ItchieBitchie says—My obnoxious statement is not a
reflection of who I really am or of my values. I was sun-stroked after a long
day of windsurfing and downing a fifth of Jack. Ya right ItchieBitchie, ya
right!
Should you tell it like it is or sugar coat it? A woman and
her 12-year-old son were riding in a taxi in Detroit. It was raining, and all
the prostitutes were standing under awnings. "Mom," said the boy,
"what are all those women doing?" "They're waiting for their
husbands to get off work," she replied. The taxi driver turns around and
says, "Come on lady, why don't you tell him the truth? They're
hookers, boy! They have sex with men for money." The little boy's eyes get
wide and he says, "Is that true Mom?" His mother, glaring hard at the
driver, answers "Yes." After a few minutes, the kid asks, "Mom,
if those women have babies, what happens to them?" She said, "Most of
them become taxi drivers."
I have a friend who has halitosis (i.e. I don’t like them breathing down
my neck but it's worse when they breath in my face) but they probably don’t know
it. Should someone tell them “what’s
going on” or not? I would guess it
affects their relations with others as well.
It could be easily corrected, and it might really affect the rest of
their life. Someday they might be very
thankful someone would tell them that their breath is really bad! BUT I don’t know if it will be me!!!!!
Probably not! I will just back up a
step! Ouchy ouchy!
A
friend suggested I read Shoe Dog by Phil Knight; he was the founder of
Nike. I didn’t think I would like it; I
thought it would be just another egotistical person telling me how great he
is. I really liked it. It was real and about life (i.e. it appears
that he tells it like it is). I asked a
friend why he thought folks like it soooo much—he said—I assume everyone knows
the story and knows the brand. It is
sorta kinda the American dream. I
suggest that you give it a read. It is #1
New York Times Best Seller and also a 5 star on Amazon (i.e. what ever that
means).
I had a person tell me that he was working. Usually when a person tells others they are
working, they think that the other folks don’t think they are working and they are
probably right. When folks tell others
they are working, they are maybe trying to convince others and themselves that
they are actually working. And when
folks tell others they are working, it almost solidifies it that they are not
working (i.e. trying to convince others that they are working). ItchieBitchie says—The more they talk, the
funnier it becomes; the other folks are even more certain that the person isn’t
working. It is what it is!
I read this while eating my oatmeal with half a banana on
it-- “There is nothing wrong with bountiful crops or having more than one
barn could hold. It all is a gift of God, who makes the sun shine and the rain
fall, producing the abundant harvest. Farmers work long hours planting,
harvesting, and storing into barns. Greed is something else. It’s been called
the affliction of the affluent—an abundance of money, property, and material
goods. God is not stingy. He created a world with “enough for everyone’s needs,
but not for everyone’s greed” (Gandhi).
Chic
says--In Dante’s Inferno (i.e. I never read it soooo I
did—something new and different--can;t say I enjoyed it) of
judgment, the greedy are boiled alive in molten gold. It’s their punishment for
hoarding or spending their riches selfishly. Mercy gives. Greed grabs. It’s
never satisfied. Jesus says to us, “Beware of covetousness”! —Chic Broersma ~ BUT
if you don’t believe in Jesus but you believe in your neighbor GreedBallJoe,
well then, you need to get out there and spend all your life making more! More is better. WorldC;lassLarry says—There is nuttin wrong
with money (i.e. money is good), but it’s how we manage it! Many times I really
wonder if I manage it correctly; I really do. It’s a struggle for me. JoeBlow
says—Money is problematic; toooo little causes problems and toooo much causes
problems; but how do you know the right amount and to get to that point (i.e. money
can be a trap folks)?
Maybe take this with a pinch of salt! CadillacJack
asks—Can a person be tooooo genuine? Is
it better to spin the truth to make it fit the majority of the folks regardless
if it is marginally true (i.e. don’t put folks on the line)? It appears to me, folks with big positions
and maybe big egos can spin the story and get by with it. Maybe.
Also, folks who, supposedly think they are important (e.g. Phil
Michelson) can do what they want and say what they want and expect folks to
just accept it. Some folks think he
showed disrespect. Does it make a
difference who you are as to the results are? Are the results different for
different folks? It is what it is.
I
know a guy who is as useless as tits on a boar (i.e. that is a MN farmers’
expression that I learned as a little old farm boy a mile and fourth south of
Roseland, MN). Dean, a friend since we
were in diapers, sent me this—The old farmstead that you grew up in is for sale
again. It looks really bad. I walked through the house and barn; quite a
mess. Then I get this message from TheZenker
(i.e. a Daunbe High classmate) -- On my
way to Willmar I saw a for sale sign on your old home farm house. The place
looks very overgrown, you can barely see the house and barn. But, it’s still a
mile and a quarter south of Roseland. They tell it like it is.
Oh ya, I stood up for my friend Dean and his wife Pat 50
years ago. Dean told me that the naysayers
said their marriage would never last. I kidded them about that on their 50 anniversary
and his response was—we showed them!
We were in a small group church setting (i.e. having a good
time). One couple told us that they have
been married for 22 years (i.e. both marriages are their second marriages from
divorces). They said it took a couple of
years before they called each other by the correct names; they called each other
Harry and Rosie (i.e. the names of their ex-spouses). What a hoot! They told it like it was.
John (i.e. anyone can be a John), a friend of friends, was up here along
with his wife, visiting our friends. We
played pickleball with him (i.e. an accomplished player and instructor). I said to him—nice shot! He said—I will teach it to you, erv for nine
ninety-nine! He gave us a clinic that
evening. I learned and relearned some
things about technique, philosophy, shots, mechanics, positions. He showed me how to hit a cut shot that I
want to learn (i.e. he suggested I change my grip to a continental grip from my
eastern grip). I am going to work on
it. I like to learn something new. Basically, John told us—If anyone wants to
get better, they must learn to play the game right, learn proper techniques,
practice the shots time after time after time so the shots can be made
consistently without the thought of execution. He told it like it is! SusieQ says--A player can’t get better
practicing doing it wrong. Sounds much
like life folks. Oh, by the way, he
didn’t charge us nine ninety-nine. ha ha I really enjoyed John and
Phyliss. Seem to be real folks with good
hearts.
MissPerfect says in reply to ItcheiBitchie’s opening
remark—Au contraire. ItchieBitchie’s
statement was probably an exact reflection of who he is and how he speaks to
those who agree with him. Alcohol,
Ambien and a giant ego probably acted more like truth serum (i.e. they let him
tell it like it is; at least in his head!).
Have a FUN day my friends unless you have other plans. (-:
erv
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