RE: Ignore

[towrod]

No.

It originates from the EAC !! :rolleyes:

Woa - Dude! - You ROCK!:D

[Surfcal]

Zeee!!!

You might try posting here.  You're a natural here.

Surfcal

[g-whiz]

Two peanuts walk into a rowdy bar; one was assaulted.

[Surfcal]

Well, it's Saturday night and a free for all, or you can just ignore it.

SHAKE IT OFF AND STEP UP

A parable is told of a farmer who owned an old mule.
The mule fell into the farmer's well.  The water
wasn't very deep, so the mule could stand on the
bottom.  The farmer heard the mule praying - or
whatever mules do when they fall into wells.

After carefully assessing the situation, the farmer
sympathized with the mule, but decided that neither
the mule nor the well was worth the trouble of
 saving.  Instead, he called his  neighbors together
and told them what had happened . . . and enlisted
them to help haul dirt to bury the old mule in the
well and put him out of his misery.
 
Initially, the old mule was hysterical.  But as the
farmer and his neighbors continued shoveling and the
dirt hit his back, a thought struck him.  It suddenly
dawned on him that every time a shovel load of dirt
landed on his back he should shake it off and step up .

This he did, blow after blow. "Shake it off and step
up. . . shake it off and step up . .  shake it off
and step up," the old mule repeated to encourage
himself.  No matter how painful the blows or how
distressing the situation seemed, the old mule fought
panic and just kept right on shaking it off and
stepping up.  It wasn't long before the old mule,
battered and exhausted, stepped triumphantly over
the wall of the well .

What seemed like it would bury him, actually helped
him all because of the manner in which he handled
his adversity.
 
That's life.

If we face our problems and respond to them
positively, and refuse to give in to panic,
bitterness, or self-pity . . . the adversities
that come along to bury us usually have
within them the very real potential to benefit us

[gsm x2]

Well, it's Saturday night and a free for all, or you can just ignore it.
 
SHAKE IT OFF AND STEP UP
 
A parable is told of a farmer who owned an old mule.
The mule fell into the farmer's well. The water
wasn't very deep, so the mule could stand on the
bottom. The farmer heard the mule praying - or
whatever mules do when they fall into wells.
 
After carefully assessing the situation, the farmer
sympathized with the mule, but decided that neither
the mule nor the well was worth the trouble of
saving. Instead, he called his neighbors together
and told them what had happened . . . and enlisted
them to help haul dirt to bury the old mule in the
well and put him out of his misery.
 
Initially, the old mule was hysterical. But as the
farmer and his neighbors continued shoveling and the
dirt hit his back, a thought struck him. It suddenly
dawned on him that every time a shovel load of dirt
landed on his back he should shake it off and step up .
 
This he did, blow after blow. "Shake it off and step
up. . . shake it off and step up . . shake it off
and step up," the old mule repeated to encourage
himself. No matter how painful the blows or how
distressing the situation seemed, the old mule fought
panic and just kept right on shaking it off and
stepping up. It wasn't long before the old mule,
battered and exhausted, stepped triumphantly over
the wall of the well .
 
What seemed like it would bury him, actually helped
him all because of the manner in which he handled
his adversity.
 
That's life.
 
If we face our problems and respond to them
positively, and refuse to give in to panic,
bitterness, or self-pity . . . the adversities
that come along to bury us usually have
within them the very real potential to benefit us

Same Parable--different ending.
 
When the farmer saw what the mule had done, he felt stupid as did all of his neighbors. They shunned the mule from that day on and never spoke to him again.
 
Moral of the story...no one likes a smart ass.
 
gsm x2

[g-whiz]

Nice parable, Ray.  I chose not to ignore it.  It's right up my alley tonight as I'm watching Wayne Dyer's, "The Power of Intention".  
 
 
 
This guy takes his Rottweiler to the vet and says, "My dog's cross-eyed. Is there anything you can do for him?" "Well," says the vet, "let's have a
look at him." So, he picks the dog up and examines his eyes, checks his teeth, etc. Finally, he says, "I'm going to have to put him down."  "What? Just because he's cross-eyed???" "No, because he's really, really heavy.

[Surfcal]

When the farmer saw what the mule had done, he felt stupid as did all of his neighbors. They shunned the mule from that day on and never spoke to him again.

Moral of the story...no one likes a smart ass.

gsm x2

Nice parable, Ray.  I chose not to ignore it.  It's right up my alley tonight as I'm watching Wayne Dyer's, "The Power of Intention".

We're just all into animals tonight!

Here's a couple:

The average cost of rehabilitating a seal after the Exxon Valdez
oil spill in Alaska was $80,000. At a special ceremony, two of the
most expensively saved animals were released back into the wild amid
cheers and applause from onlookers. A minute later they were both
eaten by a killer whale.


Two animal rights protesters were protesting at the cruelty of
sending pigs to a slaughterhouse in Bonn. Suddenly the pigs, all two
thousand of them, escaped through a broken fence and stampeded,
trampling the two hapless protesters to death.

Surfcal

[Surfcal]

For your enjoyment:

George Carlin's View on Aging
 
  Do you realize that the only time in
  our lives when we like to get old is when we're kids? If you're less
  than 10 years old, you're so excited about aging that you think in
  fractions." How old are you?" "I'm four and a half!" You're never
  thirty-six and a half. You're four and a half, going on five!
 
  That's the key.
 
  You get into your teens, now they can't hold you back. You jump to
  the next number, or even a few ahead.
 
  "How old are you?" "I'm gonna be 16!" You could be 13, but hey,
  you're gonna be 16!
 
  And then the greatest day of your life . . . you become 21.
 
  Even the words sound like a ceremony . . . YOU BECOME 21 - YESSSS!!!
 
  But then you turn 30. Oooohh, what happened there? Makes you sound
  like bad milk. He TURNED; we had to throw him out. There's no fun
  now, you're just a sour-dumpling. What's wrong? What's changed?
 
  You BECOME 21, you TURN 30, then you're PUSHING 40.
 
  Whoa! Put on the brakes, it's all slipping away. Before you know it,
  you REACH 50 . . . and your dreams are gone.
 
  But wait!!! You MAKE it to 60. You didn't think you would!
 
  So you BECOME 21, TURN 30, PUSH 40, REACH 50 and MAKE it to 60.
 
  You've built up so much speed that you HIT 70! After that it's a
  day-by-day thing; you HIT Wednesday!
 
  You get into your 80s and every day is a complete cycle; you HIT
  lunch; you TURN 4:30; you REACH bedtime.
 
  And it doesn't end there. Into the 90s, you start going backwards;
  "I was JUST 92."
 
  Then a strange thing happens. If you make it over 100, you become a
  little kid again. "I'm 100 and a half!"

[g-whiz]

A jumper cable walks into a bar. The barman says, "I'll serve you, but don't start anything."

[gsm x2]

Two Irishmen walk out of a pub.

The Quigs break into uproarious laughter.
 
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Oh, come on Kevin and Margaret.....it COULD happen.
 
gsm x2

[Red neff Barchetta]

1,500!

So what do I win?  

[g-whiz]

1,500!
 
So what do I win?

I think it's a free subscription so you don't have to go "unregistered"!!!

[g-whiz]

APRIL FOOL!!!

[Nick]

This thread is being iglored too much!

[g-whiz]

This thread is being iglored too much!

Yes, definitely it has been iglored WAY too much!