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| Thread ID: 92672 | 2008-08-18 03:39:00 | Monday Laughs?...... | SolMiester (139) | PC World Chat |
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| 698300 | 2008-08-18 03:39:00 | This is a little long winded but worth the read!!! Subject: FW: Ant vs Grasshopper You cant help but think there is an element of truth in this story . READ TOP TO BOTTOM *There is an 'Old Version' and a 'Modern Version' .... Two Different Versions! ** **Two Different Morals! OLD VERSION: The ant works hard in the withering heat all summer long, building his house and laying up supplies for the winter. The grasshopper thinks the ant is a fool and laughs and dances and plays the summer away. Come winter, the ant is warm and well fed. The grasshopper has no food or shelter, so he dies out in the cold. MORAL OF THE STORY: Be responsible for yourself! ------------------------------------------- MODERN VERSION: The ant works hard in the withering heat all summer long, building his house and laying up supplies for the winter. The grasshopper thinks the ant is a fool and laughs and dances and plays the summer away. Come winter, the shivering grasshopper calls a press conference and demands to know why the ant should be allowed to be warm and well fed while others are cold and starving. TV1, TV3 and Maori TV show up to provide pictures of the shivering grasshopper next to a video of the ant in his comfortable home with a table filled with food. New Zealand is stunned by the sharp contrast. How can this be, that in a country of such wealth, this poor grasshopper is allowed to suffer so? Kermit the Frog appears on Good Morning with the grasshopper, and everybody cries when they sing, 'It's Not Easy Being Green.' Sue Bradford stages a demonstration in front of the ant's house where the news stations film the group singing, 'We shall overcome.' Gordon Copeland then has the group kneel down to pray to God for the grasshopper's sake. Michael Cullen exclaims in an interview with John Campbell that the ant has gotten rich off the back of the grasshopper, and both call for an immediate tax hike on the ant to make him pay his fair share as the ant is too much of a "Rich Prick." Finally, the Labour Party drafts the Economic Equity & Anti-Grasshopper Act retroactive to the beginning of the summer. The ant is fined for failing to hire a proportionate number of green bugs and, having nothing left to pay his retroactive taxes, his home is confiscated by the government. Winston gets his old law firm to represent the grasshopper in a defamation suit against the ant, and the case is tried before a panel of judges that Helen appointed from a list of single-parent welfare recipients. The ant loses the case. The story ends as we see the grasshopper finishing up the last bits of the ant's food while the government house he is in, which just happens to be the ant's old house, crumbles around him because he doesn't maintain it. The ant has disappeared in the snow. The grasshopper is found dead in a drug related incident and the house, now abandoned, is taken over by a gang of spiders who terrorize the once peaceful neighbourhood. MORAL OF THE STORY: Be VERY careful how you vote in 2008!! |
SolMiester (139) | ||
| 698301 | 2008-08-18 03:46:00 | Bugger! That's the one I was going to post! :D | johcar (6283) | ||
| 698302 | 2008-08-18 03:47:00 | That's very true. | wratterus (105) | ||
| 698303 | 2008-08-18 03:54:00 | And whats that supposed to be? The usual propaganda that all people who ever received a benefit did so because they are lazy. One day you might find yourself or someone you know in that position and then maybe you'll stop with the generalisations. |
pctek (84) | ||
| 698304 | 2008-08-18 04:15:00 | I've been there, pctek - hated it, and did not stay a beneficiary long. While I appreciated the support at the time (as pathetic a contribution to my family's living expenses as it was), I had no desire whatsoever to remain a state-sponsored beggar. There are many people who ARE happy in that position, and have been for many years - many of whom are physically able to earn a living. How often have you seen newspapers reporting the sentencing of a criminal, where their stated occupation is "Sickness Beneficiary". And people wonder why the word 'beneficiary' has such negative connotations, just like people wonder why South Auckland has a bad name. :groan: But this is a bit off track from the intended humour of this thread... |
johcar (6283) | ||
| 698305 | 2008-08-18 04:24:00 | And whats that supposed to be? The usual propaganda that all people who ever received a benefit did so because they are lazy. One day you might find yourself or someone you know in that position and then maybe you'll stop with the generalisations. <<pushes stop button>>, on long playing record....... Honestly PCtek, you really have a bee in your bonnet concerning your (brother?) dont you?, well guess what!. Not everything on the forum is written about you, concerning you and your family. By all accounts your brother is a saint, and long may he stay one. However, your brother is probably the exception to the rule.... |
SolMiester (139) | ||
| 698306 | 2008-08-18 04:28:00 | pctek, such connotations are only intended for the bastards who exploit the generosity of taxpayers by falsely claiming a disability just so they don't have get off their lazy asses to put food on the table, unlike most of us who actually work and earn money. Frankly, I think those kind of frauds should be shot dead. I have no problem helping those in need, but if you're capable of working - and you still fraud the system and get a benefit anyway - you should be shot. Or at least have the dignity to just go and die somewhere nobody will find the body so we don't have to clean up the mess. |
qazwsxokmijn (102) | ||
| 698307 | 2008-08-18 06:23:00 | Very true gadswallop. This article is worth a read on that subject. I have never met anyone who wouldn't help someone in need,it's those that think society owes them a living that are the problem. www.nzcpr.com |
Cicero (40) | ||
| 698308 | 2008-08-18 08:18:00 | Another one for PC Tech. :D A young woman was about to finish her first year at university. Like so many others her age, she considered herself to be a Labour supporter and very liberal. Among her other liberal ideals, she was very much in favour of higher taxes to support more government programs, in other words redistribution of wealth. She was deeply ashamed of her father who was a staunch National Party supporter, a feeling she openly expressed. Based on the lectures that she had participated in, and the occasional chat with a professor (who sported a full beard), she felt that her father had for years, harboured an evil and selfish desire - to keep what he thought should be his. One day she was challenging her father on his opposition to higher taxes for the rich and the need for more government programs. The self-professed objectivity proclaimed by her professors had to be the truth and she indicated so to her father. He responded by asking how she was doing at university. Taken aback, she answered rather haughtily that she had passes in 4 subjects, and let him know that it was tough to manage the work load, insisting that she was taking a very difficult course and was constantly studying, which left her no time to go out and party like other people she knew. She didn't even have time for a boyfriend, and didn't really have many varsity friends because she spent all her time studying. Her father listened and then asked, 'How is your friend Clarrisa doing? She replied 'Clarrisa is barely getting by. All she takes are easy classes, she never studies, and she has only 2 passes. But she is ever so popular on campus; varsity for her is a blast. She's always invited to all the parties and lots of times she doesn't even show up for classes because she's too hung over.' Her wise father asked his daughter, 'Why don't you go to the Chancellor's office and ask him to deduct 1 pass off you and give it to your friend who only has 2 passes. That way you will both have 3 passes and certainly that would be a fair and equal distribution of passes'. The daughter, visibly shocked by her father's suggestion, angrily fired back 'That's a crazy idea, and how would that be fair! I've worked really hard for my grades! I've invested a lot of time, and a lot of hard work! Clarrisa has done next to nothing toward her degree. She played while I worked my tail off!' The father slowly smiled, winked and said gently, 'Welcome to the National party.' Footnote: It's an Old story about the Old National Party. :lol: |
B.M. (505) | ||
| 698309 | 2008-08-18 08:22:00 | :thumbs: :thumbs: :thumbs: :thumbs: :thumbs: | johcar (6283) | ||
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