Interesting Anecdotes

[Sandeep]

What do you think is the moral of the story?[/i][/b]

If you are king and have twins you are screwed.

[Querida]

What do you think is the moral of the story?[/i][/b]

If you are king and have twins you are screwed.

@ Sandeep!
i dont know like all ancedotes it is too clear-cut...anyways i think if he cared so much for his people i had a brightening hope that he would just stay with the villagers and help all he can there...instead of becoming a king...because however much he tries..he will doing more help in that small place than all of a kingdom...let his brother be king...yet rule himself...kind of like Clinton as president and Hilary as ruling :P

[NOV]

I dont know Querida, but I felt that a person who goes through troubles - even others - is able to go through his own without much difficulty. You know - the experience.

So the moral is, besides charity and other noble causes, helping others also means helping oneself too!

[Sandeep]

So the moral is, besides charity and other noble causes, helping others also means helping oneself too!

Yes I had read somewhere "Thank the person you are helping for letting you help him".

[NOV]

Sandeep, that's right.
Now, here's another one.


A long time ago in China, a girl named Li-Li got married and went to live with her husband and mother-in-law. In a very short time, Li-Li found that she couldn't get along with her mother-in-law at all. Their personalities were very different, and Li-Li was angered by many of her mother-in-law's habits. In addition, she criticized Li-Li constantly.

Days passed, and weeks passed. Li-Li and her mother-in-law never
stopped arguing and fighting. But what made the situation even worse was that, according to ancient Chinese tradition, Li-Li had to bow to her mother-in-law and obey her every wish. All the anger and unhappiness in the house was causing Li-Li's poor husband great distress.

Finally, Li-Li could not stand her mother-in-law's bad temper and dictatorship any longer, and she decided to do something about it. Li-Li went to see her father's good friend, Mr Huang, who sold herbs. She told him the situation and asked if he would give her some poison so that she could solve the problem once and for all.

Mr Huang thought for awhile, and finally said, "Li-Li, I will help you
solve your problem, but you must listen to me and obey what I tell you.

Li-Li said, "Yes, Mr. Huang, I will do whatever you tell me to do". Mr.
Huang went into the back room, and returned in a few minutes with a package of herbs.

He told Li-Li, "You can't use a quick-acting poison to get rid of your mother-in-law, because that would cause people to become suspicious. Therefore, I have given you a number of herbs that
will slowly build up poison in her body. Every other day prepare some delicious meal and put a little of these herbs in her serving. Now, in order to make sure that nobody suspects you when she dies, you must be very careful to act very friendly towards her. Don't argue with her, obey her every wish, and treat her like a queen".

Li-Li was so happy. She thanked Mr Huang and hurried home to start her plot of murdering her mother-in-law. Weeks went by, and
months went by, and every other day, Li-Li served the specially treated food to her mother-in-law. She remembered what Mr.
Huang had said about avoiding suspicion, so she controlled her temper, obeyed her mother-in-law, and treated her like her own mother.

After six months had passed, the whole household had changed. Li-Li had practised controlling her temper so much that she found that she almost never got mad or upset. She hadn't had an argument with her mother-in-law in six months because she now seemed much kinder and easier to get along with. The mother-in-law's attitude toward Li-Li changed, and she began to love Li-Li like her
own daughter. She kept telling friends and relatives that Li-Li was the best daughter-in-law one could ever find. Li-Li and her mother-in-law were now treating each other like a real mother and daughter. Li-Li's husband was very happy to see what was
happening.

One day, Li-Li came to see Mr Huang and asked for his help again. She said, "Dear Mr Huang, please help me to keep the poison from
killing my mother-in-law! She's changed into such a nice woman,
and I love her like my own mother. I do not want her to die because of the poison I gave her".

Mr Huang smiled and nodded his head. "Li-Li, there's nothing to worry about. I never gave you any poison. The herbs I gave you were vitamins to improve her health. The only poison was in your mind and your attitude towards her, but that has been all washed away by the love which you gave to her".

[Sandeep]

Nov's story's moral :

"Try to Treat Others as You Would Want Them to Treat You"

- L. Ron Hubbard in The Way to Happiness

[Bad Boy]

Nov's story's moral :

"Try to Treat Others as You Would Want Them to Treat You"

- L. Ron Hubbard in The Way to Happiness

More or less the same I saw once in train closets here in Germany.

