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Rodgera
17th June 2006, 08:01 PM
What It Means To Be Poor...One day a father of a very wealthy family took his son on a trip to the country with the firm purpose of showing his son how poor people can be.
They spent a couple of days and nights on the farm of what would beconsidered a very poor family.On their return from their trip, the father asked his son, "How was thetrip?" "It was great, Dad." "Did you see how poor people can be?" the father asked. "Oh Yeah" said the son. "So what did you learn from the trip?" asked the father.The son answered, "I saw that we have one dog and they had four. We have a pool that reaches to the middle of our garden and they have a creek that has no end. We have imported lanterns in our garden and they have the stars at night. Our patio reaches to the front yard and they have the whole horizon.We have a small piece of land to live on and they have fields that go beyond our sight. We have servants who serve us, but they serve others. We buy our food, but they grow theirs. We have walls around our property to protect us, they have friends to protect them."With this the boy's father was speechless.
Then his son added, "Thanks dad for showing me how poor we are."Too many times we forget what we have and concentrate on what we don't have.What is one person's worthless object is another's prize possession. It isall based on one's perspective. Makes you wonder what would happen if we all gave thanks for all the bounty we have, instead of worrying about wanting more.

- Unknown

echnidna
17th June 2006, 09:00 PM
Being poor has some advantages,

Dunno about being pisspoor though.

ernknot
19th June 2006, 11:08 PM
That kid needs counselling?

silentC
20th June 2006, 09:47 AM
Kerry Packer once said "I have no idea what it's like to be poor and I have no intention of ever finding out."

DanP
20th June 2006, 11:02 AM
I thought this was the jokes section.

Christopha
20th June 2006, 06:55 PM
What Dan said! Why post touchy feely garbage here? I get enough of that tripe emailed to me....

doug the slug
20th June 2006, 07:19 PM
What Dan said! Why post touchy feely garbage here? I get enough of that tripe emailed to me....

Whats yer email addy christopher? i'll send you all the ones i get too:D

soundman
23rd June 2006, 11:40 PM
The way this country is being restructured there is no way I want to be one of the poor underclass.

and thats no joke.