Age and Experience

A wealthy old woman decided to go on a photo safari in Africa, taking
her
faithful aged poodle, Cuddles, along for the company.

One day the poodle starts chasing butterflies and before long, Cuddles
discovers that he's lost. Wandering about, he notices a leopard
heading
rapidly in his direction with the intention of having lunch.

The old poodle thinks, "Oh, oh! I'm in deep trouble now!" Noticing
some
bones on the ground close by, he immediately settles down to chew on
the
bones with his back to the approaching cat. Just as the leopard is
about to
leap, the old poodle exclaims loudly, "Boy, that was one delicious
leopard!
I wonder if there are any more around here."

Hearing this, the young leopard halts his attack in mid-strike, a look
of
terror comes over him and he slinks away into the trees. "Whew!" says
the
leopard, "That was close! That old poodle nearly had me!"

Meanwhile, a monkey who had been watching the whole scene from a
nearby
tree, figures he can put this knowledge to good use and trade it for
protection from the leopard. So off he goes, but the old poodle sees
him
heading after the leopard with great speed, and figures that something
must
be up. The monkey soon catches up with the leopard, spills the beans
and
strikes a deal for himself with the leopard.

The young leopard is furious at being made a fool of and says, "Here,
monkey, hop on my back and see what's going to happen to that
conniving
canine!

Now, the old poodle sees the leopard coming with the monkey on his
back
and thinks, "What am I going to do now?", but instead of running, the
dog
sits down with his back to his attackers, pretending he hasn't seen
them
yet, and just when they get close enough to hear, the old poodle says.

"Where's that darn monkey? I sent him off an hour ago to bring me
another
leopard!

Moral of this story....
Don't mess with old coots...age and treachery will always overcome
youth
and skill! BS and brilliance only come with age and experience.

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