Life, explained

[snopes]

On the first day, God created the dog and said, "Sit all day by the door of your house and bark at anyone who comes in or walks past. For this, I will give you a life span of twenty years." The dog said, "That's a long time to be barking. How about only ten years and I'll give you back the other ten?" And God saw it was good.

On the second day, God created the monkey and said, "Entertain people, do tricks, and make them laugh. For this, I'll give you a twenty-year life span."

The monkey said, "Monkey tricks for twenty years? That's a pretty long time to perform. How about I give you back ten like the dog did?" And God, again saw it was good.

On the third day, God created the cow and said, "You must go into the field with the farmer all day long and suffer under the sun, have calves and give milk to support the farmer's family. For this, I will give you a life span of sixty years." The cow said, "That's kind of a tough life you want me to live for sixty years. How about twenty and I'll give back the other forty?" And God agreed it was good.


On the fourth day, God created humans and said, "Eat, sleep, play, marry and enjoy your life. For this, I'll give you twenty years." But the human said, "Only twenty years? Could you possibly give me my twenty, the forty the cow gave back, the ten the monkey gave back and the ten the dog gave back; that makes eighty, okay?" "Okay," said God, "You asked for it."

So that is why for our first twenty years, we eat, sleep, play and enjoy ourselves. For the next forty years, we slave in the sun to support our family. For the next ten years, we do monkey tricks to entertain the grandchildren. And for the last ten years, we sit on the front porch and bark at everyone.

Life has now been explained to you.

There is no need to thank me for this valuable information. I'm doing it as a public service. If you are looking for me, I will be on the front porch.

[ToadMagnet]

Where's the credit to Andy Rooney or Paul Harvey? No directive to forward or explanation of how to give appropriate thanks for these lifetimes?

Glurge fail!

[GenYus234]

Is it just me or is the dog a bit of a wimp? Lay around all day and occasionally bark? Woah, tough life.

But this would explain why my grandfather was always throwing his feces at us.

[TrishDaDish]

Dogs live longer now than they did in the Bible days.

[Mouse]

So does this mean tortoises are right bastards because apparently God gave them 200 years and the tortoise said, "Hell yeah I'm keeping all 200 of those years."

[TrishDaDish]

No, it means they're smart. They know it could take forever to walk somewhere and would need those 200 years.

[Dasla]

Originally Posted by TrishDaDish

Dogs live longer now than they did in the Bible days.

and working dogs do a lot more then sit around and bark at occasionally.


and I think there is a little more to being a monkey the it says here. They have to evolve for one thing

[Mouse]

But what about cats? What does it say about them that when offered another decade of sleeping eighteen hours a day, spending much of the remainder eating, grooming, and pooping, that they said to God, "Naw that sounds like too much work..."

[Dasla]

Originally Posted by Mouse

But what about cats? What does it say about them that when offered another decade of sleeping eighteen hours a day, spending much of the remainder eating, grooming, and pooping, that they said to God, "Naw that sounds like too much work..."

That's because cats belong to the devil Actually there is work they don. They are supposed to chase well, you mouse.

[TrishDaDish]

Cats don't care about how long the life span is when they have nine to use.