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<blockquote data-quote="George" data-source="post: 1096598" data-attributes="member: 1980"><p>Catching Wild Pigs</p><p>></p><p>> This is a word to the wise, if you can understand what's going on</p><p>> around you....</p><p>></p><p>> There was a chemistry professor in a large college</p><p>> that had some exchange students in the class.</p><p>></p><p>> One day while the class was in the lab, the professor noticed one young</p><p>> man,</p><p>> an exchange student, who kept rubbing his back and stretching as if his</p><p>> back hurt.</p><p>></p><p>> The professor asked the young man what was the matter.</p><p>></p><p>> The student told him he had a bullet lodged in his back. He had been shot</p><p>> while fighting communists in his native country who were trying to</p><p>> overthrow his country's government and install a new communist regime.</p><p>></p><p>> In the midst of his story, he looked at the professor and asked a strange</p><p>> question.</p><p>></p><p>> He asked: "Do you know how to catch wild pigs?"</p><p>></p><p>> The professor thought it was a joke and asked for the punch line.</p><p>></p><p>> The young man said that it was no joke.</p><p>></p><p>> "You catch wild pigs by finding a suitable place in the woods and putting</p><p>> corn on the ground. The pigs find it and begin to come every day to</p><p>> eat the free corn. When they are used to coming every day, you put</p><p>> a fence down one side of the place where they are used to coming. When</p><p>> they get used to the fence, they begin to eat the corn again and you</p><p>> put up another side of the fence. They get used to that and start</p><p>> to eat again. You continue until you have all four sides of the fence</p><p>> up with a gate in the last side. The pigs, which are used to the</p><p>> free corn, start to come through the gate to eat that free corn again.</p><p>> You then slam the gate on them and catch the whole herd.</p><p>></p><p>> Suddenly the wild pigs have lost their freedom. They run around and</p><p>> around</p><p>> inside the fence, but they are caught. Soon they go back to eating the</p><p>> free corn. They are so used to it that they have forgotten how to</p><p>> forage in the woods for themselves, so they accept their captivity."</p><p>></p><p>> The young man then told the professor that is exactly what he sees</p><p>> happening in America. "The government keeps pushing us toward</p><p>> Communism/Socialism and keeps spreading the free corn out in the form</p><p>> of programs such as supplemental income, tax credit for unearned</p><p>> income, tax exemptions, tobacco subsidies, dairy subsidies, payments</p><p>> not to plant crops (CRP), welfare, medicine, drugs, etc., while we</p><p>> continually lose our freedoms, just a little at a time. "</p><p>></p><p>> One should always remember two truths:</p><p>></p><p>> There is no such thing as a free lunch,</p><p>></p><p>> and you can never hire someone to provide a service for you cheaper</p><p>> than you can do it yourself.</p><p>></p><p>> If you see that all of this wonderful government "help" is a problem</p><p>> confronting the future of democracy in America, you might want to send</p><p>> this on to your friends.</p><p>></p><p>> If you think the free ride is essential to your way of life, then you</p><p>> will</p><p>> probably delete this email.</p><p>></p><p>> BUT, God help us all when the gate slams shut !!!</p><p>></p><p>> Quote for today:</p><p>></p><p>> "The problems we face today are there because</p><p>> the people who work for a living are now outnumbered.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="George, post: 1096598, member: 1980"] Catching Wild Pigs > > This is a word to the wise, if you can understand what's going on > around you.... > > There was a chemistry professor in a large college > that had some exchange students in the class. > > One day while the class was in the lab, the professor noticed one young > man, > an exchange student, who kept rubbing his back and stretching as if his > back hurt. > > The professor asked the young man what was the matter. > > The student told him he had a bullet lodged in his back. He had been shot > while fighting communists in his native country who were trying to > overthrow his country's government and install a new communist regime. > > In the midst of his story, he looked at the professor and asked a strange > question. > > He asked: "Do you know how to catch wild pigs?" > > The professor thought it was a joke and asked for the punch line. > > The young man said that it was no joke. > > "You catch wild pigs by finding a suitable place in the woods and putting > corn on the ground. The pigs find it and begin to come every day to > eat the free corn. When they are used to coming every day, you put > a fence down one side of the place where they are used to coming. When > they get used to the fence, they begin to eat the corn again and you > put up another side of the fence. They get used to that and start > to eat again. You continue until you have all four sides of the fence > up with a gate in the last side. The pigs, which are used to the > free corn, start to come through the gate to eat that free corn again. > You then slam the gate on them and catch the whole herd. > > Suddenly the wild pigs have lost their freedom. They run around and > around > inside the fence, but they are caught. Soon they go back to eating the > free corn. They are so used to it that they have forgotten how to > forage in the woods for themselves, so they accept their captivity." > > The young man then told the professor that is exactly what he sees > happening in America. "The government keeps pushing us toward > Communism/Socialism and keeps spreading the free corn out in the form > of programs such as supplemental income, tax credit for unearned > income, tax exemptions, tobacco subsidies, dairy subsidies, payments > not to plant crops (CRP), welfare, medicine, drugs, etc., while we > continually lose our freedoms, just a little at a time. " > > One should always remember two truths: > > There is no such thing as a free lunch, > > and you can never hire someone to provide a service for you cheaper > than you can do it yourself. > > If you see that all of this wonderful government "help" is a problem > confronting the future of democracy in America, you might want to send > this on to your friends. > > If you think the free ride is essential to your way of life, then you > will > probably delete this email. > > BUT, God help us all when the gate slams shut !!! > > Quote for today: > > "The problems we face today are there because > the people who work for a living are now outnumbered. [/QUOTE]
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