3rd and One Posted September 15, 2009 Share Posted September 15, 2009 A nice little story to those who think they have good or bad luck. A nice way to put things in perspective. An old man and his son worked on a small farm, with only one horse to pull the plow. One day, the horse ran away. “How terrible,” sympathized the neighbors. “What bad luck.” “Who knows whether it is good luck or bad luck,” the farmer replied. A week later, the horse returned from the mountains, leading five wild mares into the barn. “What wonderful luck!” said the neighbors. “Good luck? Bad luck? Who knows?” answered the old man. The next day, the son, trying to tame one of the horses, fell and broke his leg. “How terrible. What bad luck!” “Bad luck? Good luck?” The army came to all the farms to take young men for war, but the farmer’s son was of no use to them, so he was spared. “Good? Bad?” Think about this story next time something "bad" happens to you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KD in CA Posted September 15, 2009 Share Posted September 15, 2009 Somehow I don't see this parable applying to the Bills. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3rd and One Posted September 15, 2009 Author Share Posted September 15, 2009 Hence why its in OTW there chief. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tennesseeboy Posted September 15, 2009 Share Posted September 15, 2009 A nice little story to those who think they have good or bad luck. A nice way to put things in perspective. An old man and his son worked on a small farm, with only one horse to pull the plow. One day, the horse ran away. “How terrible,” sympathized the neighbors. “What bad luck.” “Who knows whether it is good luck or bad luck,” the farmer replied. A week later, the horse returned from the mountains, leading five wild mares into the barn. “What wonderful luck!” said the neighbors. “Good luck? Bad luck? Who knows?” answered the old man. The next day, the son, trying to tame one of the horses, fell and broke his leg. “How terrible. What bad luck!” “Bad luck? Good luck?” The army came to all the farms to take young men for war, but the farmer’s son was of no use to them, so he was spared. “Good? Bad?” Think about this story next time something "bad" happens to you. [/quote We're leading with two minutes left good luck? we'll see Brady passes to Watson for a TD, Bad luck..no...we can run the clock out and Leodis McKelvin is receiving.. McKelvin runs out of the end zond and fumbles bad luck? We'll see... Brady throws the same pass to Watson...we're ready ...good luck? No...Watson catches the pass.... The clock runs out...bad luck...nope...wait til next week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuckincincy Posted September 15, 2009 Share Posted September 15, 2009 A nice little story to those who think they have good or bad luck. A nice way to put things in perspective. An old man and his son worked on a small farm, with only one horse to pull the plow. One day, the horse ran away. “How terrible,” sympathized the neighbors. “What bad luck.” “Who knows whether it is good luck or bad luck,” the farmer replied. A week later, the horse returned from the mountains, leading five wild mares into the barn. “What wonderful luck!” said the neighbors. “Good luck? Bad luck? Who knows?” answered the old man. The next day, the son, trying to tame one of the horses, fell and broke his leg. “How terrible. What bad luck!” “Bad luck? Good luck?” The army came to all the farms to take young men for war, but the farmer’s son was of no use to them, so he was spared. “Good? Bad?” Think about this story next time something "bad" happens to you. Thanks. That was a good parable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KD in CA Posted September 15, 2009 Share Posted September 15, 2009 Hence why its in OTW there chief. Uh...it was a joke. Real quick on the uptake there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WWVaBeach Posted September 15, 2009 Share Posted September 15, 2009 Uh...it was a joke. Real quick on the uptake there. Where's that sarcasm button again? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HopsGuy Posted September 15, 2009 Share Posted September 15, 2009 This was in "Charlie Wilson's War". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaGimp Posted September 15, 2009 Share Posted September 15, 2009 So does this mean Poz is going or not going to war? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KD in CA Posted September 15, 2009 Share Posted September 15, 2009 Where's that sarcasm button again? I figured after that game, the sarcasm button was assumed for the rest of the week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bullpen Posted September 15, 2009 Share Posted September 15, 2009 We're leading with two minutes left good luck? we'll see Brady passes to Watson for a TD, Bad luck..no...we can run the clock out and Leodis McKelvin is receiving.. McKelvin runs out of the end zond and fumbles bad luck? We'll see... Brady throws the same pass to Watson...we're ready ...good luck? No...Watson catches the pass.... The clock runs out...bad luck...nope...wait til next week. Good analogy Tennessee.... I like it. My cousin who lives in Amherst sent me an email today, he described last night's game in what I can honestly say is almost the most dead-on-balls accurate phrase I've heard. He said "It was death by a thousand little cuts." I had no reply for other than "spot on Michael." So does this mean Poz is going or not going to war? No, he's blue collar, he'll be taking his lunch pail to the steel mill wait we don't have those anymore... He'll be taking his lunch pail to the tool and die shop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miyagi-Do Karate Posted September 15, 2009 Share Posted September 15, 2009 Does that mean that one extra loss this year will put us in a draft position next year to get the greatest QB in NFL history? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3rd and One Posted September 15, 2009 Author Share Posted September 15, 2009 I figured after that game, the sarcasm button was assumed for the rest of the week. My bad KD, you still caught me when I was still a little hot lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KD in CA Posted September 15, 2009 Share Posted September 15, 2009 My bad KD, you still caught me when I was still a little hot lol Quite understandable! This was the first thread I saw after I watched the game and thought 'there's no good/bad for the Bills....just BAD!' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3rd and One Posted October 12, 2009 Author Share Posted October 12, 2009 bump? Some people may need this after yesterday. Maybe this was the best thing that ever happened to the Bills? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WellDressed Posted October 12, 2009 Share Posted October 12, 2009 If you've got no luck, then what do you have?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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