogs were our teachers, we would learn:
→ read full articleAlexander Yakovlev
Prof. Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
8 Oct 2018
In 1958, Alexander Yakovlev was among the first thirty Soviet students who received a Fulbright scholarship to study a year in the United States.
→ read full articleLeprosy in Social Body
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
3 Sep 2018
Leprosy is primarily a disease of the nervous system, which has the effect that patients no longer feel pain.
→ read full articleThe Downside
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
27 Aug 2018
When God created the various countries, he used some balance; each country got some advantages and some disadvantages.
→ read full articleA Glass of Milk
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
27 Aug 2018
As a poor student, Howard Kelly supported himself by selling magazine subscriptions door-to-door. It did not always go well.
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Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
20 Aug 2018
Rufus Jones (1863-1948), an American Quaker, who helped found the American Friends Service Committee in 1917, went to England after World War I to try and help with the reconstruction.
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