[Magdalen] 777 mails

[Zephonites at aol.com]

Hi you guys
 
Just back from NY for 2 weeks and come back to 777 (seven hundred and  
seventy seven) e-mail in my post box on my Magdalene email addresss.
 
Still better than 666 I suppose.
 
Great to meet Raewynne last week and to preside and preach at Holy  
Communion at St John's Episcopal Church in Oakvale last Sunday in Long  Island
 
Blessings to y'all!
Martin
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In a message dated 09/06/2015 20:25:26 GMT Daylight Time,  
jguthrie at pipeline.com writes:

On   the first day, God created the dog and said, sit all day by the  door 
of  
your house and bark at anyone who comes in or walks past.  For this I  will 
give 
you a life span of twenty years.

The  dog said,  "That's a long time to be barking. How about only ten years 
and 
I'll give  you back the other  ten?"

And  God said that it was  good.

On  the second day, God created the monkey and said,  "Entertain  people, 
do 
tricks, and make them laugh.. For this, I'll  give you a  twenty-year life 
span."

The  monkey said, "Monkey  tricks for twenty years? That's a pretty long  
time to 
perform. How  about I give you back ten like the dog  did?"

And  God again  said that it was good.

On  the third day, God created the cow and  said, "You must go into the  
field 
with the farmer all day long and  suffer under the sun, have  calves and 
give 
milk to support the  farmer's family. For this, I  will give you a life 
span of 
sixty  years."

The  cow said, "That's kind of a tough life you want me to  live for  sixty 
years. How about twenty and I'll give back the  other  forty?"

And  God agreed it was good.

On   the fourth day, God created humans and said, "Eat, sleep, play,  marry 
 and 
enjoy your life. For this, I'll give you twenty   years."

But  the human said, "Only twenty years? Could you  possibly give me my  
twenty, 
the forty the cow gave back, the ten the  monkey gave back,  and the ten 
the dog 
gave back; that makes  eighty,  okay?"

"Okay,"  said God, "You asked for  it."

So  that is why for our first twenty years, we eat, sleep,  play and  enjoy 
ourselves. For the next forty years, we slave in the  sun to  support our 
family. 
For the next ten years, we do monkey  tricks to  entertain the 
grandchildren. And 
for the last ten years,  we sit on  the front porch and bark at everyone.

Life has now been  explained to you.

There  is no need to thank me for this valuable  information. I'm doing it  
as a 
public service. If you are looking  for me I will be on the  front porch.

Cheers,
Jim Guthrie