The Ten Commitments

Last night we had Ben's work party at Colosimo's. It was great food. I ate so much cheese, it was heaven. They have a restaurant that is open during the day, but they opened just for us.

After eating WAY too much lasagne, the bosses got up and spoke for a few minutes. They announced that if anyone could name all the employees at the party, they'd get a $50 Visa gift card. Ben knows everyone, because his job is to do everyone else's job when they are either sick, dying, pregnant, bad at their job or just plain lazy. But he spoke up too late and someone else won.

The next offer: If anyone can name the 10 Millbrook Commitments, they'd get $100! No one stood up. Sad, I don't think Ben has even looked at his Employee Handbook. The subject came up, "OK, anyone that can name either the 10 Commitments or the 10 Commandments gets $100!"

No one knew! I could only think of 4 or 5. One lady named 5, so they gave her $25 for trying. Here is refresher course just in case you ever have the opportunity to win 100 bucks.

(note: I'm hoping these are all right, I found several different versions)

"And God spoke all these words, saying: 'I am the LORD your God…

ONE: 'You shall have no other gods before Me.'

TWO: 'You shall not make for yourself a carved image--any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth.'

THREE: 'You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain.'

FOUR: 'Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.'

FIVE: 'Honor your father and your mother.'

SIX: 'You shall not murder.'

SEVEN: 'You shall not commit adultery.'

EIGHT: 'You shall not steal.'

NINE: 'You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.'

TEN: 'You shall not covet your neighbor's house; you shall not covet your neighbor's wife, nor his male servant, nor his female servant, nor his ox, nor his donkey, nor anything that is your neighbor's.'

Number 10 is my absolute favorite. It reminds me that it doesn't matter that my neighbor's donkey is faster, smarter, stronger and smells better than mine. I will not covet no matter what!