The Old Farmer's Advice
Posted: Sun Aug 23, 2009 3:49 am
[color=#003300]* Your fences need to be horse-high, pig-tight and bull-strong.
* Keep skunks and bankers at a distance.
* Life is simpler when you plow around the stump.
* A bumble bee is considerably faster than a John Deere tractor.
* Words that soak into your ears are whispered, not yelled.
* Meanness dorsn't jes' happen overnight.
* Forgive your enemies. It messes up their heads.
* Do not corner something that you know is meaner than you..
* It doesn't take a very big person to carry a grudge.
* You cannot unsay a cruel word.
* Every path has a few puddles.
* When you wallow with pigs, expect to get dirty.
* The best sermons are lived, not preached.
* Most of the stuff people worry about won't ever happen anyway.
* Don't judge folks by their relatives.
* If the only shade is behind the cow, don't fall asleep in the shade.
* No matter what side the shade is around the bull, stay out of his pasture.
* The theory of relativity is in question when visiting city kinfolk are scared in the night and are gone before the light.
* Remember that silence is sometimes the best answer.
* Live a good, honorable life. Then when you get older and think back, you'll enjoy it a second time.
* Don't interfere with somethin' that ain't bothering you.
* Timing has a lot to do with the success of a rain dance.
