The Tale of the Donkey

[Valerie100]

An old man, a boy and a donkey were going to town. The boy rode on the donkey and the old man walked. As they went along some people they passed remarked it was a shame the old man was walking and the boy was riding. The man and boy thought maybe the critics were right, so they changed positions. Later, they passed some people that remarked, "What a shame, he makes that little boy walk." They then decided they both would walk! Soon they passed some more people who thought they were stupid to walk when they had a decent donkey to ride. So, they both rode the donkey. Now they passed some poeple that shamed them by saying how awful to put such a load on a poor donkey. The boy and man said they were probably right, so they decided to carry the donkey. As they crossed the bridge, they lost their grip on the animal and he fell into the river and drowned. The moral of the story? If you try to please everyone, you might as well... Kiss your ass goodbye!

[Valerie100]

Hey, hey, hey, it's nice to see some of my FG friends again, Floppy and Snooze! I hope you're both doing well. I've been busy with work, and then my car was out of commission for awhile. I've been eating out in restaurants a lot. That wrecks havoc with your diet. California was great. I went to Sacramento, Old Sacramento, Sudder's Creek (farm country) and San Francisco. I also saw Alcatraz. I ate a lot, went wine tasting and partied. We also went gambling one night. I didn't get to ride on a trolley, but, yes, Rice-A-Roni really is the San Francisco treat! Ding, ding. I love the way the streets in San Francisco are so hilly. If it weren't so expensive, I think I might want to live there; although, then again, those hills could start to get on your nerves by having to go up and down them day after day, especially, after a hard day at work or dare I say... three sheets to the wind. One street literally sidewinds back and forth all the way down a hill. There are houses and cars parked on the side of the road that twists, zig-zagging back and forth. It's like going down a zig-zagging rollercoaster in your automobile. :driving:

[Rapunzel]

Lmao! Excellent joke! :wah:

That windy (rhymes with mind-y, not sindy) street is called Lombard Street and is the crookedest street in the world apparently.



The first pic is looking down Lombard Street and shows how very steep and windy (crooked) it is. In the middle top of the pic is a thin white tower. This is called the Coit Tower and was the tallest building left standing in San Francisco after the huge 1906 earthquake. The island in the Bay is Alcatraz.

The second pic is looking up Lombard Street. As you can see it's one way only (downhill). Where you can see all the mud and hedges and stalks of grass is, in summer, a riot of colours and stuffed with a huge variety of flowers. Its stunningly gorgeous! On the right is a blue house and behind it a white one. This is where my friend used to live when I worked in San Francisco. :-6

[venus]

Valerie100 wrote: An old man, a boy and a donkey were going to town. The boy rode on the donkey and the old man walked. As they went along some people they passed remarked it was a shame the old man was walking and the boy was riding. The man and boy thought maybe the critics were right, so they changed positions. Later, they passed some people that remarked, "What a shame, he makes that little boy walk." They then decided they both would walk! Soon they passed some more people who thought they were stupid to walk when they had a decent donkey to ride. So, they both rode the donkey. Now they passed some poeple that shamed them by saying how awful to put such a load on a poor donkey. The boy and man said they were probably right, so they decided to carry the donkey. As they crossed the bridge, they lost their grip on the animal and he fell into the river and drowned. The moral of the story? If you try to please everyone, you might as well... Kiss your ass goodbye!


I know this story hence my tag line because aint it the truth...:rolleyes: