Subject: fw : on the first day
subject : on the first day !
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> on the first day god created the cow .
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> god said , " you must go to the field with the farmer all day long and
> suffer
> under the sun , have calves and give milk to support the farmer i will
> give
> you a life span of sixty years . "
>
> the cow said , " that ' s a kind of a tough life you want me to live for
> sixty
> years . let me have twenty years and i ' ll give back the other forty . "
>
> and god agreed .
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> on the second day , god created the dog .
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> god said , " sit all day by the door of your house and bark at anyone who
> comes in or walks past . i will give you a life span of twenty years . "
>
> the dog said , " that ' s too long to be barking . give me ten years and i ' ll
> give back the other ten . "
>
> so god agreed ( sigh ) .
>
> on the third day god created the monkey .
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> god said , " entertain people , do monkey tricks , make them laugh . i ' ll give
> you a twenty year life span . "
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> monkey said , " how boring , monkey tricks for twenty years ? i don ' t think
> so .
> dog gave you back ten , so that ' s what i ' ll do too , okay ? "
>
> and god agreed again .
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> on the fourth day god created man .
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> god said , " eat , sleep , play , have sex , enjoy . do nothing , just enjoy ,
> enjoy .
> i ' ll give you twenty years . "
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> man said , " what ? only twenty years ? no way man . tell you what , i ' ll take
> my
> twenty , and the forty cow gave back , and the ten dog gave back and the
> ten
> monkey gave back . that makes eighty , okay ? "
>
> " okay , " said god . " you ' ve got a deal . "
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> so that is why for the first twenty years we eat , sleep , play , have sex ,
> enjoy , and do nothing ; 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
> our grandchildren ; and for the last ten years we sit in front of the
> house and bark at everybody .
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