AND THEN YOU DIE….
The trouble with experience is that so few people are born with it.
–Evan Esar
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THE LATE SHOW
Experience is the best teacher —
Of that, there is little doubt.
But many a thing learned by experience,
It’s too late to do anything about.
WIN SOME, LOSE SOME
Know this as you slog
Through life like a migrant:
Sometimes you’re the dog,
And sometimes the hydrant.
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scifihammy 3:09 am on July 16, 2015 Permalink |
hahaha 🙂
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Don Frankel 3:55 am on July 16, 2015 Permalink |
Every Dog has his day. Not sure who said that first. But as I like to say, say life is hard, then you die. But first we get a few laughs, a few base hits, score a few touch downs, date some beautiful women, listen to some great music and read mistermuse. Not so bad, even for a Dog.
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mistermuse 6:17 am on July 16, 2015 Permalink |
You’re right, Don. Nowadays, even beautiful women can date beautiful women — if that’s not Equal Rights, I don’t know what is. Anyway, speaking of who said that first, I knew I’d heard “then you die” before, but I forgot who said it. Try not to grow old, Don, unless you don’t mind your memory becoming a hydrant that Father Time pees on at will.
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arekhill1 10:22 am on July 16, 2015 Permalink |
Speaking of dogs, I always thought the expression was “Life’s a bitch. Then you marry one. Then you wish you were dead.”
Can the complexity of existence really be reduced to a simple zero-sum equation of dog vs. hydrant? True, sometimes you’re the dog, and sometimes you’re the hydrant. But sometimes you’re the car forgetfully parked in front of that hydrant, with a dog locked inside on a hot day…
The path of philosophy is endless.
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mistermuse 12:56 pm on July 16, 2015 Permalink |
“I swear that hydrant wasn’t there when I parked my car, officer!” I recall a scene like that in one of the old classic comedies (possibly Laurel & Hardy)….and the funny thing was that the hydrant was in process of being replaced and wasn’t there when he parked.
Just another example of the complexity of existence.
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BroadBlogs 1:02 pm on July 16, 2015 Permalink |
“The trouble with experience is that so few people are born with it.”
Sometimes I get annoyed thinking about the times I’ve screwed up, but then I remember what this quote says so eloquently.
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mistermuse 3:06 pm on July 16, 2015 Permalink |
When I was searching for an appropriate quote to set up my two poems, I chose that one because it’s not only eloquent, but witty. I also considered the following runner-up, which, while eloquent, lacked the wit I was looking for:
“Experience is not what happens to a man; it is what a man does with what happens to him.” -Aldous Huxley
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