The second reason sounds reasonable to me, but if none of us every bought anything that everyone else didn't already have, none of us would have anything. I can appreciate the sentiment but unless my deprivation would actually benefit someone who was worse off than me, I would give up the deprivation for Lent.
I'm an old cowhand from the Rio Grande But my legs ain't bowed and my cheeks ain't tan I'm a cowboy who never saw a cow Never roped a steer cause I don't know how Sure ain't a fixin' to start in now Yippie yi yo kayah I'm an old cowhand and I come down from the Rio Grande And I learned to ride, ride, ride 'fore I learned to stand I'm a riding fool who is up to date I know every trail in the Lone Star State Cause I ride the range in a Ford V-8 Yippie yi yo kayah We're old cowhands from the Rio Grande And we come to town just to hear the band We know all the songs that the cowboys know 'Bout the big corral where the doggies go We learned them all on the radio Yippie yi yo kayah I'm an old cowhand Oh yes, Mr. Bing. Too hot for you, Uncle Fudd? Down from the Rio Grande Oh where the west is wild all around the borderland Where the buffalo roam around the zoo and the Injuns run up a rug or two and the old Bar X is just a barbecue, yeah Yippie yi yo kayah I'm a pioneer who began from scratch I don't bat an eye in a shootin' match. They don't call me Elmer, they call me Satch. Yippie yi yo kayah Yippie yi yo kayah Get along little horsy Get along little horsy Yippie yi yo kayah, oh! Yippie yi yo kayah. Songwriters: Johnny Mercer I'm An Old Cowhand lyrics © Warner/Chappell Music, Inc Artist: Bing Crosby Recorded: July 17, 1936 Released: 1936 Songwriter(s): Johnny Mercer Genres: Rock, Country
Does this mean we must speak in rhyme? Cos I seem to do this most of the time Still I suppose one could do worse Than make one's feelings known in verse
British writer A. A. Milne, the creator of Winnie the Pooh, also wrote children's poems. My favorite is "Disobedience", where a three-year-old boy is his Mother's overseer and protector. The first verse goes: "James James Morrison Morrison Weatherby George DuPree, Took great care of his Mother, although he was only three. James James said to his Mother, "Mother", he said, said he, "You must never go down to the edge of the town if you don't go down with me!" The other verses tell a cute story...look it up! Hal
James James Morrison's Mother Put on a golden gown. James James Morrison's Mother Drove to the end of the town. James James Morrison's Mother Said to herself, said she: "I can get right down to the end of the town and be back in time for tea."
I like his quotes as well as his poems: Weeds are flowers too once you get to know them. And Did you ever stop to think, and forget to start again? Or I gave up writing children's books. I wanted to escape from them as I had once wanted to escape from 'Punch': as I have always wanted to escape. In vain. What I say is that, if a fellow really likes potatoes, he must be a pretty decent sort of fellow. Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/authors/a_a_milne
There you go. My wife cultivated a weed for years thinking it was a flower. It grew and bloomed and came back each year prettier than ever. I rather liked it. It's demise came when she learned it was actually a weed. Pretty no more.
Behold the hippopotamus! We laugh at how he looks to us, And yet in moments dank and grim, I wonder how we look to him. Peace, peace, thou hippopotamus! We really look all right to us, As you no doubt delight the eye Of other hippopotami. Ogden Nash