Subject: TGIF -- SHARING!!!! (Roberts). Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2001 130924 -0600 From: Roy BeaversTo: guru -------------------------------------------------- TGIF everybody!!!!! Have a great weekend..... (My wife's British sister sent the following from St. Lucia in the Caribbean.) -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Fwd: Fw: This is SHARING!!!! Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2001 07:42:15 -0400 From: "marion roberts" To: roy@emfguru.com >From: "Janet Bascom" >To: "Marion Roberts" >Subject: Fw: This is SHARING!!!! >Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2001 10:03:31 -0800 > > > > > >You must read this to the end...you will see why! > > >A little old couple walked slowly into McDonald's one cold winter >evening. They looked out of place amid the young families and young >couples eating there that night. >Some of the customers looked admiringly at them. You could tell what the >admirers were thinking. >"Look, there is a couple who has been through a lot together, probably for >60 years or more!" > >The little old man walked right up to the cash register, placed his >order with no hesitation and then paid for their meal. The couple took a >table near the back wall and started taking food off of the tray. >There was one hamburger, one order of French fries and one drink. > >The little old man unwrapped the plain hamburger and carefully cut it in >half. He placed one half in front of his wife. Then he carefully counted >out the French fries, divided them in two piles and neatly placed one pile >in front of his wife. He took a sip of the drink, his wife took a sip and >then set the cup down between them. >As the man began to eat his few bites of hamburger the crowd began to get >restless. > >Again you could tell what they were thinking. "That poor old couple. All >they can afford is one meal for the two of them." > >As the man began to eat his French fries one young man stood and came over >to the old couples' table. > >He politely offered to buy another meal for the old couple to eat. The old >man replied that they were just fine. They were used to sharing everything. >Then the crowd noticed that the little old lady hadn't eaten a bite. > >She just sat there watching her husband eat and occasionally taking turns >sipping the drink. Again the young man came over and begged them to let him >buy them something to eat. This time the lady explained that no, they were >used to sharing everything together. As the little old man finished eating >and was wiping his face neatly with a napkin the young man could stand it >no longer. > >Again he came over to their table and offered to buy some food. After being >politely refused again he finally asked a question of the little old lady. >"Ma'am, why aren't you eating. You said that you share everything. >What is it that you are waiting for?" >She answered... > > > > >[This is great] > > > > > > > > > "The teeth". > > > > > _________________________________________________________________________ Archive provided courtesy of WaveGuide, http://www.wave-guide.org Reprinted with permission of Roy Beavers, http://www.emfguru.com