Did you ever think about doing something your friends wanted you to do, but you really didn't
want to do it?
Well, as a computer, I only do what I'm programmed to do.
But, like, have you ever been asked to stop being friends with someone because some of
the other kids didn't like this person?
You mean, kids sometimes tell you who you should be friends with?
Why would they care about something like that?
They just do, that's all.
Well, you know, Lindsay, God has the answer to all our problems.
Have you asked him about this?
Well, not really.
I guess I should.
Yeah, I guess I will.
He'll know what I should do.
The day was like most any other day when my friends come to the soda shop after school.
I was enjoying an overhaul by my friend and technician, Erica.
She's the only one who really understands me.
I mean, understands my electronic circuitry.
You could say we're computer compatible.
But little did I know that today was going to be full of surprises.
In fact, we haven't had a day like this since Curtis tripped and fell in the wet cement
and nearly hardened into a statue and almost pigeons.
Ow!
Sorry, Colby.
Is he going to be okay, Erica?
Oh, yeah, he'll be fine.
But Lindsay, how many times do I have to tell you?
Before you take Colby out on a walk along the beach, you have to spray him with the
anti-rust solution.
I do hope you didn't get him near the water.
Well, not too close.
Closer than I thought.
I'll put it back.
I'm afraid it was my fault, Erica.
You see, my metal detector mechanism discovered something in the sand, and Lindsay and I were
so busy digging for it that we didn't see the wave until it was too late.
But Colby, didn't your scanners tell you that the wave was coming?
Well, that's the problem.
I can only concentrate on one thing at a time.
I wonder if that's a scanner malfunction.
I'll have to work on that.
Yo, Ryan!
Curtis, my man, how was school?
Hungry.
How could school be hungry?
School wasn't hungry.
I was all day.
Didn't you eat your lunch?
No, but somebody else did.
Was it Tony Razzle again?
Yeah, but he was an orphan as a child and raised by the wolves, you see.
And then he was adopted by the circus performers.
And now his mom's in the hospital, his dad worked for the stale milk, or Tony's got nothing
to eat because no one does the shopping.
And my giving heart saw what it needed and responded to the call by offering him some
food.
He took your lunch again?
Practically tore the locker door right off.
Colby, could I have a milkshake, please?
Coming right up.
Hi, everybody.
Hi, Jennifer.
How did you do on your biological survey evaluation?
You mean my biology test?
I think I got an A.
Outstanding.
Yeah, but I couldn't have done it without your help last night.
Oh, you're the one who took the test.
I only helped you study.
You can start the milkshake machine now, Colby.
You know, I don't understand how marine biology is going to help me be a better singer.
I mean, what am I going to do, cut an album underwater?
Okay, Colby, I think it's done.
Well, you know what they say.
What?
You can tune a piano, but you can't tune a fish.
Oh.
Wait, wait, don't tell me that's any kind of germ.
Oh, no, not again.
Colby.
Oh, no, I've got to learn to concentrate on more than one thing at a time.
Screwdriver.
Wrench.
Not a pipe wrench, a socket wrench.
Socket wrench.
Hi, BJ.
How's it going?
Oh, everything's just great, Jamie.
This is the best day of my life.
Well, excuse me for breathing your air.
You can't give up, BJ.
You got to keep trying.
I didn't give up when I hang glided across the Grand Canyon.
You hang glided across the Grand Canyon?
Just once with my dad.
Justin, you're my best friend.
You got to tell me these things.
So, BJ, how's that skateboard working out?
Oh, great.
The wheels are worn out, the board is thrashed.
How can it be seen at school with this old thing?
Listen, I know you're bummed, but is that something to get so uptight about?
And yell at Jamie?
Oh, well.
BJ.
I'm sorry.
That's okay.
All the kids at school have new boards, and I'm stuck with that one from the Stone Age.
It's not really that old.
You should have seen the dinosaur bones I dug up with my dad.
Now that was old.
You dug up dinosaur bones?
Sure, on the island of Pago Pago.
Pago Pago?
I haven't even been out of the state.
You got to tell me these things.
What makes a new board better, BJ?
Check this out.
Man, that's one hot board.
How much does it cost?
The salesman said that that board with all those features can be mined for one low price.
Great.
How much?
I mean, look at it.
Look at all you get.
The price, BJ.
Two hundred bucks.
Whoa.
Great.
Now they'll all want one.
I think it looks just like your old one.
Oh, Colby, get real.
Look at those specially treated wheels and highly resistant trucks and German speed bearings.
All the skateboard magazines say it's the number one skateboard.
It's the hottest thing out.
I'm running your words through my database and they do not compute.
If it's hot, won't it burn your feet?
Colby, what I'm trying to say is that this board is really cool.
Cool?
But I thought you said it was hot.
Colby, what BJ's trying to say is that unless you accept the current sociological mandates,
the people won't accept you into their peer groups.
Colby, what she means is some people think you gotta wear what's in style, listen to
the music at the top of the charts, and buy what everyone else wants to buy.
Yeah, it's called peer pressure.
But why can't you just be yourself instead of trying to be like everyone else?
Why don't these kids just accept you for who you are?
It's very simple.
Because... well, because I don't know why.
You know, BJ, you don't have to work at trying to please other people.
The important thing is pleasing the Lord.
And I think I have just the scripture verse for you.
Colossians 3.23.
Whatever you do, do it with all your heart.
To the Lord and not unto men.
Because on His word you can defend.
And I think I have just the scripture verse for you.
Colossians 3.23.
Whatever you do, do it with all your heart.
To the Lord and not unto men.
Whatever you do, do it with all your heart.
Hey, that song gave me a great idea.
