First a PSA about Covid ...
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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 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 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; that makes eighty, 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 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 on the front porch.
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18 comments:
Smiling - but I will pass on the ten years of barking...
Sue - I'm moving my computer to the front porch so I can type and bark at the same time.
Arf.
Moving the computer to the front porch is an advanced move.
I get 10 years of quiet before moving to the barking stage since I don't have grandkids.
Good one!
Heard this one a bunch of times, but I can never remember the punch line until I get to it :-)
This explains a lot of things I’m going through.
Excellent summary of life for many of us :)
Explains a lot 🤣
Bill - What's a pirate with a lisp say?
John - Get ready. Your time is coming.
Deb - Thanks.
Kathy - Same for me when I saw it.
Shaw - I'm only here to help.
Jenny - Very true.
CC - It's my public service.
Wow that thing about covid is so scary. Another reason to mask up, avoid people and take this thing seriously.
Lady - Double exaclty!
I love this, but I think I would like a bit more than ten years on the porch and I'll skip the barking.
River - I'm sure you could negotiate more than 10 years on the porch. But barking is mandatory.
Just caught up to this - great one!
Allen - Buy a comfortable chair for the porch.
I'm not sure how I feel about that
Cloudia - If you practice, you can be a curmudgeon too.
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