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    April 19

    Learning a lesson!

    I recently asked my friend's little girl what she wanted to be when she grows up. She said she wanted to be President some day. Both of her parents, liberal Democrats, were standing there, so I asked her, 'If you were President what would be the first thing you would do?'
    She replied, 'I'd give food and houses to all the homeless people.'
    Her parents beamed.
    'Wow...what a worthy goal.' I told her, 'But you don't have to wait until you're President to do that. You can come over to my house and mow the lawn, pull weeds, and sweep my yard, and I'll pay you $50. Then I'll take you over to the grocery store where the homeless guy hangs out, and you can give him the $50 to use toward food and a new house.' 

    She thought that over for a few seconds, then she looked me straight in the eye and asked, 'Why doesn't the homeless guy come over and do the work, and you can just pay him the $50?' 

    I said, 'Welcome to the Republican Party.'
    Her parents still aren't speaking to me.

    Living to be 90!

    I recently picked a new primary care doctor.  After two visits and exhaustive Lab tests, he said I was doing 'fairly well' .  
    A little concerned about that comment, I couldn't resist asking him, 'Do you think I'll live to be 90?'
    He asked, 'Do you smoke tobacco, or drink beer or wine?'
    'Oh no,' I replied.  'I'm not doing drugs, either!'

    Then he asked, 'Do you eat rib-eye steaks and barbecued ribs?
    'I said, 'Not much... my former doctor said that all red meat is very unhealthy!'
    'Do you spend a lot of time in the sun, like playing golf, sailing, hiking, or bicycling?'
    'No, I don't,' I said.
    He asked, 'Do you, Party with friends, drive fast cars, travel alot,or have a lot of sex?'

    'No,' I said.
    He looked at me and said,...  'Then, why do you even give a shit?