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> > Three sons left home, went out on their own and prospered. Getting back
> > together, they discussed the gifts they were able to give their elderly
> > mother.
> > The first said, "I built a big house for our mother."
> > The second said," I sent her a Mercedes with a driver."
> > The third smiled and said, "I've got you, both beat. You know how Mom
> > enjoys the Bible, and you know she can't see very well. I sent her a
> > brown parrot that can recite the entire Bible. It took 20 monks in a
>monastery
> > 12 years to teach him. I had to pledge to contribute $100,000.00 a year
>for
> > 10 years, but it was worth it. Mom just has to name the chapter and verse,
> > and the parrot will recite it."
> > > >
> > Soon thereafter, Mom sent out her letters of thanks:
> > "Milton," she wrote the first son, "The house you built is so huge. I live
>in only one room,
> > but I have to clean the whole house."
> > > >
> > "Marvin," she wrote to another, "I am too old to travel. I stay home all
>the time, so I never use the Mercedes. And the driver is so rude!"
> > > >
> > "Dearest Melvin," she wrote to her third son, "You were the only son to
> > have the good sense to know what your mother likes. That chicken was
>delicious."
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