computerdisc-l: Fwd: Fw: Pretty Neat

>From: "Brenda Berryman"

>To: "Ashley McGaha" ,"Casi Berryman" ,"McKenzie City of" ,"Elaine Brown" ,"Glynda Campbell" ,"Karen Farris" ,"Kay Beal" ,"Sharon Galyon" ,"Michelle Trevathan"

>Subject: Fw: Pretty Neat

>Date: Sun, 15 Sep 2002 21:20:37 -0500

>----- Original Message -----

>From: Dillon

>Sent: Thursday, August 29, 2002 6:34 PM

>To: Kim & Larry Smith; Candy Rueb; Anita Ricke; Becky & Larry Miller; Sharon McQueen; Susan Frederick; Patty Fest; Tom & Debbie Canepa; Brenda Berryman; Dianne Barton

>Subject: Fw: Pretty Neat

>----- Original Message -----

>From: "Linda Grimes"

>To:

>Sent: Thursday, August 29, 2002 6:16 PM

>Subject: FW: Pretty Neat

> >

> > > >

> > > > >Subject: FW: Pretty Neat!!! Take a look!

> > > > >

> > > > >Here is a pretty neat little thing from Paul Harvey.

> > > > >See if you can guess the riddle at the end.

> > > > >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.

> > > > >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

> > > > >wants to tag along, I hope you'll let him. 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 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 Grandpa and go fishing 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 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.

> > > > >

> > > > >We secure our friends, not by accepting favors,

> > > > >but by doing them.

> > > > > Paul Harvey

> > > > >

> > > > >NOW THE RIDDLE:

> > > > >When asked this riddle, 80% of kindergarten kids got

> > > > >the answer, compared to 17% of Stanford University seniors.

> > > > >

> > > > >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?

> > > > >

> > > > >Send this to 10 people and then press shift and you

> > > > >will get the answer.

> > > > >

> > > > >P.S. You won't believe this, but this really does

> > > > >give you the answer!!!!

> > > > >

> > > >

> > >

> >

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