Merle, Meaning Edgar took Joe's statement below:
[Joe] But I plant trees assiduously to make up for what I cull. ...and turned it around on him by substituting people for trees. ...Bill! --- In [email protected], Merle Lester <merlewiitpom@...> wrote: > > > > Â > Â meaning what bill?..merle > Â > Edgar, > > Okay...this was a good one...I'll give you credit for that... ;>) > > --- In [email protected], Edgar Owen <edgarowen@> wrote: > > > > Joe, > > > > And Genghis Khan butchered people by the thousands... > > > > -- but it was totally OK because he made thousands more by impregnating > > thousands of women... > > :-) > > > > > > Edgar > > > > > > > > On Jun 9, 2013, at 10:09 PM, Joe wrote: > > > > > Bill!, > > > > > > Fine enough. > > > > > > But trees have always been Friends. > > > > > > My ex- also used to sleep up in trees when she was a child. Remarkable: > > > it could have gone badly! > > > > > > Even though I butcher trees to make things for Buddhist temples and > > > teachers, I have trees as friends, everywhere. North and South. > > > > > > But I plant trees assiduously to make up for what I cull. > > > > > > It's not just Buddhist temples and teachers who "like" what I do / make, > > > it should also be everybody. The carbon in my sticks, etc., is > > > sequestered, until somebody thinks to burn these artifacts. Some of my > > > things may last hundreds of years, my vanity, prejudice, hope, and > > > expectation suspects / expects. > > > > > > I sign my stuff. But no one knows me. Nor, will know me in 300 years. > > > Unless someone speaks up. > > > > > > No comment about "drugs". Done; done. Did I say, "done"? Done. > > > > > > Trees are blameless. Only drug-takers implicate trees, in any funny ways. > > > > > > Not wood-butchers. > > > > > > --Joe > > > > > > > "Bill!" <BillSmart@> wrote: > > > > > > > > But it is related to a recent thread concerning drug usage. > > > > Anyway I thought this one was just too good not to share... > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ Current Book Discussion: any Zen book that you recently have read or are reading! Talk about it today!Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Zen_Forum/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Zen_Forum/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
