I can't remember what inspired this nonsense--probably watching cows in a field, chewing their cud.
Etiquette for Animals
There behold the glorious horse
who takes his meals
standing on four feet, of course
Everybody surely knows
when feeding fish
mix the meal in H20
Cats have class, unlike fishes,
they like their chow
on fine bone china dishes.
Milking cows take their sweet time
and ruminate
a divinely bovine dine
The dog, we know, has no couth
he’ll take his meals
while still running, on the hoof
There behold the glorious horse
who takes his meals
standing on four feet, of course
Everybody surely knows
when feeding fish
mix the meal in H20
Cats have class, unlike fishes,
they like their chow
on fine bone china dishes.
Milking cows take their sweet time
and ruminate
a divinely bovine dine
The dog, we know, has no couth
he’ll take his meals
while still running, on the hoof
James was playing one his math games which he is getting better at. "Dad, how long until I'm 10? Is it 4?" "Dad, how long until I am 25?" "19 years, James..." "Dad, how long until you are 61?" "27" I answered. 27? Holy Cow! 27? That is not very long... 27? That soon? 27? Good Lord, I gotta start taking better care of myself! 27?
ReplyDeleteGotta go out and buy an impractical sports car and hang gold chains off my chest hair. Oh wait, I don't nearly enough body hair for that. Guess I am not that old yet... Better get in gear, though...
Thank you James for that rude awakening. Kinda like thrown icewater in a hot shower....
Chick
Oops, landed on the wrong blog. If you could please move this under the "bucket list". Not sure how I put it up here, but I surely did...
ReplyDeleteChick
Whoa. 27 years? but...for me, it's about 4 years! Perspective is everything. But you're right--gather your roses while ye may. So do the things you want to do now.
ReplyDeleteI have no complaints. I've had an interesting life, and I have enjoyed doing almost all the "accepted" things backwards. I got to be home with my boys for years before I started work, doing things I was so interested in. Now I work, but hey--now I'm old! at least while I was young I did things that I have always been glad I did. And there's still time to do more.