by Jim G.
Member since:
July 13, 2009

What A life.....Don't Ever Call Them Stupid.

December 20, 2011 04:26 PM UTC (Updated: December 20, 2011 04:29 PM UTC)
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Inner Peace: This is so true 

 

If you can start the day without caffeine,

 
If you can always be cheerful, ignoring aches and pains,

If you can resist complaining and boring people with your troubles,

If you can eat the same food every day and be grateful for it,

If you can understand when your loved ones are too busy to give you any time,

 
If you can take criticism and blame without resentment,

If you can conquer tension without medical help,

 
If you can relax without alcohol,

If you can sleep without the aid of drugs, 

  

...Then You Are Probably  

  

The Family Dog! 

 

 

 



Comments: 84

George Shaw Dec 20, 2011, 4:40pm UTC
Very true and
"If you can keep your head while all about you are losing theirs ..." you don't understand the situation. LOL
Jim G. Dec 20, 2011, 4:48pm UTC
Literally LMBO out loud on that one, George - So true.
Tanya P. Dec 20, 2011, 9:19pm UTC
That's funny, George.
George Shaw Dec 21, 2011, 1:01am UTC
Thank you both. Merry Christmas
Toni V. Dec 20, 2011, 4:50pm UTC
LMBO!!!! That IS very true!
Jim G. Dec 20, 2011, 4:53pm UTC
Those, amongst other reasons, are why I love Patti Beagle, Toni. Reminds me, I gotta go check on your "What in the world..."


Chris Morgan Dec 20, 2011, 4:57pm UTC
Patti's got it right. : )
Jim G. Dec 20, 2011, 5:06pm UTC
Hah! Maybe.....
Toni V. Dec 20, 2011, 5:45pm UTC
Patti has a really good dad! I love all my critters for the same reasons too.
Tanya P. Dec 20, 2011, 9:20pm UTC
I love all their critters, too.
Jim G. Dec 20, 2011, 9:28pm UTC
I know that you wish that you could have one of your own, but I know that it would be difficult for you, Tanya. So you're gonna go up to Toni's & Robert's for Christmas, huh? Enjoy!
Tanya P. Dec 20, 2011, 10:36pm UTC
Yep. I will. I'll win a game of rummy in your honor.
Jim G. Dec 20, 2011, 10:49pm UTC
Don't mean to spill the beans, but are Toni & Robert really such easy marks as you say?
Toni V. Dec 20, 2011, 10:58pm UTC
Ha! In her wildest dreams!!!!
Jim G. Dec 20, 2011, 11:18pm UTC
Tanya's favorite song is "The Gambler" by Kenny Rogers. She takes home the bread.....
Toni V. Dec 20, 2011, 11:50pm UTC
That's funny, Jim! That used to be my favorite song when I was growing up. (I eventually got there too). So, I hope you jinxed her and now I'm going to win ALL the games!
Tanya P. Dec 21, 2011, 12:14am UTC
Nope, not easy marks. Robert doesn't play very often. I don't think I've ever beat him.
Pam Brittain Dec 21, 2011, 4:42pm UTC
Wish I was there. I love that song and I'd drive you all crazy singing it while you were playing.
Buddy would swill coffee, if I let him, but I don't let him, so yeah, lol
Jim G. Dec 20, 2011, 5:32pm UTC
I wouldn't let him either. Geez, he's hyper enough already, isn't he?
George Shaw Dec 20, 2011, 5:52pm UTC
Did you ever see the Gary Larson cartoon that showed a little, little dog standing on its hind legs on a chair. It was holding a cup up to the espresso machine. The caption said something like, "Another little dog prepares for another day."
Jim G. Dec 20, 2011, 6:00pm UTC
Gary Larson rings a bell, but I can't remember where. (Senior Moment.)
Tanya P. Dec 20, 2011, 9:22pm UTC
He's such a creative cartoonist. I thought I'd read all his, but don't remember that one.
Jim G. Dec 20, 2011, 5:58pm UTC
Yes, dogs are good fishing buddy's, John. The best fishing buddy that I ever had was a guy who just sucked on his pipe. If a guy says "What's new?" in the boat, you say "Don't you ever shut up?" Women can't stand that, lol.


