The farmer didn't like to use a tractor on
his small holding. He preferred to have his draft horses pull his plow
and wagons. Unfortunately, a group of small birds insisted on forming
nests in the horses' manes, which prevented him from hitching the reins
properly.
The farmer tried every method he could
think of to get rid of the pesky birds. He tried lotions, potions, and
notions.
He kept the stable colder; he kept it warmer. He went to horse doctors;
he went to bird specialists. He called his congressman; he called the
Department of Agriculture. He trimmed the manes as much as he could. He
tried loud noises, cat noises, and classical music. Nothing would
induce the birds to leave his horses alone.
In desperation, he went to an Indian
medicine man from a nearby reservation. The medicine man, listening to
his story, gave him some vile-smelling yeast extract to rub into the
manes. Amazingly, it worked. Within two days, the birds had all fled
and the horses were back to work.
The farmer was pleased with this
outcome, but he was puzzled with the methodology. He went back to the
medicine man and inquired about how a simple extract of yeast was able
to solve a problem that many veterinarians and the Department of
Agriculture couldn't.
The medicine man replied, "Simple.
Yeast is yeast, and nest is nest, and never the mane shall tweet."
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As
some of y'all know, 9/12-9/14 is Rosh Hashanah (New Years for Jews
everywhere). So - this funny video from Israel. If you get a message
that you need to install the Hebrew language pack, just click "cancel'.
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OK,
move along, that's all there is, move along please ....
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