"Life is lived forward, but understood backward. It is not until we are down the road and we stand on the mountain looking back through the valley that we can appreciate the terrain God has allowed us to scale.” Jill Savage

Saturday, August 06, 2011

Saturday - a lesson

There's an old sea story about a ship's Captain who inspected his sailors, and afterward told the first mate that his men smelled bad..

The Captain suggested perhaps it would help if the sailors would change underwear occasionally.

The first mate responded, "Aye, aye sir, I'll see to it immediately!"

The first mate went straight to the sailors berth deck and announced, "The Captain thinks you guys smell bad and wants you to change your underwear."

He continued, "Pittman, you change with Jones, McCarthy, you change with Witkowski, and Brown, you change with Schultz."

THE MORAL OF THE STORY:

Someone may come along and promise "Change", but don't count on things smelling any better..

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37 comments:

Raindrops and Daisies said...

Very good!!

Love it.


~Fiona

BECKY said...

Funny!!

Kim said...

LOL. That one made me snort a little :)

Michaele said...

Good morning : )

MadSnapper said...

Ha ha, made me smile... what is not so funny is I used to work with a couple of people like this, not the smelly part, but the part that would have made the change the wrong way. great story full of humor and also a true life lesson

Nikki (Sarah) said...

LOL.....

Catherine said...

Bawhahahaha ~ love it!

And so true! ;)

Happy Weekend!
xo Catherine

Lynn said...

Amen:@)

Wanda's Wings said...

Cute, but so true.

Betty said...

Good point!

Mevely317 said...

Touche'!!! Love it! Have a marvelous day!

Lisa @ Two Bears Farm said...

Ewwwww!

Nancy said...

Soooooooooo True...

Enjoy your Saturday,
Nancy

Linda O'Connell said...

Cute and true!

Changes in the wind said...

Good one Chatty:)

Linda @ A La Carte said...

AMEN Sister!!! b

Melanie said...

Very true!
Funny, but turned my stomach. UGH!!

Just Stuff From a Boomer said...

I was next door at "Sweet Tea's " and thought I would stop over. I love your animated features and enjoy your words of wisdom. Thnik I'll be back if you don't mind drop ins. :)

Susan said...

ha ha ha ha ha That was a funny one, Sandie. Hilarious. Thanks for the chuckle. Susan

Karen Lange said...

Thank you for providing a good chuckle! Have a happy weekend. :)

Angela said...

That would absolutely be gross! And so true about change!

Have a Great Day!
Angela

Ginny Hartzler said...

Funny! But how true this is!!

Holly said...

Gosh dern you Google Reader!!! It's not keeping me up to date with your posts! I had to go back and see what I missed. Love the jokes, the broom one being my favorite. I may miss one every once in a while but I will eventually ctch up.

Sweet Tea said...

That seems to be how the male brain processes such things. Too cute!

Enjoy your Saturday!!

L.J. Kentowski said...

Love it! :)

Ann said...

LOL, good one. I had to read that one to my husband. Loved it

Kim@stuffcould.... said...

Funny!

Bev said...

LOL!

Love Of Quilts said...

So true. Trish

Angie Queen said...

LOVE IT!!!!!

Sush said...

A laugh out loud moment...

Hugs~

bj said...

HAAHAHAAAAA...love it!!and so so true.

Retired Knitter said...

Sort of like our current political situation ...

Sally said...

Yep! :)

Anonymous said...

Awesome!

ain't for city gals said...

OMGosh..I might steal(borrow) this!

Sharon said...

Hmmm...yes, right now some things definitely stinketh!