i got it, and almost sent the answer to the list. oops! great story from Paul Harvey, and great riddle! thanks for sending it!
At 03:20 PM 7/15/2008, you wrote: >Subject: Let me know if you get the answer. > >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. >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 and 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. >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. >I hope you get teased by your friends when you have your first crush >on a boy\girl, and when you talk back to your mother that you learn >what ivory soap >tastes like. >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. >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 University seniors. >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 > >> > >__________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus >signature database 3269 (20080715) __________ > >The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. > >http://www.eset.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Access the Recipes And More list archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/recipesandmore%40googlegroups.com/ Visit the group home page at: http://groups.google.com/group/RecipesAndMore -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
