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The Optimist
Author Unknown, More Sower’s Seeds
There is a story of identical twins. One was a hope-filled optimist. “Everything is coming up roses!” he would say. The other twin was a sad and hopeless pessimist. He thought that Murphy, as in Murphy’s Law, was an optimist.
The worried parents of the boys brought them to the local psychologist.
He suggested to the parents a plan to balance the twins’
personalities.
“On their next birthday, put them in separate rooms to open their gifts. Give the pessimist the best toys you can afford, and give the optimist a box of manure.” The parents followed these instructions and carefully observed the results.
When they peeked in on the pessimist, they heard him audibly complaining, “I don’t like the color of this computer . . I’ll bet this calculator will break . . . I don’t like the game . . . I know someone who’s got a bigger toy car than this . . .”
Tiptoeing across the corridor, the parents peeked in and saw their little optimist gleefully throwing the manure up in the air. He was giggling. “You can’t fool me! Where there’s this much manure, there’s gotta be a pony!”
What say you sweet friends.
Are you an optimist or pessimist eh?
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August 4th, 2006 at 2:16 am
Oh! DEFINITELY a pessimist! Great story though~!
August 4th, 2006 at 9:17 am
When it comes to the Middle East, mark me down as a pessimist also…but in most things I’m skeptically optimistic…lol
August 4th, 2006 at 9:29 am
Thanks A Truman and AC!…heck might as well look at the bright side eh?..
August 4th, 2006 at 12:34 pm
Yep Angel might as well look at the bright side, who knows that couple with the twins that one twin that got that present of the Dung could have been worse he could have started throwing feecies at his parents from then on like the inmates do to the guards down at Club Gitmo.
August 4th, 2006 at 12:43 pm
Hezbollywood/3…
Ottimo riepilogo, su Arutz Sheva (IsraelNationalNews.com), di tutte le prove a sostegno della teoria che il “massacro di Cana” sia stato - in tutto o in parte - orchestrato da Hezbollah per scatenare l’indignazione dei mainstream media occidentali. …
August 4th, 2006 at 1:31 pm
2996…
As many of you know, there is to be a blogburst on September 11th in tribute to the victims of 9/11. I have signed up and have a person to whom I will pay tribute on that day. I was pleased to read on the 2996 blog that there has been a large conting…..
August 4th, 2006 at 1:48 pm
Uncooperative Radio Podcast 08-04-06…
Today we discuss Dirka Dirka Murtha Jihad! and Illegal Immigration. I know it is stuff I blogged about, but there will be plenty of ranting for you all.
Links:
Marine Names Murtha in Defamation Suit
Mexican Consul Weighs In On State’s Immigration
Thi…
August 4th, 2006 at 2:00 pm
He Ain’t No Saint…
If the written word were still expressed on paper, I think Id be mourning the fallen trees wasted to provide the reams of paper needed for the feeding frenzy documenting the Fall of Mel Gibson….
August 4th, 2006 at 3:54 pm
Life is a joy…
Tough, difficult, painful, but I would never wish, not to have this amazing experience…
August 4th, 2006 at 4:30 pm
I’ve always been an optimist. Actually I’m an obsessive compulsive optimist. Actually I’m an obsessive compulsive optimist. Actually I’m an obsessive compulsive optimist. Actually I’m an obsessive compulsive optimist. Actually I’m an obsessive compulsive optimist.
August 4th, 2006 at 4:31 pm
Did I mention that I’m an obsessive compulsive optimist?
August 4th, 2006 at 4:33 pm
Liberals blind to Islamic Danger: High Dynamic Ran…
In the New York Times Technology section you will find a software technology known as high dynamic range photography… It is liberals, especially Jewish liberals, whose misplaced sense of tolerance, has blinded them to the Islamic barbarity raging …..
August 4th, 2006 at 4:42 pm
CNN… FRIENDS OF IRAN, SYRIA AND HEZBOLLAH???…
Patty has an idea, and she posted it on her blog:
“I have a challenge/suggestion to all the bloggers out there.
A few days ago on CNN and HNN they were talking , actually bemoaning the bloggers and how we have 39% of the population in this nati….
August 4th, 2006 at 4:50 pm
As you can see, Angel, I’ve finally managed to leave a trackback! YAY!
Regarding the pessimist/optimist story, I read it to my daughter who jokingly stuck out her lower lip and in a childish voice said “I want a pony!” (She was kidding… she’s getting ready to go to college.) So I told her I wouldn’t buy her a pony but I was willing to compromise; on her next birthday I’ll give her a box of manure! She said “That’s okay Mom. I pass!”
August 4th, 2006 at 5:26 pm
Brooklyn boy…trudat!
Bernie…what u say?..lol
Gayle…yipeee!…a trackback from u! Hooray!
August 4th, 2006 at 6:08 pm
LAUGH OUT LOUD FUNNY…
THE U.N HAS SIGHTED ISRAEL FOR RACISM, THEY ARE TARGETING ONLY ARABS!!!!
