"To my fellow 'Old Dogs'":

[HowToBe]

I received this in an email recently and thought someone might get a laugh out of it, or some food for thought/discussion.

To my fellow "Old Dogs"

One day the old German Shepherd starts chasing rabbits and before long, discovers that he's lost. Wandering about, he notices a panther heading rapidly in his direction with the intention of having lunch.

The old German Shepherd thinks, 'Oh, oh! I'm in deep doo-doo now!' Noticing some bones on the ground close by, he immediately settles down to chew on the bones with his back to the approaching cat. Just as the panther is about to leap, the old German Shepherd exclaims loudly, 'Boy, that was one delicious panther! I wonder if there are any more around here?'

Hearing this, the young panther halts his attack in mid-strike, a look of terror comes over him and he slinks away into the trees. 'Whew!' says the panther, 'That was close! That old German Shepherd nearly had me!'




Meanwhile, a squirrel who had been watching the whole scene from a nearby tree, figures he can put this knowledge to good use and trade it for protection from the panther. So, off he goes, but the old German Shepherd sees him heading after the panther with great speed, and figures that something must be up.

The squirrel soon catches up with the panther, spills the beans and strikes a deal for himself with the panther.

The young panther is furious at being made a fool of and says, 'Here, squirrel, hop on my back and see what's going to happen to that conniving canine!

Now, the old German Shepherd sees the panther coming with the squirrel on his back and thinks, 'What am I going to do now?', but instead of running, the dog sits down with his back to his attackers, pretending he hasn't seen them yet, and just when they get close enough to hear, the old German Shepherd says...
'Where's that squirrel? I sent him off an hour ago to bring me another panther!

Moral of this story...

Don't mess with! the old dogs... age and skill will always overcome youth and treachery!

BS and brilliance only come with age and experience.

If you don't send this to five 'old' friends right away, there will be five fewer people laughing in the world.

Of course, I am in no way insinuating that any of you are old, some are just more 'youthfully challenged'.

You did notice the size of the print, didn't you?

 

[Al Today]

The print size did make for easy reading
:)

 

[HiThere]

Good one!

 

[Woodsman]

Did the author of this joke deliberately switch the wording of the moral around?

The old saying usually runs, "Old age and treachery will overcome youth and skill".

Which, I always took to mean that accumulated experience and observation allow one to tweak the levers of the world and its inhabitants to advantage. -While younger people who are strong and skilled tend not to know as much about what makes the world tick.

I don't know how true that is in the real world, though. I've met plenty of old people who are no more formidable than anybody else simply because they haven't bothered to learn their own patterns and clean their machines. People who rely on the same old tricks tend to have nothing but tricks which they have less and less facility to implement as they age. Whereas, true sight, clean intentions and honest observation of the world affords plenty of power to anybody willing and capable of undertaking such a life.

 

[obyvatel]

Good one. Thanks for sharing. :D

 

[Mountain Crown]

Fables are great!

Good one, thanks.

 

[tom32071]

Good one.

 

[SolarMother]

Another good laugh for me today. thanks.

 

[Redrock12]

From an "OLD DOG," good one.