Guest guest Posted May 16, 2001 Report Share Posted May 16, 2001 Hi Dharma, I seem to remember a discussion of refrigerator quotes recently and I went and looked on the refrigerator but had nothing interesting to report (although I suppose I COULD have mentioned the picture of the cow with the caption "I'm not in the MOOOOOOOOOOOOD to diet"). Your mention of posting the words "You never know!!!" reminded me of my office door. I have a picture of a tree frog sitting inside a pitcher plant, with the caption "The obvious is ALWAYS worth a second look." Does everyone know the story that Ram Dass (and others I'm sure) tells about the farmer? One day the farmer's horse disappeared. The farmer's neighbor (no pun intended) stopped by to commiserate, as all good neighbors like to do. He said "Oh my, it's such a shame your horse ran away." The farmer replied "You never know..." A week or so later, the horse reappeared, along with a fine spirited stallion she met in the forest. The neighbor rushed over to say what wonderful news that was. The farmer replied "You never know." The next day, the farmer's son, while trying to break the stallion, was thrown and broke his leg. The neighbor, true to form, said "What a shame about your boy breaking his leg." The farmer, steady in his unknowing replied "you never know." Shortly thereafter, the country where the farmer and his neighbor lived went to war and all the young men in the town were drafted to fight, except the farmer's son who had a broken leg. The neighbor rejoiced over the young man's good fortune to avoid the draft, and the farmer replied "you never know..." Love, Mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 16, 2001 Report Share Posted May 16, 2001 Mark Otter wrote: > Does everyone know the story that Ram Dass (and others I'm sure) tells > about the farmer? > The story comes from Chuang-Tzu I think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 16, 2001 Report Share Posted May 16, 2001 Hi Mark, >I seem to remember a discussion of refrigerator quotes recently and I >went and looked on the refrigerator but had nothing interesting to >report (although I suppose I COULD have mentioned the picture of the cow >with the caption "I'm not in the MOOOOOOOOOOOOD to diet"). > >Your mention of posting the words "You never know!!!" reminded me of >my office door. I have a picture of a tree frog sitting inside a >pitcher plant, with the caption "The obvious is ALWAYS worth a second >look." ))))))))))) LOL ))))))))))) Wonderful! Just what I needed to start the day! ))) >Does everyone know the story that Ram Dass (and others I'm sure) tells >about the farmer? > >One day the farmer's horse disappeared. The farmer's neighbor (no pun >intended) stopped by to commiserate, as all good neighbors like to do. >He said "Oh my, it's such a shame your horse ran away." The farmer >replied "You never know..." A week or so later, the horse reappeared, >along with a fine spirited stallion she met in the forest. The neighbor >rushed over to say what wonderful news that was. The farmer replied >"You never know." The next day, the farmer's son, while trying to break >the stallion, was thrown and broke his leg. The neighbor, true to form, >said "What a shame about your boy breaking his leg." The farmer, steady >in his unknowing replied "you never know." Shortly thereafter, the >country where the farmer and his neighbor lived went to war and all the >young men in the town were drafted to fight, except the farmer's son who >had a broken leg. The neighbor rejoiced over the young man's good >fortune to avoid the draft, and the farmer replied "you never know..." Yup. You sure never do... )))) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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