Doggone

In Boston a minister noticed a group of boy's standing around a small stray dog. "What are you doing boys?"
"Telling lies," said one of the boys. "The one who tells the biggest lie gets the dog."
"Why, when I was your age," the shocked minister said, "I never ever thought of telling a lie."
The boys looked at one another, a little crestfallen. Finally one of them shrugged and said, "I guess he wins the dog."
Do you ever wonder if telling the truth is where the expression doggone came from? Scripture admonishes us to speak the truth one to another even if it means we don't get the dog!