Jim G. Dec 20, 2011, 6:50pm UTC
"I gotta go pee! I gotta go Pee! (Oh boy, I'm gonna catch hell for this.)
Tanya P. Dec 20, 2011, 9:25pm UTC
HEY! That was uncalled for. I'm telling Toni. ---- and YOU try and squat over a boat edge. Just because you guys have the plumbing doesn't mean you don't have to take care of nature, too. You just yellow the water. eewwwww
Jim G. Dec 20, 2011, 9:31pm UTC
Even if you're thirsty, never eat yellow snow, lol.
Toni V. Dec 20, 2011, 11:43pm UTC
Yeah! Hey! How about men? "Honey, I can't see this line to tie it. Would you do it for me?" or, or, or "This worm keeps flying off every time I cast it. Would you put him on tighter for me?"...............LMBO!!! So, if I'm tying line and tightening worms for both of us, he'd better pull over to the side and let me pee!!!!!
Jim G. Dec 21, 2011, 12:23am UTC
Ain't nothin' he's never seen before.
Jim G. Dec 21, 2011, 12:30am UTC
Up here in MN we use leehes to catch walleyes. They wind around your fingers & try to suck the blood outta you. That scare you women outta here yet? Can't we find peace anywhere? Show me a woman who can sit anywhere, much less in a boat, & not say a word for four hours. That's why we're from Mars & you're from Venus. (Wouldn't know what to do without ya, though.)
Jim G. Dec 21, 2011, 12:33am UTC
I'm reminded of the Canadian PBS "Red Green" show. The guy's Possum Lodge pledge is: "Iam a man. And I can change. If I have to. I guess....." But don't plan on it.
George Shaw Dec 21, 2011, 1:04am UTC
"I'm a man, but I can change. If I have to, I guess ...."
Jim G. Dec 21, 2011, 1:42am UTC
That gives us an out! Whew!
Peter Joseph Swanson Dec 20, 2011, 6:22pm UTC
ha ha ha ha ha
Pam Brittain Dec 20, 2011, 6:24pm UTC
Do you just re-post these or a I losing my mind. I could swear I commented on this.
Jim G. Dec 20, 2011, 6:52pm UTC
Not a repost, Pam. Gla that you got your puter straightened out & are back on Gather.
Pam Brittain Dec 20, 2011, 8:07pm UTC
Maybe I dreamed it up in my sleep. It made me laugh. Wonder if I laugh in my sleep.
Jim G. Dec 20, 2011, 8:43pm UTC
If a tree falls in the forest, & noone is there to see it, does it make a sound?
Toni V. Dec 20, 2011, 11:45pm UTC
I'd say you're losing your mind, Pam. Heehee!
Pam Brittain Dec 21, 2011, 4:06pm UTC
I'm not even going to talk about my snoring.

Thanks bunches Toni!
Larry M. Dec 20, 2011, 7:42pm UTC
Woof!
Kathy W. Dec 20, 2011, 8:30pm UTC
I so miss my "danes." When I hear others speak about their pups, I am immediately sort of jealous. There's something about a dog. Better than a kid or a spouse. Kinder than a neighbor. Always glad to see you. Never critical (except for Buddy...) and always ready to take a long walk...
Talk about the perfect partner!
Jim G. Dec 20, 2011, 9:06pm UTC
As in Great Danes? Wow, they eat like horses. Are you familiar with the comic strip "Marmaduke"? He's cool.
Susan G. Dec 20, 2011, 9:07pm UTC
Thought of you today when I was out and about and ran across walleye fillets in the store. Not as much fun as catching your own but the best I could do living so far from where the walleye swim. Gonna eat like a queen this holiday season! Now, if I could just find some venison.
Jim G. Dec 20, 2011, 9:20pm UTC
I remember you saying how much that you enjoy walleye, Susan. They cost as much or more in the grocery store as a good steak. It's been so warm here in MN that people cant get out on the lakes to ice fish.

