A wealthy old lady decides to go on a photo safari in Africa, taking
her>faithful aged poodle named Cuddles, along for the company. One day the
poodle starts chasing butterflies and before long, Cuddles discovers that
he's lost. Wandering about, she notices a leopard heading rapidly in her
direction with the intention of having lunch.
The old poodle thinks, "Oh, oh! I'm in deep shit!" Noticing some bones on
the ground close by, she immediately settles down to chew on the bones with
her back to the approaching cat. Just as the leopard is about to leap,
the old poodle exclaims loudly, "Boy, that was one delicious leopard! I
wonder if there are any more around here?"
Hearing this, the young leopard halts his attack in mid-strike, a look of
terror comes over him and he slinks
away >into the trees. "Whew!", says the leopard, "That was close! That old
poodle nearly had me!"
Meanwhile, a monkey who had been watching the whole scene from a nearby
tree, figures he can put this knowledge to good use and trade it for
protection from the leopard. So off he goes, but the old poodle sees him
heading after the leopard with great speed, and figures that something must
be up. The monkey soon catches up with the leopard, spills the beans and
strikes a deal for himself with the leopard.
The young leopard is furious at being made a fool of and says, "Here,
monkey, hop on my back and see what's going to happen to that conniving
canine!"
Now, the old poodle sees the leopard coming with the monkey on his back and
thinks, "What am I going to do now?", but instead of running, the dog sits
down with her back to her attackers, pretending she hasn't seen them
yet, and just when they get close enough to hear, the old poodle says:
"Where's that damn monkey? I sent him off an hour ago to bring me another
leopard!"
Moral of this story..
Don't mess with old farts...age and treachery will always overcome youth and
skill! Bullshit and brilliance only come with age and experience!
old farts
Re: old farts
Great stuff Robby - straight out of the New Zealand rugby coaching manual as written by Andy Haden!!Robby NZ wrote:....age and treachery will always overcome youth and
skill!
