Friday, November 19, 2010

Wit and wisdom

When a man steals your wife, there is no better revenge than to let him keep her. - Sacha Guitry

A man inserted an ad in the classifieds:”Wife wanted”. Next day he received a hundred letters. They all said the same thing: You can have mine.”

First guy: “My wife is an angel!”
Second guy: “You are lucky, mine is still alive.”

Some people ask the secret of our long marriage. We take time to go to a restaurant two times a week. A little candle light dinner, soft music and dancing. She goes Tuesdays, I go Fridays.” - Kim Kinison

After marriage, husband and wife become two sides of a coin, they just can’t face each other, but still they stay together.

Birds of A Feather

Story of the Geese

Every autumn in England I see geese flying southward in V-formation, away from winter time. But it is only recently I took notice of them: Science recently discovered something about flying in V-formation. Every bird flapping his wings, creates an air cushion for the other bird flying right next to him. By flying in V-formation, the entire flock creates a velocity which is 71% more than one bird alone.

What can we learn from these geese?

People who are going into the same direction, who are having a feeling of togetherness, can reach their goal faster and easier because they have faith in each other.

When a goose falls out of the formation, he suddenly feels how hard it is to fly through the air resistance, and tries to catch up with the formation as soon as possible, to benefit from the air cushion which the goose in the front creates- If we have the brains of a goose, we would keep flying in the vicinity of those who are going in the same direction as we are.

When the front goose gets tired, it pulls back, and another goose takes over- It would be wise for people who carry a heavy task to take turns, just like the geese flying southward.

The geese flying in V-formation make “quacking” sounds to stimulate the birds flying in the front to maintain their ----------

What do people say when they are “quacking” behind? Usually they have comments on the ones ahead.

Finally- and this is important- when a goose becomes sick or injured and falls out of the formation, two geese always join it. They escort it to the ground where they help and protect it. They stay with it until it is strong and can fly again, or dies. Only then they will continue their flight, or wait for another flock to join in and fly off to their own group.

If we had the brains of a goose we would stick together to help and protect each other to reach our goal.....

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