[Magdalen] Tickle Box Repair -- On the First Day

[H Angus]

Nice one!

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Guthrie" <jguthrie at pipeline.com>
To: magdalen at herberthouse.org
Sent: Tuesday, June 9, 2015 3:20:38 PM
Subject: [Magdalen] Tickle Box Repair -- On the First Day

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