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Bark bark bark!
Life etc.
by Jun Cordero
My mom used to always say
that not everything you read or hear
on the news is necessarily correct
- grammatically, that is. Whenever I
tell this to my wife and kids they just
shrug it off with “who cares”. Well I
care - as my wife always tell me I’m
such a geek that I always make a big
deal out of such things. Well, there’s
just some things or ways people waste
words that are simply irritating.
I already mentioned some in
one of my writings before, like those
pesky Skytrain announcement when
arriving at a station where they say
“the next station is blah-blah-blah”.
Why not just cut to the name of the
station, instead of wasting words like
“the next station is...” - pretty obvious
that it’s the next one anyways.
Another example, those TV
commercials telling you to order
right away. One goes like, “Give us a
call today blah-blah-blah...” Why not
simply “Call us today...” or “Order
today...”. Better still just say “Call
us!” In fact, why does it have to be
today? I can just hear my kids sigh
“oh brother!”
All of us must now have been
used to McD (McDonalds) calling
your order by number. They say “Now
serving guest number blah-blah-blah.”
There was a time our frequent McD
location was literally super-busy
and the girl calling out the orders
was really way behind as there were
dozens of numbers to be called.
Wonder why nobody in McDonalds
ever thought of just calling out the
number? Why do they have to say
“now serving the next guest...”
My wife can only sigh and
shake her head. You bark at everything,
she tells me. But not really. It’s just
another stage in our life cycle. Here’s
what my friend sent me - some of you
must already have seen this.
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?” So God agreed...
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 agreed.
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 again.
On the fourth day God created
man and said, “eat, sleep, and play,
marry and enjoy your life. For this
I’ll give you twenty years.” But the
man said, “Only twenty years? Could
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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’s 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.