Subject: Let me know if you get this....this is neat.
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>>> Can you answer this riddle?
>>>
>>> Here is a pretty neat little thing from Paul Harvey.
>>>
>>> See if you can guess the riddle at the end.
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>>> Paul Harvey Writes:
>>> We tried so hard to make things better for our kids that we made them
>>> worse. For my grandchildren, I'd like better.
>>>
>>> I'd really like for them to know about hand me down clothes and homemade
>>> ice cream and leftover meat loaf sandwiches. I really would.
>>> I hope you learn humility by being humiliated, and that you learn
>>> honesty
>>> by being cheated.
>>>
>>> I hope you learn to make your own bed, mow the lawn and wash the car.
>>> And I really hope nobody gives you a brand new car when you are sixteen.
>>> It will be good if at least one time you can see puppies born and your
>>> old dog put to sleep.
>>>
>>>
>>> I hope you get a black eye fighting for something you believe in.
>>> I hope you have to share a bedroom with your younger brother/sister. And
>>> it's all right if you have to draw a line down the middle of the room,
>>> but when he wants to crawl under the covers with you because he's
>>> scared,
>>> I hope you let him.
>>>
>>>
>>> When you want to see a movie and your little brother/sister wants to tag
>>> along, I hope you'll let him/her.
>>>
>>> I hope you have to walk uphill to school with your friends and that you
>>> live in a town where you can do it safely.
>>>
>>> On rainy days when you have to catch a ride, I hope you don't ask your
>>> driver to drop you two blocks away so you won't be seen riding with
>>> someone as uncool as your Mom.
>>>
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>>> If you want a slingshot, I hope your Dad teaches you how to make one
>>> instead of buying one.
>>>
>>>
>>> I hope you learn to dig in the dirt and read books.
>>> When you learn to use computers, I hope you also learn to add and
>>> subtract in your head.
>>>
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>>> I hope you get teased by your friends when you have your first crush on
>>> a
>>> boygirl, and when you talk back to your mother that you learn what
>>> ivory
>>> soap tastes like.
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>>>
>>> May you skin your knee climbing a mountain, burn your hand on a stove
>>> and
>>> stick your tongue on a frozen flagpole.
>>> I don't care if you try a beer once, but I hope you don't like it.. And
>>> if a friend offers you dope or a joint, I hope you realize he is not
>>> your
>>> friend.
>>> I sure hope you make time to sit on a porch with your Grandma/Grandpa
>>> and
>>> go fishing with your Uncle.
>>>
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>>>
>>> May you feel sorrow at a funeral and joy during the holidays.
>>> I hope your mother punishes you when you throw a baseball through your
>>> neighbor's window and that she hugs you and kisses you at
>>> Hannukah/Christmas time when you give her a plaster mold of your hand.
>>>
>>> These things I wish for you - tough times and disappointment, hard work
>>> and happiness. To me, it's the only way to appreciate life.
>>> Written with a pen.. Sealed with a kiss. I'm here for you. And if I die
>>> before you do, I'll go to heaven and wait for you.
>>> Send this to all of your friends. We secure our friends, not by
>>> accepting
>>> favors, but by doing them.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Paul Harvey RIDDLE:
>>> When asked this riddle, 80% of kindergarten kids got the answer,
>>> compared
>>> to 17% of Stanford Universityseniors.
>>>
>>> What is greater than God, More evil than the devil, The poor have it,
>>> The
>>> rich need it, and if you eat it, you'll die?
>>>
>>> Send this to 10 people and then press shift and you will get the answer.
>>>
>>> P.S. You won't believe this, but this will give you the answer to the
>>> riddle. Send this to others and then press shift, after you send. Once
>>> you press your shift key, you will understand the riddle!
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