| Memorable
Hinckley humor
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How Hinckley inspired a student
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Tears, for now, and then appreciation
By Renae Cowley
February 6, 2008 |"Earl, go ahead and ride the
elevator. I’m taking the stairs." (to Earl
C.Tingy of the Presidency of the Seventy when he offered
to hold the elevator due to Hinckley walking with a
cane.)"
"You all look like a bunch of Penguins!" (addressing
the General Authorities all dressed in dark suits)
After asking for a ream of paper a supply room worker
asked Hinckley, "Do you have any idea how many
sheets of paper are in a ream." Hinckley responded
with, "Yes, 500 sheets." The worker said,"What
in the world are you going to do with 500 sheets of
paper?" Hinckley answered, "I'm going to write
on them one sheet at a time."
While packing for an overseas trip Hinckley's late wife
Marjorie asked, "Well am I going with you?"
Hinckley said, "We don’t have to decide that
right now."
“They may not be much to look at but they are
all we got." (speaking about the youth of the church)
"As many of you know I’ve recently had extensive
surgery and been a patient in a hospital for the first
time in my life. It is not an experience I would recommend
to anyone."
Hinckley forgot his cufflinks at a meeting and improvised
with paperclips. (story told by Thomas S. Monson at
Hinckley's funeral.)
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