DUH! DUH!….KOFI IS THE BEST…LAST COMIC STANDING!!
August 4th, 2006 at 6:19 pm
Weekend Open Trackback…
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August 4th, 2006 at 7:08 pm
Ok enough of the congratulatory commitee’s what’s new that comes next how about some more posts that is much different than what we have been current discussing I got an Idea how about the Israel / Hezbullies war last I heard that was the main topic of the Blogosphere.
August 4th, 2006 at 7:52 pm
Short-term, pessimist; long-term optimist. I guess I’ll have to wait and see.
Oh, that makes me a skeptic.
August 4th, 2006 at 8:27 pm
PsyOps for Bin Laden…
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August 4th, 2006 at 8:28 pm
Leftist Humor…
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August 4th, 2006 at 8:46 pm
Obnoxious Repition Does Not An Argument Make…
This will be another installment in my 4GrinsNGiggles department. Per my usual, the original comments in bold, my replies in regular font. I’m sure you’ll understand the title after reading very little of this particular person’s attempt at reasoned…
August 4th, 2006 at 9:16 pm
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August 4th, 2006 at 11:08 pm
Hmmm … I’m pessimistically optimistic …or is it optimistically pessimistic …. uh … one of those would be it ….
August 4th, 2006 at 11:42 pm
Haha…that’s a good story. I will blog my own, right now, and link to this one.
August 5th, 2006 at 12:04 am
It varies for me…I’m an optomist if I’ve had my coffee, and I’m able to listen to the morning radio in my cubicle uninterrupted. I’m a pessimist if I have to explain something to someone more than once…it’s a faith in humanity type thing. What are the peaks like without their valleys right?
August 5th, 2006 at 1:06 am
Hurray for optimism!
August 5th, 2006 at 2:53 am
Why Israelis will win against Hezbollah - Photos I…
First, I have to say something about Muslims: Is there a race or culture with so ugly a face as Muslims? Is it because they grow up with so much vile hatred for infidels that it gets reflected in their faces? I mean take a look; grim, ugly, stubble-c…..
August 5th, 2006 at 8:14 am
Weekend (Open) Must-Read List…
And Now, the Good News - Michael Barone, Real Clear Politics; The Slow Decline of Andrew Sullivan - Hugh Hewitt, Townhall; The 2006 Midterms: Moving Towards Democrats - Larry Sabato and David Wasserman, Real Clear Politics; Dems in Full Retreat - Mic…..
August 5th, 2006 at 8:36 am
The Knucklehead of the Day award…
Today’s winner is Floyd Landis. ……
August 5th, 2006 at 11:39 am
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August 5th, 2006 at 12:19 pm
Ah Lil Duck Duck, I remember doing something along those very lines, it was much like a time capsule putting a bunch of memiors in a box and allow the next generation to come along and find them and to their happy surprise to find different items that belonged to different family members of the past.
It does add to some happy times indeed.
August 6th, 2006 at 1:28 am
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August 6th, 2006 at 5:05 am
War Now - War in 1967 - Israel - Arabs…
We need Israel of 1967 back. No news, no journalists, no conferences, no investigations into alleged brutality or staged massacres like Qana. Just kick ass. You can kill them all, Israel. No one really cares. The MSM could care less about a few milli…..
August 6th, 2006 at 8:03 am
The Knucklehead of the Day award…
Today’s winner is American Amicable Life Insurance Co….
August 6th, 2006 at 8:43 am
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August 6th, 2006 at 8:44 am
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August 6th, 2006 at 10:37 am
Reuters faked photo…
In the hardly surprising column of recent news…Yesterday I ran across a post on Don Surber about a possible photo manipulation by Reuters….
August 6th, 2006 at 2:44 pm
Carnival of Blue Stars #16…
Welcome to the 16th Carnival of Blue Stars. Our military men and women are our best and brightest! Their accomplishments are the pride of our country. The Carnival of Blue Stars gives us, the families, friends, supporters, veterans and current servic…..
August 7th, 2006 at 2:27 am
More Reuters fakery…
Courtesy of Adnan Hajj, imagine that. In this case we have a photo here that Reuter’s captioned as an Israeli jet firing missiles….
August 7th, 2006 at 5:48 am
Latest News On Fidel Castro…
Current conjecture among medical experts is that Fidel Castro has widely metastatic colon cancer and either did not survive the surgery announced by Cuban officials, or — if he survived — will be dead within a matter of a few weeks.
The con…
August 7th, 2006 at 9:52 am
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August 7th, 2006 at 3:01 pm
The worst barrage by far…
Once again, Haifa was hit by katyushas in by far the worst attack yet by the Hezbollah, leaving 3 dead and at least 160 injured:…
August 7th, 2006 at 3:26 pm
Le Pen punched even his fellow French in the face…
It’s a good thing I came across this shocker from The Epoch Times, from a Reuters article from July. It just goes to prove that yes, Jean-MarieDhimmi Le Pen can be and IS dangerous to even his fellow French compatriots:…