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I *poop* on this story

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One day a father of a very wealthy family took his son on a trip to the country with the firm purpose of showing his son how poor people live. They spent a couple of days and nights on the farm of what would be considered a very poor family.
On their return from their trip, the father asked his son, "How was the trip?"
" It was great, Dad."
"Did you see how poor people live?" the father asked.
"Oh yeah," said the son.
"So, tell me, what did you learn from the trip?" asked the father.
The son answered: "I saw that we have one dog and they had four. We have a pool that reaches to the middle of our garden and they have a creek that has no end. We have imported lanterns in our garden and they have the stars at night. Our patio reaches to the front yard and they have the whole horizon. We have a small piece of land to live on and they have fields that go beyond our sight. We have servants who serve us, but they serve others. We buy our food, but they grow theirs. We have walls around our property to protect us, they have friends to protect them."
The boy's father was speechless.
Then his son added, "Thanks, Dad, for showing me how poor we are."
Too many times, we forget what we have and concentrate on what we don't have. What is one's person's worthless object is another's prize possession? It is all based on one's perspective. Makes you wonder what would happen if we all gave thanks for all the bounty we have instead of worrying about wanting more. Take joy and appreciate every single thing you have, especially your friends! Please pass this page on to friends and acquaintances to help them refresh their perspective and appreciation.

Life is too short and friends are few"
 
Originally posted by: dtyn
Why do you poop on this story? It has a very good message.
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B/c it's BS. Friends aren't everything, in fact, you can trust only yourself. And, of course, the more you have the better. That was just from a narrow minded kids point of view that it's better to be poor and honest than rich and corrupted.
 
Originally posted by: Booster
Originally posted by: dtyn
Why do you poop on this story? It has a very good message.
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B/c it's BS. Friends aren't everything, in fact, you can trust only yourself. And, of course, the more you have the better. That was just from a narrow minded kids point of view that it's better to be poor and honest than rich and corrupted.
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right...........

 
Originally posted by: Booster
Originally posted by: dtyn
Why do you poop on this story? It has a very good message.
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B/c it's BS. Friends aren't everything, in fact, you can trust only yourself. And, of course, the more you have the better. That was just from a narrow minded kids point of view that it's better to be poor and honest than rich and corrupted.
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Wow, someone was unloved as a child.
 
i poop on emails with *cute* little stories like this that send my email address out to half the universe (and which always end up attracting spam/viruses).
 
Originally posted by: Stark
i poop on emails with *cute* little stories like this that send my email address out to half the universe (and which always end up attracting spam/viruses).
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No. What's worse are cute little storys that have animated images or .wav/midi files in them that take up god knows how much space on the mail server. Thankfully we are on an exchange server and it's stored once instead of multiple times. But still. :|
 
Oh my god, how could I have been so blind? My eyes, they are open at last! Today I am going to give all my possessions to the poor, for they mean nothing to me now, and cannot bring meaning to my life. I'm going to go live on a farm with the Amish. They live such a rich and fullfilling life, without the evils of technology and wealth. They might not have electricity, but they have each other to keep them warm. They might not have running water, but they some very nice herbs to cover up the odor of their own rancid bodies. We have little tiny toilets to pee in, but they have the entire earth! They mever miss the mark, and never get nagged about leaving the seat up! Yes, that's the life for me. Thank you for sharing this wisdom with me, and opening my eyes at last.
 
Originally posted by: notfred
Originally posted by: Whade
Originally posted by: notfred
This forum needs a : puke; smiley.
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Hey Mr. frowners! It sounds like you just have a case of the Mondays!
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You must be the one that wrote the story in the first post.
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Oh you are Mr. Grumpers today, aren't you! I think someone needs a visit from the tickleman!
 
Good God I hate those Fwd;Fwd;Fwd... e-mails that end with some sappy a$$ed story. And has anyone else noticed that these things are perpetuated by distantly related aunts that can't take the five minutes it takes to bang out there own damn e-mail?
 
Originally posted by: vi_edit
Originally posted by: Stark
i poop on emails with *cute* little stories like this that send my email address out to half the universe (and which always end up attracting spam/viruses).
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No. What's worse are cute little storys that have animated images or .wav/midi files in them that take up god knows how much space on the mail server. Thankfully we are on an exchange server and it's stored once instead of multiple times. But still. :|
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I see your poop and raise you:

I hate stupid people who collect cute little stories with animated gifs, pics, .wavs, misc crap in their mailboxes and then complain when they can no longer send any emails because we put a cap on their mailbox size.

😉
 
Originally posted by: johnjohn320
I think that story depicts life on a farm, not being poor.
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True but I know a lot of farmers that don't make squat. But what if the story had the guy taking his son to the projects for a few nights.
 
Originally posted by: rudder
Originally posted by: johnjohn320
I think that story depicts life on a farm, not being poor.
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True but I know a lot of farmers that don't make squat. But what if the story had the guy taking his son to the projects for a few nights.
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yeah and all those farmers are always crying about being poor and how they need subsidies.
 
1. Farmers aren't poor. I can't even buy an acre of land, they own 5 to 5000 acres each.
2. If the family was as rich as the story said, the son can use the money to buy himself several of those farms, with creeks.
 
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