07-23-2020, 11:22 PM
(07-23-2020, 06:47 PM)gordi Wrote: Seasons come and seasons go
with Winter Spring and Summer
but through it all,
and standing tall...
Ninurta, Our Woods-Runner.
They say with age comes wisdom,
maturity and knowledge?
Well, knowing him,
I have to ask...
When does he start at college?
I know I jest, but please forgive,
I do not mean to sin.
My rhyme has but,
one thing to say...
And it's HAPPY BIRTHDAY NIN!
G
Holy crap - I'm touched*! No one has ever written me a birthday poem from scratch before!
Thanks, Gordi!
* - You may interpret that as "tetched in the head" if you so desire...
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Diogenes was eating bread and lentils for supper. He was seen by the philosopher Aristippus, who lived comfortably by flattering the king.
Said Aristippus, ‘If you would learn to be subservient to the king you would not have to live on lentils.’ Said Diogenes, ‘Learn to live on lentils and you will not have to be subservient to the king.’
Said Aristippus, ‘If you would learn to be subservient to the king you would not have to live on lentils.’ Said Diogenes, ‘Learn to live on lentils and you will not have to be subservient to the king.’