24-12-2016, 08:20 PM
536
Re: My Own Personal Choice of Music.
My Coping MechanismOk its Christmas Eve and I lost yet another dear friend last night and have sod all else to do so lets put a few old jokes out there and think of better days when we both would laugh at my silly jokes.
Blondie you were one of the best.
...........
Socrate's Wisdom.
(469 - 399 BC), Socrates was widely lauded for his wisdom.
One day the great philosopher came upon an acquaintance who ran up to him
excitedly and said, "Socrates, do you know what I just heard about one of
your students?"
"Wait a moment," Socrates replied. "Before you tell me I'd like
you to pass a little test. It's called the Triple Filter Test."
"Triple filter?"
"That's right," Socrates continued. "Before you talk to me about
my student let's take a moment to filter what you're going to say. The first
filter is Truth. Have you made absolutely sure that what you are about to tell
me is true?"
"No," the man said, "actually I just heard about it."
"All right," said Socrates. "So you don't really know if it's
true or not. Now let's try the second filter, the filter of Goodness. Is what
you are about to tell me about my student something good?"
"No, on the contrary ..."
"So,"
Socrates continued, "you want to tell me something bad about him, even
though you're not certain it's true?"
The man shrugged, a little embarrassed. Socrates continued, "You may still
pass the test though, because there is a third filter - the filter of
Usefulness. Is what you want to tell me about my student going to be useful to
me?"
"No, not really ..."
"Well," concluded Socrates , "If what you want to tell me is
neither True nor Good nor even Useful, why tell it to me at all?"
The man was defeated and ashamed.
This is the reason Socrates was a great philosopher and held in such high
esteem.
It also explains why he never found out that Plato was shagging his wife.
...................
Rusty and Ester.
An elderly couple, Rusty and Ester live in Texas . Rusty always
wanted a pair of authentic cowboy boots. So seeing some on sale one
day, he buys them, wears them home, walking proudly.
He walks into the house and says to his wife, 'Notice anything
different about me?'
Ester looks him over, 'Nope.'
Frustrated Rusty storms off into the bathroom, undresses, and
Walks back into the room completely naked except for the boots.
Again, he asks, a little louder this time, 'Notice anything different NOW?'
Ester looks up and says,
'Rusty, what's different? It's hanging down today, it was hanging down
yesterday, and it'll be hanging down again tomorrow.'
Furious, Rusty yells,
'AND DO YOU KNOW WHY IT'S HANGING DOWN, Ester?'
'Nope,' she replies.
'IT'S HANGING DOWN BECAUSE IT'S LOOKING AT MY NEW BOOTS!'
To which Ester replies...
'Shoulda bought a hat, Rusty. Shoulda bought a hat'
..............................
Her favourite singer.
|
|
