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Pastimes : Clown-Free Zone... sorry, no clowns allowed

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To: Lucretius who wrote (416318)7/15/2011 11:48:58 AM
From: Jeff Jordan  Read Replies (1) of 436258
 
The Obama and The Bernank

Two neighbours came before Jupiter and prayed him to grant their hearts' desire. Now the one was full of avarice, and the other eaten up with envy. So to punish them both, Jupiter granted that each might have whatever he wished for himself, but only on condition that his neighbour had twice as much. The Avaricious man prayed to have a room full of gold. No sooner said than done; but all his joy was turned to grief when he found that his neighbour had two rooms full of the precious metal. Then came the turn of the Envious man, who could not bear to think that his neighbour had any joy at all. So he prayed that he might have one of his own eyes put out, by which means his companion would become totally blind.

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One wintry day a Woodman was tramping home from his work when he saw something black lying on the snow. When he came closer he saw it was a Serpent to all appearance dead. But he took it up and put it in his bosom to warm while he hurried home. As soon as he got indoors he put the Serpent down on the hearth before the fire. The children watched it and saw it slowly come to life again. Then one of them stooped down to stroke it, but the Serpent raised its head and put out its fangs and was about to sting the child to death. So the Woodman seized his axe, and with one stroke cut the Serpent in two. "Ah," said he,

.......___...>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<'> "No gratitude from the wicked." ...>~~~~~~ ____ ~~~~~~<'>...___...

LOL....QE3, "I don't go to bed with no whore, and I don't wake up with no whore. That's how I live with myself. I don't know how you do it." ~ WallStreet....The Drama Act III
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