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Saturday, January 18, 2014

Why We Live as Long as We Do...

An oldie but a goodie. Open-mouthed smile


On the first day God created the cow. God said, "You must go to the 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 a 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.

On the second day, God created the dog. God 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).

On the third day God created the monkey. God 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. Dog gave you back ten, so that's what I'll do too, okay?" And God agreed again.

On the fourth day God created man. God said, "Eat, sleep, play. Do nothing, just enjoy, enjoy. I'll give you twenty years."

Man said, "What? Only twenty years? No way! Tell you what, I'll take my twenty, and the forty cow gave back, and the ten dog gave back and the ten monkey gave back. That makes eighty, okay?"
"Okay," said God. "You've got a deal."

So this is why for the first twenty years we eat, sleep, play, enjoy, and do nothing; for the next forty years we slave in the sun to support our family; then for 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.

20 comments:

  1. True, true! Of course if we win the lottery maybe we can continue to play!

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    1. When not if Minelle! :D

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    1. Happy you enjoyed it DF. ;)

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  3. Hi Cat, how true, am waiting for the grandchildren phase, ever hopeful
    love Jan.xx

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    1. LOL Jan...the grandchildren phase is great but still slaving away. ;)

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  4. This is great Cat and sounds so scarily true LoL Love it!

    Hugs,
    Roz

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    1. Happy you enjoyed Roz and yes, it does sound scarily true. ;)

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  5. LOL Hmm, I get to bark for 10 years at the end... no one told me that, something to look forward too! :) Though, if the Duke is there with me, I'll have a sore bottom every time I do! :)

    {{{hugs}}} EsMay

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    1. ROFL Es May...you'll just have to tell the Duke that when you 'bark', you are doing what God intended! :D

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      Cat

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  6. Well it all makes sense now! lol :)

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    1. Sure does Sara. ;)

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  7. Wow, that is a kick and unfortunately so true. I'm in the sitting on the porch barking stage.

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    1. And having fun doing so Sunny? ;)

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  8. Lol, this is too cute. I laughed out loud at the last part. :)

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    1. Happy you enjoyed it Kenzie. ;)

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  9. I loved this, so I'm at the cow age now, it makes everything so clear, can I by pass the monkey age and just jump right to the barking ?? Lol

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    1. ROFL Missy...I guess if you want to bypass monkey and go straight to barking...I can't stop ya. *snicker*

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  10. Oh, dear. I got this all convoluted. Oh, well, as long as I get my 80, it doesn't really matter to me which order I do these things, or that I do some much longer than others...does it? ;-)

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    1. LOL Irishey...guess it can't be held against ya if you can't count very well. :D

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