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Trying to Please Other People – A Bit of Humor

Posted by cheryl on Jan 18th, 2006 | Leave a comment home title

Have you ever noticed how hard it is to please everybody…yet we still try? Maybe a little humor will help us see the futility of practicing people pleasing.

Warning: there is a bleep in the final line if you’re the sensitive type.

An old man, a boy & a donkey were going to town. The boy rode on the donkey & the old man walked. As they went along they passed some people who remarked it was a shame the old man was walking & the boy was riding. The man & boy thought maybe the critics were right, so they changed positions.

Later, they passed some people that remarked, "What a shame, he makes that little boy walk." They then decided they both would walk!

Soon they passed some more people who thought they were stupid to walk when they had a decent donkey to ride. So, they both rode the donkey.

Now they passed some people that shamed them by saying how awful to put such a load on a poor donkey. The boy & man said they were probably right, so they decide to carry the donkey. As they crossed the bridge, they lost their grip on the animal & he fell into the river and drowned.

The moral of the story? If you try to please everyone, you might as well… Kiss your * * * goodbye!

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