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- Jun 16, 2006
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Here is a pretty neat little
thing from Paul Harvey. See if you can guess the riddle at the end.
Paul Harvey Writes:
We tried so hard to make things better for
our kids that we made them worse. For my grandchildren, I'd like better.
I'd really like for them to
know about hand me down clothes and homemade ice cream and leftover meat loaf
sandwiches. I really would.
I hope you learn humility by being
humiliated, and that you learn honesty by being cheated.
I hope you learn to make your
own bed and mow the lawn and wash the car.
And I really hope nobody gives
you a brand new car when you are sixteen.
It will be good if at least one time you
can see puppies born and your old dog put to sleep.
I hope you get a black eye fighting for
something you believe in.
I hope you have to share a bedroom with
your younger brother/sister. And it's all right if you have to draw a line down
the middle of the room,but when he wants to crawl under the covers with you
because he's scared, I hope you let him.
When you want to see a movie and your
little brother/sister wants to tag along, I hope you'll let him/her.
I hope you have to walk uphill
to school with your friends and that you live in a town where you can do it
safely.
On rainy days when you have to catch a
ride, I hope you don't ask your driver to drop you two blocks away so you won't
be seen riding with someone as uncool as your Mom.
If you want a slingshot, I hope your Dad
teaches you how to make one instead of buying one.
I hope you learn to dig in the
dirt and read books.
When you learn to use computers, I hope you
also learn to add and subtract in your head.
I hope you get teased by your friends when
you have your first crush on a boy\girl, and when you talk back to your mother
that you learn what ivory soap tastes like.
May you skin your knee climbing a mountain,
burn your hand on a stove and stick your tongue on a frozen flagpole.
I don't care if you try a beer once, but I
hope you don't like it.. And if a friend offers you dope or a joint, I hope you
realize he is not your friend.
I sure hope you make time to sit on a porch
with your Grandma/Grandpa and go fishing with your Uncle.
May you feel sorrow at a funeral and joy
during the holidays.
I hope your mother punishes you when you
throw a baseball through your neighbor's window and that she hugs you and
kisses you at Hannukah/Christmas time when you give her a plaster mold of your
hand.
These things I wish for you -
tough times and disappointment, hard work and happiness. To me, it's the only
way to appreciate life.
Paul Harvey RIDDLE:
When asked this riddle, 80% of kindergarten
kids got the answer, compared to 17% of Stanford University& lt; seniors.
What is greater than God, More evil than
the devil, The poor have it, The rich need it, And if you eat it, you'll die?
thing from Paul Harvey. See if you can guess the riddle at the end.
Paul Harvey Writes:
We tried so hard to make things better for
our kids that we made them worse. For my grandchildren, I'd like better.
I'd really like for them to
know about hand me down clothes and homemade ice cream and leftover meat loaf
sandwiches. I really would.
I hope you learn humility by being
humiliated, and that you learn honesty by being cheated.
I hope you learn to make your
own bed and mow the lawn and wash the car.
And I really hope nobody gives
you a brand new car when you are sixteen.
It will be good if at least one time you
can see puppies born and your old dog put to sleep.
I hope you get a black eye fighting for
something you believe in.
I hope you have to share a bedroom with
your younger brother/sister. And it's all right if you have to draw a line down
the middle of the room,but when he wants to crawl under the covers with you
because he's scared, I hope you let him.
When you want to see a movie and your
little brother/sister wants to tag along, I hope you'll let him/her.
I hope you have to walk uphill
to school with your friends and that you live in a town where you can do it
safely.
On rainy days when you have to catch a
ride, I hope you don't ask your driver to drop you two blocks away so you won't
be seen riding with someone as uncool as your Mom.
If you want a slingshot, I hope your Dad
teaches you how to make one instead of buying one.
I hope you learn to dig in the
dirt and read books.
When you learn to use computers, I hope you
also learn to add and subtract in your head.
I hope you get teased by your friends when
you have your first crush on a boy\girl, and when you talk back to your mother
that you learn what ivory soap tastes like.
May you skin your knee climbing a mountain,
burn your hand on a stove and stick your tongue on a frozen flagpole.
I don't care if you try a beer once, but I
hope you don't like it.. And if a friend offers you dope or a joint, I hope you
realize he is not your friend.
I sure hope you make time to sit on a porch
with your Grandma/Grandpa and go fishing with your Uncle.
May you feel sorrow at a funeral and joy
during the holidays.
I hope your mother punishes you when you
throw a baseball through your neighbor's window and that she hugs you and
kisses you at Hannukah/Christmas time when you give her a plaster mold of your
hand.
These things I wish for you -
tough times and disappointment, hard work and happiness. To me, it's the only
way to appreciate life.
Paul Harvey RIDDLE:
When asked this riddle, 80% of kindergarten
kids got the answer, compared to 17% of Stanford University& lt; seniors.
What is greater than God, More evil than
the devil, The poor have it, The rich need it, And if you eat it, you'll die?
