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?" So 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.

or the back porch as may be the case

Have a wonderful weekend - Happy Cinco de Mayo

I'll be having a margarita in your honor - 

ilym

p.s...the moon is full this weekend and supposably the biggest moon of the year, the super moon

I don't know about that - I think the moon is the same size all the time and I always think it's super

also there is a meteor shower, the Eta Aquarid's,- we're passing through Haley's comet debris,

but the moon will be so bright it will wash out the lesser shooting stars

and you need to get up and watch the two hours before dawn to get the best views

that's not so bad because then you can also watch the super moon set in the west

happy viewing 

 

cast of characters:

the dog - Tish...aka Tisharoonie

the monkey - google image, although we did have a monkey back in the day, I advise against it in case you've been thinking of getting one

the cows - my daughter, Sarah, works on their farm, when she's not being a wine consultant. Marshall, Va.

grandson - Nash Lee , September 2010...aka Nash Taters - Magillacutty

grandson and father - Nash and Barry's dad Amos...aka    Papa Moose

and that's my back porch and Nash last Tuesday...aka     May Day