[2355] in Humor
THE REALITY OF LIFE
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU)
Thu Jun 25 14:22:40 1998
Date: Thu, 25 Jun 1998 14:15:53 -0500
To: humor@MIT.EDU
From: "That Guy Who Everyone Sends Their Somewhat Funny Jokes to . . ."
<rose@ilp.mit.edu>
God created the mule, and told him, "You will be Mule, working constantly
from dusk to dawn, carrying heavy loads on your back. You will eat grass
and you lack intelligence. You will live for 50 years."
The mule answered: "To live like this for 50 years is too much. Please,
give me no more than 20." And it was so. Then God created the dog, and
told him, "You will hold vigilance over the dwellings of Man, to whom you
will be his greatest companion. You will eat his table scraps and live for
25 years. And the dog responded, "Lord, to live 25 years as a dog is too
much. Please, no more than 10 years." And it was so.
God then created the monkey, and told him, "You are Monkey. you shall swing
from tree to tree, acting like an idiot. You will be funny, and you shall
live for 20 years." And the monkey responded, "Lord, to live 20 years as
the clown of the world is too much. Please, Lord, give me no more than
10 years." And it was so.
Finally, God created Man and told him, "You are Man, the only rational
being that walks the earth. You will use your intelligence to have mastery
over the creatures of the world. You will dominate the earth and live for
20 years." And the man responded, "Lord, to be Man for only 20 years is too
little. Please, Lord, give me the 30 years the mule refused, the 15 years
the dog refused, and the ten years the monkey rejected." And it was so.
So God made Man to live 20 years as a man, then marry and live 30 years
like a mule working and carrying heavy loads on his back. Then, he is to
have children and live 15 years as a dog, guarding his house and eating the
leftovers after they empty the pantry; then, in his old age to live 10
years as a monkey, acting like a clown to amuse his grandchildren.
