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Subject:Re: Parts Place according to Aesop
From:Dave L
Date:Fri, 28 Jul 2000 13:45:12 -0400

EVEHART33@aol.com wrote:
>  I grew up in a time when( using the earlier thread analogy)
> lions(PartsPlace) routinely ate baby zebras (Melissas' or her male
> brothers) crossing their watering hole(place of business) was maybe
> more expected.
> Female zebras learned to seek advice from the male zebras, who were
> more frequently mauled, for the safest crossing.
> I once earned my portion of meat as a salesman for a Porsche-Audi-VW
> dealership where many zebras gathered.The head lion was always
> hungry and demanded much meat if we were to remain in the pride and
> eat. We learned not to maul too much so that the zebras would return
> when their wounds had healed. Curiously I once also once worked at a
> Jaguar Restoration shop for a well known lion where the fattest
> zebras lined up to be eaten, considered it a privilege, and bragged
> to the herd how much meat they lost.
> The point is: It's a jungle out there and the zebra didn't seek
> advice from the herd in the 11th hour before crossing. Gain counsel
> from the raven and take it to the wise old owl.

I don't get it - what did the Jaguars eat ?

"Owa tagu siam" - Ancient Native American Proverb.