I'll sell my skateboard unto men so I can buy a new skateboard for the Lord.
You guys, I think he's missing the point.
I know you're all wondering what I'm doing in this phone booth, but I'm working on a
surprise for BJ.
Hello?
This is Colby.
Everybody says it's a thing to do from your head to your toes.
You've got to follow the rule.
No, no, no.
He says it's a thing to do from your head to your toes, you can't be a fool.
No, no, you know, I just can't think of anything that rhymes.
Me neither.
It just doesn't sound cool.
Cool.
From your head to your toes, you've got to be cool.
Yeah, that works.
BJ sure bummed.
He's been sitting by the phone all day.
I wish he'd just snap out of this so we can get the old BJ back.
You know, he's just worried about what other people think.
I mean, it's not like this is the first time we've had that problem.
It's been that way forever, even in the olden days.
Like in the Bible?
Yeah, think about Noah.
Noah?
Hey, that gives me an idea.
This is an Air Witness News special report.
And now, here's Jennifer, here's Wow.
We interrupt this program to bring you a special news report.
Our Air Witness News team has learned of a terrible disaster that will strike the world
in a matter of days.
We have Via Time Delay Satellite, the man who has predicted this flood, and claims that
God himself has told him of this pending disaster.
His name is Mr. Noah.
Not Mr. Noah, just Noah.
I'm sorry, just Noah, but would you please tell our viewers how exactly did God tell
you about this flood?
Well, I was just going down the street when all of a sudden I heard this voice come booming
out of the sky.
Noah, build an ark and put your family and two of every animal on there because for 40
days and 40 nights I will make it rain.
I tell you what, that about knocked me off my bike.
Your bike?
Oh, my camel, my camel, yeah.
Now we understand that the reaction from your neighbors and friends hasn't been exactly
positive.
Well, I can't give in to peer pressure.
The Lord told me to build this ark and I've got to do it.
You've got quite a job ahead of you.
How do you expect the voyage to go?
Well, everything should go smoothly, except for one thing.
Have you ever really smelled the chimpanzee?
That's it.
That is enough.
Now look you zoo keeper, you.
We also have with us Mrs. Snodgrass from the Local Homeowners Association with an opposing
view.
Oh, hello.
Now listen, Noah, the homeowners group has had it with you.
It's time you started living like the rest of us.
Why can't you just fit in like everybody else, huh?
Well, I'm sorry about the animals, but something very important is going to happen here.
I don't care if Bill Cosby's coming to town.
There should be a law saying you've got to live like the rest of us.
Shape up or ship out.
Well, actually that's the plan.
You see, I intend to.
You can take your bunnies and your beavers and your dinosaurs and your frogs and your
worms.
It looks like this controversy will be going on for a while.
You've got to hand it to Noah for not giving into the pressure.
That's all for now from Earwitness News.
Thank you and good night.
Curtis, you rained on the wrong person.
So you see, B.J., peer pressure has been around for years and years.
Yeah, even Noah had to put up with other people who said he didn't fit in.
Yeah, but that's different.
Noah wasn't worried about being cool.
But the Lord thinks you're cool already.
Yeah, but I want others to think I'm cool.
My first buyer.
Hi, I saw the sign and I was just wondering.
Sold $200, please.
Well, that's kind of steep.
Can I check it out first?
Sure.
Hmm.
Looks okay.
Why are you selling it?
All the kids at school have newborns.
It's time for me to move on the bigger and better things.
All you have to do is tighten down these wheels a little bit, tighten down the trucks, put
a little grip tape down here on the front.
Still looks the same to me.
Well, you know, looks aren't important.
There's only one thing that's important, that you do everything for the Lord and not for
men.
Colby, did you call this guy?
Well, he is an old friend, Andribe Man.
Colby, my computer.
Hey, do you have a son that goes along with skateboarding?
My pleasure.
Cool, cool, cool.
But I think it's cool to be one of a kind, you know, he made us each with a different
design.
So it's not my clothes, and it's not how I talk, how I wear my hair, or the way that
I walk.
I'm the way that I am, and that's why I say, it's cool to be me, because God made me that
way.
Cool, cool, cool.
Cool person, cool person.
Cool, cool, cool.
Cool, cool, cool, cool, cool.
That's me.
Cool, cool, cool.
Cool, cool, cool, cool.
Cool, cool, cool.
This is fine.
Now you got it.
I'll tell all the kids at school that I have the same board as Andre Walton.
Then they'll have to think I'm cool.
Wait a sec, BJ.
You don't have to buy a new skateboard to fit into the crowd.
You're still trying to impress others by who you know.
You're still skating for others and you're not doing it for the Lord.
Yeah, but...
Remember what the scripture says.
Whatever you do, do it with all your heart.
Unto the Lord and not unto men.
So?
So if you do it with all your heart, that's like giving it all you got.
Right, and when you give all you've got to the Lord, He gives you back even more.
Yeah, that makes sense.
You know, BJ, there's a lot of guys that can skateboard real good,
but they're not doing it for the Lord.
It doesn't matter how good you are or what your attitude is.
That's what God really cares about.
You skateboard for Him and not to show off in front of your friends.
So I skateboard for the Lord?
You do everything for the Lord.
You mow the lawn for the Lord, wash dishes for the Lord,
sing for the Lord, and write songs for the Lord.
And when you use the talents that God's given you, He's proud of you.
And that will make you feel better than a $200,000 skateboard.
Wow, now I can't wait to go skating.
Want to show me some tricks?
Sure, I'll show you all kinds of tricks.
Go ahead and just jump on your board there.
Okay, and go ahead and swing your arms and do a 360.
Go ahead.
Yeah, all right, all right.
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