EVEHART33@aol.com wrote: > I grew up in a time when( using the earlier thread analogy) > lions(PartsPlace) routinely ate baby zebras (Melissas' or her male > brothers) crossing their watering hole(place of business) was maybe > more expected. > Female zebras learned to seek advice from the male zebras, who were > more frequently mauled, for the safest crossing. > I once earned my portion of meat as a salesman for a Porsche-Audi-VW > dealership where many zebras gathered.The head lion was always > hungry and demanded much meat if we were to remain in the pride and > eat. We learned not to maul too much so that the zebras would return > when their wounds had healed. Curiously I once also once worked at a > Jaguar Restoration shop for a well known lion where the fattest > zebras lined up to be eaten, considered it a privilege, and bragged > to the herd how much meat they lost. > The point is: It's a jungle out there and the zebra didn't seek > advice from the herd in the 11th hour before crossing. Gain counsel > from the raven and take it to the wise old owl. I don't get it - what did the Jaguars eat ? "Owa tagu siam" - Ancient Native American Proverb. |
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