A little girl came to her mother complaining that her stomach hurt. Mom said: "Oh, honey, your stomach is empty, you just need to get something in it and you'll be fine." About a week later, the pastor came by to visit. While conversing with the mother and her child, he happened to mention that he had a headache. The little girl piped up and said: "Oh pastor, my mommy says that your head is empty, you just need to get something in it and you'll be fine." (1)

One of the reasons we laugh is because our connotation for empty is negative isn't it. We don't like it when the popcorn bucket at the movies is empty. An empty potato chip bag or coke bottle isn't worth very much. When I was a kid we used to collect the empties. We got two cents apiece for them. We'd collect and carry in enough empty…