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--------------4EEF68EE76AD8696D751A9F1 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Nancy, good one! Claudia Nancy Vanhook wrote: > For Greg Beukema--delete this. It is a joke & you don't want them on > the list. I rather like having them and am very careful to send only > the best jokes and not too often. > For others who like an occasional joke. . . . . enjoy . . . . .Nancy V > > > > A pheasant was standing in a field chatting to a bull. "I would > love to be able to get to the top of yonder tree', sighed the > pheasant, > 'but I haven't got the energy'. > > 'Well, why don't you nibble on some of my droppings?' replied the > bull. > > 'They're packed with nutrients'. > > The pheasant pecked at a lump of dung and found that it actually > gave him enough strength to reach the first branch of the tree. The > next day, after eating some more dung, he reached the second branch. > > And so on and so forth. Finally, after a fourth night, there he was > proudly perched at the top of the tree. Whereupon he was spotted by a > farmer who dashed into the farmhouse, emerged with a shotgun, and shot > > the pheasant right out of the tree. > > Moral of the Story: > > Bullshit might get you to the top, but it won't keep you there. --------------4EEF68EE76AD8696D751A9F1 Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit <HTML> Nancy, good one! Claudia <P>Nancy Vanhook wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE>For Greg Beukema--delete this. It is a joke & you don't want them on the list. I rather <U>like</U> having them and am very careful to send only the best jokes and not too often. <BR>For others who like an occasional joke. . . . . enjoy . . . . .Nancy V <BR> <P>A pheasant was standing in a field chatting to a bull. "I would <BR>love to be able to get to the top of yonder tree', sighed the pheasant, <BR>'but I haven't got the energy'. <P>'Well, why don't you nibble on some of my droppings?' replied the <BR>bull. <P>'They're packed with nutrients'. <P>The pheasant pecked at a lump of dung and found that it actually <BR>gave him enough strength to reach the first branch of the tree. The <BR>next day, after eating some more dung, he reached the second branch. <P>And so on and so forth. Finally, after a fourth night, there he was <BR>proudly perched at the top of the tree. Whereupon he was spotted by a <BR>farmer who dashed into the farmhouse, emerged with a shotgun, and shot <BR>the pheasant right out of the tree. <P>Moral of the Story: <P>Bullshit might get you to the top, but it won't keep you there.</BLOCKQUOTE> </HTML> --------------4EEF68EE76AD8696D751A9F1--