[a.ratchasi]

STORY 1

It's a fine sunny day in the forest, and a rabbit
is sitting outside his burrow, tippy-tapping on his typewriter.
Along comes a fox, out for a walk.
Fox : "What are you working on?"
Rabbit : "My thesis."
Fox : "Hmm. What is it about?"
Rabbit : "Oh, I'm writing about how rabbits eat foxes."
Fox : "That's ridiculous! Any fool knows that rabbits don't eat
foxes!"
Rabbit : "Come with me and I'll show you!"
They both disappear into the rabbit's burrow. After a few minutes,
gnawing
on a fox bone, the rabbit returns to his typewriter and resumes
typing. Soon
a wolf comes along and stops to watch the hardworking rabbit.
Wolf : "What's that you are writing?"
Rabbit : "I'm doing a thesis on how rabbits eat wolves."
Wolf : "You don't expect to get such rubbish published, do you?"
Rabbit : "No problem. Do you want to see why?"
The rabbit and the wolf go into the burrow, and again the rabbit
returns by
himself, after a few minutes, and goes back to typing. Finally a
bear comes
along and asks, "What are you doing?"
Rabbit : "I'm doing a thesis on how rabbits eat bears."
Bear : "Well that's absurd!
Rabbit : "Come into my home and I'll show you"
As they enter the burrow, the rabbit introduces the bear to the
lion.

Moral: IT DOESN'T MATTER HOW SILLY YOUR THESIS TOPIC IS; WHAT
MATTERS
IS WHO YOU HAVE FOR A SUPERVISOR.
In the context of the working world:-
IT DOESN'T MATTER HOW BAD YOUR PERFORMANCE IS;
WHAT MATTERS IS WHETHER YOUR BOSS LIKES YOU.

[a.ratchasi]

STORY 2
Scene:
~~~~~
It's a fine sunny day in the forest, and a lion is sittingoutside
his cave,
lying lazily in the sun. Along comes a fox, out on a walk.
Fox : "Do you know the time, because my watch is broken"
Lion : "Oh, I can easily fix the watch for you"
Fox : "Hmm. But it's a very complicated
mechanism, and your great claws will only destroy it even more"
Lion : "Oh no, give it to me, and it will be fixed"
Fox : "That's ridiculous! Any fool knows that lazy lion with
great claws cannot fix complicated watches"
Lion : "Sure they do, give it to me and it will be fixed".
The lion disappears into his cave, and after a
while he comes back with the watch which is running perfectly. The fox is
impressed, and the lion continues to lie lazily in the sun, looking
very pleased with himself.
Soon a wolf comes along and stops to watch the lazy lion in the
sun.
Wolf : "Can I come and watch TV tonight with you,
because mine is broken"
Lion : "Oh, I can easily fix your TV for you"
Wolf : "You don't expect me to believe such rubbish, do you?. Here is no way
that a lazy lion with big claws can fix a complicated TV"
Lion : "No problem. Do you want to try it?"
The lion goes into his cave, and after a while comes back with a
perfectly
fixed TV. The wolf goes away happily and amazed.
Scene:
~~~~~
Inside the lion's cave. In one corner are half a dozen small and
intelligent
looking rabbits who are busily doing very complicated work with
very detailed instruments. In the. Other corner lies a huge lion looking very pleased with himself.
Moral: IF YOU WANT TO KNOW WHY A SUPERVISOR IS FAMOUS;
LOOK AT THE WORK OF HIS STUDENTS.
In the context of the working world:-
IF YOU WANT TO KNOW WHY SOMEONE UNDESERVED IS PROMOTED;

LOOK AT THE WORK OF HIS SUBORDINATES.

[NM]

THE POSITIVE SIDE OF LIFE:

Living on Earth is expensive,
but it does include a free trip
around the sun every year.

How long a minute is
depends on what side of the
bathroom door you're on.

Birthdays are good for you;
the more you have,
the longer you live.

Happiness comes through doors you
didn't even know you left open.

Ever notice that the people who are late
are often much jollier
than the people who have to wait for them?

Most of us go to our grave
with our music still inside of us.

If Wal-Mart is lowering prices every day,
how come nothing is free yet?

You may be only one person in the world,
but you may also be the world to one person.

Some mistakes are too much fun
to only make once.

Don't cry because it's over;
smile because it happened.

We could learn a lot from crayons:
some are sharp, some are pretty,
some are dull, some have weird names,
and all are different colors....but
they all exist very nicely in the same box.

A truly happy person is one who
can enjoy the scenery on a detour.

Have an awesome day, and
know that someone
who thinks you're great
has thought about you today!..


Working for God on earth does not pay much,
but His Retirement plan is out of this world