Can you imagine anything more pitiful than a grown man, standing in the middle of a frozen lake, freezing his butt off, snot dripping from his nose, staring at a bobber in a hole in the ice, & being perfectly content? Hah!
Susan G. Dec 20, 2011, 10:15pm UTC
Why would I pity that which I envy?

You can get steak darn near anywhere but walleye are hard to come by here. I sure hope these aren't some of the fake fillets I've heard about.
Jim G. Dec 20, 2011, 11:01pm UTC
Actually, most of our commercial walleye here comes from Canadian First Nation Tribes. Some of it comes from U.S. Native American Tribes who net in MN lakes. They have kind of a monopoly on it. Hell, they were here 1st.
Toni V. Dec 20, 2011, 11:02pm UTC
I love walleye!!! Oh, I need to go fishing!
Jim G. Dec 20, 2011, 11:19pm UTC
Do you have them in AZ?
Toni V. Dec 20, 2011, 11:38pm UTC
Yes, in Apache Lake, one of my favorite lakes in Arizona. I like fishing for flathead catfish too on the Salt River! I haven't done that in forever! Great, now I want to go fishing!
Tanya P. Dec 21, 2011, 12:10am UTC
Don't go fishing with Jim, Toni. He's anti-women fishing.
Lori F. Dec 21, 2011, 12:12am UTC
That makes 2 of us...I am anti woman fishing too.
Toni V. Dec 21, 2011, 12:19am UTC
Well ok, Mom. But can I take him out there and have some fun anyway? I wonder what the flathead might think of Jim as bait?
Jim G. Dec 21, 2011, 12:20am UTC
Hey, ya just pee in the bucket & gracefully throw it overboard. We turn out head if you insist.
Lori F. Dec 21, 2011, 12:21am UTC
I wonder what the flathead might think of Jim as bait?

They would probably say he tastes gamey.
Susan G. Dec 21, 2011, 9:01am UTC
There was something on TV a while back about restaurants and some stores passing off other, lesser fish as walleye. The package I bought came from Iceland. I am so looking forward to eating it.
Jim G. Dec 21, 2011, 10:05am UTC
I hope it's the real thing.
Pam Brittain Dec 21, 2011, 4:08pm UTC
I don't believe Jim doesn't fish for women.
Susan G. Dec 21, 2011, 5:57pm UTC
If I lived closer, I would wish he fished for me - fresh walleye - nom,nom,nom!

The fish was real. I can't fry it anymore but just pan grilling it was pretty good. Kinda sorry I only cooked two of the fillets.
Jim G. Dec 21, 2011, 9:34pm UTC
But that means that you must have more left. Yum!
Susan G. Dec 21, 2011, 10:27pm UTC
I do. It will have to wait until I get back home again. Road trip time is upon me.
Jim G. Dec 21, 2011, 10:39pm UTC
Drive safely. Home is where the heart is. Wishing you a Happy Christmas.
Tanya P. Dec 20, 2011, 9:28pm UTC
Fun. (Most of my comments are as side comments, and you are SO BUSTED!)
Jim G. Dec 20, 2011, 9:38pm UTC
Oh, oh.....I'm in deep doo-doo. My keyboard is so gummed up with spilled coffee that I need a new one. It keeps skipping letters unless I pound on them.
Tanya P. Dec 20, 2011, 10:36pm UTC
uh-huh
Mary Ann Slavcheff Dec 24, 2011, 6:24pm UTC
I love this poem. Thanks.
Jim G. Dec 25, 2011, 12:06pm UTC
Wishing you a Happy Christmas, Mary Ann.
conchodebbie * Dec 24, 2011, 7:15pm UTC
So , so true. Just love this, made me laugh. What a great post. Thanks for sharing it.
Jim G. Dec 25, 2011, 12:08pm UTC
Your dog seems to agree, conch. Wishing you a Happy Christmas.

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