posted on June 2, 2003 05:53:33 PM new
When God created the cow he said, "You must go to field with the
farmer
> all day long and suffer under the sun, have calves and give milk to
> support the farmer. I will give you a life span of sixty years."
> The cow said, "That's kind of a tough life you want me to live for
sixty
> years. Let me have twenty years and I'll give back the other forty."
And
> God agreed.
> Then God created the dog, and he said, "Sit all day by the door of
your
> house and bark at anyone who comes in or walks past. I will give you
a
> life span of twenty years."
> The dog said, "That's too long to be barking. Give me ten years and
I'll
> give back the other ten." So God agreed (sigh).
> Then God created the monkey and said "Entertain people, do monkey
tricks,
> make them laugh. I'll give you a twenty year life span."
> The monkey said, "How boring, monkey tricks for twenty years? I
don't
> think so. The dog gave you back ten, so that's what I'll do too,
okay?"
> And God agreed again.
> Finally God created man. He said, "Eat, sleep, play, have fun and
enjoy.
> Do nothing, just enjoy, enjoy.
> I'll give you twenty years."
> The man said, "What? Only twenty years? Tell you what, I'll take my
> twenty, and the forty the cow gave back, the ten the dog gave back
and
the
> ten the monkey gave back. That makes eighty, okay?"
> "Okay," said God. "You've got a deal."
> So that is why for the first twenty years we eat, sleep, play, have
fun,
> do nothing and enjoy life. For the next forty years we slave in the
sun
to
> support our family. For the next ten years we do monkey tricks
> to entertain our grandchildren. And for the last ten years we sit in
front
> of the house and bark at everybody.
> Life has now been explained.
>
posted on June 3, 2003 06:36:25 PM new
LOL, twelvepole. Thanks for the laugh. I've been doing battle with orleansgallery and had just about come to the end of my rope. This helped loads! By the way, I'm at the monkey tricks stage. How true, how true. Never knew I could perform such feats of agility at my age.
Cheryl
My religion is simple, my religion is kindness.
--Dalai Llama
