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Pastimes : Don't Ask Rambi -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Rambi who wrote (9050)	3/28/1998 2:46:00 PM
From: jhild	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71178

I was just experiencing a super moment myself. I flipped on the tv to see what other channels there were other than CNBC. I mean after all, with the markets closed, I thought this would be a good chance to see a little more of the world than just through Joe and Suzie's eyes. (Now in all honesty, I did also want to check to see if God was sending me a message, as he might have gotten his dates mixed up. He may just have commissioned a calender of his own and the Taiwanese may have confused what He said as they did Garland and God Land.) But in any event, my channel roulette landed me on ESPN, where I found to my amazement a crowd of people hooting and hollering for some guy that just moments earlier had caught a fish. Now in my fishing experience I have had many an occasion to hoot and holler that somehow my hook had snagged the tail of a fish and I had somehow managed to bring the wretch on board my fishing pram. But today, it was different. They weren't just hootin' because he had caught a fish. No siree. They were hootin' because, unlike some of the other guys that had apparently caught some fish, he had managed to catch more. Now, was it more fish? No, it wasn't, by dangy. It was that his fish weighed more than the ones that the other fellows caught. Now at this point you can imagine how transfixed I became. Maybe this was a message from God. Not on channel 18 as revealed to the Taiwanese, but good ole everywhere ESPN. (As I think about it, really a better choice than the USA channel on 18.) But, I had to be sure. So this guy was proclaimed Champion. He had managed to achieve this status by piling up one more ounce of fish flesh, than any of the other anglers there. His last fish had to be 2 lbs 10 oz for the tie, and Lordy it weighed in at 2 lb 11 oz. Pheweee! There were at least three hundred people hollerin' and shoutin'. And to top it off the guy gets handed a brief case with $100,000.00. He out and out cried. His wife came up on the stage there and she cried too. I was touched. The WalMart FLW Tour had a Champion. Now I was thinking at this point, that maybe the message must be on another channel. But through his sobs, he began to recount the final moments leading up to his landing the last one and his rooster-tailing it back to the finish area. It seems that the Lord had in fact guided his hand and had helped him to get those last few casts in before the time was up. And as you must have already guessed, it was that last cast, just before time was up that brought him his prize. Well, I was left shaking my head with the inspiration of it all. I suddenly realized that there was a message there. Yes, indeed He had spoken directly to me. I am beginning today to lead a new life. Good-bye tech stocks, hello index funds. I'm on my way to buy some fishin' gear. But oops. . . now there's some guys drivin' around in circles with more people watching than come to see the Pope. Maybe I better stay tuned for the next message.