Toadfish Thought of the Day

[Opsa]

I got to play Anna Leonowens in a community theater production of "The King and I" this past summer, and here's my favorite line:

"The Bible was not written by men of science, but by men of faith. It was their explanation of the miracle of creation- which is the same miracle, whether it took place in six days, or many centuries."

[Opsa]

Yoo hoo! I think that Aggie was mentioning this thread up in the new question by Bob 0'Q.

[Ageis]

The man who first placed a fence around a piece of land and said to his neighbours "This is mine" and had them believe him. That man created our modern society.

[Sibling DavidH]

Things are more like they are now than they ever were before.
Dwight D. Eisenhower

[The Meromorph]

When you come to a fork in the road, take it!

Yogi Berra.

[Bob in a quantum-state-of-faith]

A little thread necromancy here... this was worth passing along, I thought.



"One day a farmer's donkey fell down into a well. The animal cried piteously for hours as the farmer tried to figure out what to do. Finally, he decided the animal was old, and the well needed to be covered up anyway; it just wasn't worth it to retrieve the donkey.

He invited all his neighbors to come over and help him. They all grabbed a shovel and began to shovel dirt into the well. At first, the donkey realized what was happening and cried horribly. Then, to everyone's amazement he quieted down.

A few shovel loads later, the farmer finally looked down the well. He was astonished at what he saw. With each shovel of dirt that hit his back, the donkey was doing something amazing. He would shake it off and take a step up.

As the farmer's neighbors continued to shovel dirt on top of the animal, he would shake it off and take a step up. Pretty soon, everyone was amazed as the donkey stepped up over the edge of the well and happily trotted off!

MORAL :
Life is going to shovel dirt on you, all kinds of dirt. The trick to getting out of the well is to shake it off and take a step up. Each of our troubles is a steppingstone. We can get out of the deepest wells just by not stopping, never giving up! Shake it off and take a step up.

[Opsa]

A million thanks, dear Sibling Bob!  I needed to hear this. 

[pieces o nine]

As kibg as life is just shoveling *dirt*...     

[Sibling DavidH]

Good one, Bob.

[Aggie]

As kibg as life is just shoveling *dirt*...     

Alignment error; check position of right hand.

kLiObNG

[pieces o nine]

...clearly, i was channeling a Klingon...   ^   

[Griffin NoName]

Aggie, you are brilliant. I thought P09 was channeling a Klingon too.

[Bob in a quantum-state-of-faith]

[Sibling DavidH]

"Time is an illusion. Lunchtime doubly so."
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[Pachyderm]

"We'll be saying a big hello to all intelligent lifeforms everywhere and to everyone else out there, the secret is to bang the rocks together, guys."

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