Country Wisdom
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Country fences need to be horse high,
pig tight and bull strong
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Life is not about how fast you run, or
how high you climb, but how well you
bounce.
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Keep skunks and bankers at a distance.
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Life is simpler when you plow around the stumps.
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Mortgaging a future crop is saddling a wobbly colt.
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A bumble bee is faster than a John Deere tractor.
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Trouble with a milk cow is she won't stay milked.
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Don't skinny dip with snapping turtles.
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Words that soak into your ears are whispered, not yelled.
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Meanness don't happen overnight.
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To know how country folks are doing,
look at their barns, not their houses.
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Never lay an angry hand on a kid or an animal,
it just ain't helpful.
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Teachers, bankers, and hoot owls sleep with
one eye open.
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Forgive your enemies. It messes with their heads.
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Don't sell your mule to buy a plow.
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Two can live as cheap as one, if one don't eat.
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Don't corner something meaner than you.
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You can catch more flies with honey than vinegar,
assuming you want to catch flies.
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Man is the only critter who feels the need to label
things as flowers or weeds.
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It don't take a very big person to carry a grudge.
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Don't go huntin' with a fellow named Chug-A-Lug.
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You can't unsay a cruel thing.
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Every path has some puddles .
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When you wallow with pigs, expect to get dirty.
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And don't name a pig, calf or goat you plan to eat.
[ Author Unknown -- from Harveythefrogprince, via 'Buffalos Chips' (buffalos-g-jokes.yahoogroups.com) ]
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