Modern Fable: Lions and gazelles (Dan Montano 1985 July 6)

[Jonathan Lighter]

Now you're talking my language.

JL

On Fri, Jun 24, 2011 at 10:33 AM, Garson O'Toole
<adsgarsonotoole at gmail.com>wrote:

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> Jonathan Lighter wrote:
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> > It's like the early bird getting the worm. Or not being the worm.
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> Every morning in Africa, a worm wakes up. It knows it must wriggle
> faster than the fastest bird beak or it will be killed. Every morning
> a bird wakes up. It knows it must peck faster than the slowest worm or
> it will starve to death and become worm food.
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> It doesn't matter whether you are a worm, a bird, or a business
> consultant: when the sun comes up, you'd better be moving fast:
> wriggling, pecking or scribbling platitude-filled stories. Who wants
> to work for a living?
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