AlamoPA Mailing List: Fw: I'll be on the front porch

[Sallie Carlson (wacsc11945]

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To: william carlson <wacsc11945 [at] yahoo.com>; mwhatmore [at] cox.net
Sent: Sunday, May 26, 2019 10:20 AM
Subject: Fw: I'll be on the front porch

 

 

 

Sent: Saturday, May 25, 2019 5:40 PM
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Subject: FW: I'll be on the front porch

 

 

 

 

 

On  the first day, God created the dog and said, "Sit all day by the door  of your house and bark at anyone who comes in or walks past.  For  this, I will give you a life span of twenty years."
  
    The  dog said, "That's a long time to be barking.  How about only ten  years and I'll give you back the other ten?"
  
    And  God saw that it was good.
  
    On  the second day, God created the monkey and said, "Entertain people, do  tricks, and make them laugh.  For this, I'll give you a  twenty-year life span."
  
    The  monkey said, "Monkey tricks for twenty years?  That's a pretty long  time to perform.  How about I give you back ten like the dog  did?"
  
    And  God, again, saw that it was good.
  
    On the  third day, God created the cow and said, "You must go into the field  with the farmer all day long and suffer under the sun, have calves and  give milk to support the farmer's family.  For this, 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.  How about twenty and I'll give back the other  forty?"
  
    And God  agreed it was good.
  
    On the  fourth day, God created humans and said, "Eat, sleep, play, marry and  enjoy your life.  For this, I'll give you twenty  years."
  
    But the  human said, "Only twenty years?  Could you possibly give me my  twenty, the forty the cow gave back, the ten the monkey gave back, and  the ten the dog gave back?  Then, I could live until I was around  eighty... would that be okay?
  
    "Okay,"  said God.  "You asked for it."
  
    So...  that is why for our first twenty years, we eat, sleep, play and enjoy  ourselves.  For the next forty years, we slave in the sun to  support our family.  For the next ten years, we do monkey-like  tricks to entertain the grandchildren.  And for the last ten years,  we sit on the front porch and 'bark' at everyone.
  
    Life  has now been explained to you.  There is no need to thank me for  this valuable information.  I'm doing it as a public service.   If you are looking for me, I will be out on the front  porch.