Bosses

[The Seeker]

"When the body was first created, there was contention among the component parts as to who was going to be the boss.

The brain said: "Since I am the nerve center that controls everything and does all of the thinking, I should be the boss."

The hands said: "Since I carry all the friggin' weight, I should be the boss."

The hands said: "Since I must do all the manual labour and earn all the money to keep the rest of you going, I should be the boss."

The eyes said: "Since I must look out for all of you and let you know when danger lurks, I should be the boss."

And so it went with the heart, the lungs and various other component parts of the body, till there was no one left but the anus. All the others laughed when he made his bid for bosshood, for who ever heard of an anus being boss of anythng? This rebuff upset the anus so much that in a pique of anger he closed himself off completely and refused to function any further.

Soon the brain was feverish; the eyes crossed and ached; the feet were too weak to carry the load; the hands hung limply at the sides; and the heart, the lungs, and all the rest of the component parts struggled to keep going. They all capitulated to the anus, and he finally became the boss.

While they did all the work, the anus just basked and let out a lot of hot air, along with the other material that it is the anus's function to let out.

The moral of this little epidsode is that it takes no special talent to be a boss - so why have one if everyone knows how to work together in harmony? Think about it!" - anon

Thoughts?

 

[merryheart]

I have always loved that little tale

 

[vajradhara]

my thought...


colostomy bag.

 

[MJ421]

You butchered the story, so meh.

 

[Aimee30]

We need leaders, though I question the intelligence of people who promote people to being a boss nowadays--like you said anyone can be one. Then you have people like me who are intelligent but not given a title.

 

[The Seeker]

You butchered the story, so meh.

Actually I quoted it verbatim from the IWW songbook, so

 

[The Seeker]

We need leaders, though I question the intelligence of people who promote people to being a boss nowadays--like you said anyone can be one. Then you have people like me who are intelligent but not given a title.

What do we need leaders for? To tell us to do things we already know how to do?

 

[sinner/SAVED]

What do we need leaders for? To tell us to do things we already know how to do?

Just because we know how to do and we also know what we ought to do, doesn't mean that we are going to do them. That's why our world is in the state it's in. We don't do what we know we ought to do.

 

[MJ421]

Actually I quoted it verbatim from the IWW songbook, so

Oh, well that's not the version that I first heard. The one I heard had a much different end sentiment. Much funnier as well.

 

[Soc12]

Thoughts? It's a joke, I think all anyone is thinking about is if it's funny or not. The moral is just something stupid someone added on to the end of it.

 

[The Seeker]

Thoughts? It's a joke, I think all anyone is thinking about is if it's funny or not. The moral is just something stupid someone added on to the end of it.

Why is it stupid? Because you don't agree with it?