Paul Harvery Tidbit

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Fishercakes Posted 10 Oct 2005 , 3:23pm
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Here is a pretty neat little thing from Paul Harvey.

Paul Harvey Writes:

We tried so hard to make things better for our kids that we made them worse. For my grandchildren, I'd like better.

I'd really like for them to know about hand me down clothes and homemade ice cream and leftover meat loaf sandwiches. I really would.

I hope you learn humility by being humiliated, and that you learn honesty by being cheated.

I hope you learn to make your own bed and mow the lawn and wash the car.

And I really hope nobody gives you a brand new car when you are sixteen.

It will be good if at least one time you can see puppies born and your old dog put to sleep.

I hope you get a black eye fighting for something you believe in.

I hope you have to share a bedroom with your younger brother/sister. And it's all right if you have to draw a line down the middle of the room,but when he wants to crawl under the covers with you because he's scared, I hope you let him.

When you want to see a movie and your little brother/sister wants to tag along, I hope you'll let him/her.

I hope you have to walk uphill to school with your friends and that you live in a town where you can do it safely.



On rainy days when you have to catch a ride, I hope you don't ask your driver to drop you two blocks away so you won't be seen riding with someone as uncool as your Mom.

If you want a slingshot, I hope your Dad teaches you how to make one instead of buying one.

I hope you learn to dig in the dirt and read books.

When you learn to use computers, I hope you also learn to add and subtract in your head.

I hope you get teased by your friends when you have your first crush on a boy\\girl, and when you talk back to your mother that you learn what ivory soap tastes like.

May you skin your knee climbing a mountain, burn your hand on a stove and stick your tongue on a frozen flagpole.

I don't care if you try a beer once, but I hope you don't like it. And if a friend offers you dope or a joint, I hope you realize he is not your friend..

I sure hope you make time to sit on a porch with your Grandma/Grandpa and go fishing with your Uncle.

May you feel sorrow at a funeral and joy during the holidays.

I hope your mother punishes you when you throw a baseball through your neighbor's window and that she hugs you and kisses you at Hannukah/Christmas time when you give her a plaster mold of your hand.

These things I wish for you - tough times and disappointment, hard work and happiness. To me, it's the only way to appreciate life.

Written with a pen. Sealed with a kiss. I'm here for you. And if I die before you do, I'll go to heaven and wait for you.

Send this to all of your friends. We secure our friends, not by accepting favors, but by doing them.

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newbieinGA Posted 10 Oct 2005 , 3:28pm
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That is nice! I realize how much we protect our kids from the bad stuff in this world. But I can understand why they need to learn by experience themselves.

thanks for sharing!

Kirti

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blittle6 Posted 10 Oct 2005 , 3:29pm
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AMEN to that!!!

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Fishercakes Posted 10 Oct 2005 , 3:38pm
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A friend emailed this to me this morning along with a riddle. I thought that it was a lovely tidbit and kind of puts things into focus, at least for me!

Here is the riddle from Paul Harvey:

When asked this riddle, 80% of kindergarten kids got the answer, compared to 17% of Stanford University

What is greater than God, More evil than the devil, The poor have it, The rich need it, And if you eat it, you'll die?


Let's see many many people get the answer right to this.

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Misdawn Posted 10 Oct 2005 , 3:49pm
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NOTHING

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blittle6 Posted 10 Oct 2005 , 3:51pm
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Nothing

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Fishercakes Posted 10 Oct 2005 , 4:29pm
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Okay, the answer to the riddle is.......HUMBLE PIE!

I can't believe that kindergarteners would get this and not university students.

Although I haven't to admit that I didn't get it the first time either icon_redface.gif

But I still thought that it was a lovely tidbit.

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blittle6 Posted 10 Oct 2005 , 4:39pm
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I had gotten a similar riddle and the answer was "nothing".....I guess different version of a similar thing!

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Fishercakes Posted 10 Oct 2005 , 4:43pm
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Come to think of it, Blittle, I think that you are right. The answer would be nothing.

You win.

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MrsMissey Posted 10 Oct 2005 , 9:43pm
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..makes you stop and think, doesn't it?

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