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From: brooke@nmtvax.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.jokes
Subject: Things are not always as they seem.
Message-ID: <279@nmtvax.UUCP>
Date: Sun, 17-Feb-85 18:53:24 EST
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Posted: Sun Feb 17 18:53:24 1985
Date-Received: Thu, 21-Feb-85 04:08:01 EST
Reply-To: brooke@nmtvax.UUCP (J. Brooke King)
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                     If You Are Unhappy

Once upon a time, there was a nonconforming
     sparrow who decided not to fly south for the winter.
However, soon the weather turned so cold that he
     reluctantly started to fly south.  In a short time ice
began to form on his wings and he fell to earth in
     a barnyard, almost frozen.  A cow passed by and
crapped on the little sparrow.  The sparrow thought
     it was the end.  But, the manure warmed him and
defrosted his wings.  Warm and happy, able to
     breathe, he started to sing.  Just then a
large cat came by and, hearing the chirping,
     investigated the sounds.
The cat cleared away the manure, found the
     chirping bird and promptly ate him.

                   The Moral of the Story

1 Everyone who shits on you is not necessarily your enemy.

2 Everyone who gets you out of the shit is not necessarily your friend.

3 And, if you're warm and happy in a pile of shit, keep your mouth shut.
-- 

                                 J. Brooke King                         
                                 ... ucbvax!unmvax!nmtvax!brooke

Any viewpoints expressed herein are my own and not necessarily those of
the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology.

P.S.  Was this message intelligible?  Really?  They usually aren't.