The Good Banter Thread

[koiguy1969]

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  One day a farmer's donkey fell down into a well. The animal cried piteously for hours as the farmer tried to figure out what to do. Finally, he decided the animal was old, and the well needed to be covered up anyway; it just wasn't worth it to retrieve the donkey.
  
  He invited all his neighbors to come over and help him. They all grabbed a shovel and began to shovel dirt into the well. At first, the donkey realized what was happening and cried horribly. Then, to everyone's amazement he quieted down.
  
  A few shovel loads later, the farmer finally looked down the well. He was astonished at what he saw. With each shovel of dirt that hit his back, the donkey was doing something amazing. He would shake it off and take a step up.
  
  As the farmer's neighbors continued to shovel dirt on top of the animal, he would shake it off and take a step up. Pretty soon, everyone was amazed as the donkey stepped up over the edge of the well and happily trotted off!
  
  MORAL :
  Life is going to shovel dirt on you, all kinds of dirt. The trick to getting out of the well is to shake it off and take a step up. Each of our troubles is a steppingstone. We can get out of the deepest wells just by not stopping, never giving up! Shake it off and take a step up.
  
  Remember the five simple rules to be happy:
  
  1. Free your heart from hatred - Forgive.
  
  2. Free your mind from worries - Most never happens.
  
  3. Live simply and appreciate what you have.
  
  4. Give more.
  
  5. Expect less from people but more from yourself

 

[Big Lou]

Your opinion please.......do you like the name "L"?

 

[callingcolleen1]

Who are you going to name "L"?

 

[Big Lou]

Who are you going to name "L"?

That is a secret.

 

[sissy]

HMMMM SECRET NEW PET maybe l COULD MEAN LOVE ,LIFE ,LIVE

 

[j.w]

I like L cuz the way you wrote it it looks like a nose on a face "L" w/ eyes and has no mouth so it can't talk back to ya :razz:

 

[Fishylove]

Lol JW.

 

[CountryEscape]

I've heard of kids being named "Ell", but never thought of it spelled with just the "L". I always thought it was short for Ellen, or Ellie, or something like that! If it's a child's name, please let it be more than the letter. I think of later on, them having to deal with a first name that is one letter. For an animal/pet, most definitely I like it!

 

[j.w]

It's Lou's new siggy " L "
I could do a
" J "
* W * Had to put the dots or the w was in the wrong place for the mouth :razz:

 

[CountryEscape]

But I don't see it. JW, I saw you posted on another post "I see your "L" Lou", but I still don't see it on his posts. Am I missing something here?

 

[Big Lou]

" L " is now visable. Will try to have Big Lou changed to " L ".

 

[Jennywren]

" L" works for me... :razz:

 

[addy1]

Less typing, L instead of big lou ..................5 letters and one space bar less! Well 3 letters if we have to do the "L"

 

[sissy]

I just type BL for him :razz:

 

[Big Lou]

I can't change my avatar! I've tried everything yet nothing works. This isn't rocket science. I use Firefox. HELP!