The Wise Old Woman Who Lived In a Cave
People came to the wise old woman who lived in a cave. She solved their problems; they paid her well.
One day, the taxman came. “You’re wise. You can pay.”
She smiled. “If I’m so wise, why do I live in a cave?”
The taxman left.
If you don’t know what this is about, read here.
Update
Read Rahul Bhatia's 55 word story of childhood love (unfortunately, no permalink).
Update 2
Read Gaurav Subnis's 55 word story of unnatural job satisfation, (I'm not so sure that it would be so unusual though).
One day, the taxman came. “You’re wise. You can pay.”
She smiled. “If I’m so wise, why do I live in a cave?”
The taxman left.
If you don’t know what this is about, read here.
Update
Read Rahul Bhatia's 55 word story of childhood love (unfortunately, no permalink).
Update 2
Read Gaurav Subnis's 55 word story of unnatural job satisfation, (I'm not so sure that it would be so unusual though).
posted by Michael Higgins at
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8 Comments:
:-)))
nice. Perhaps I should go and live in a cave, and see if any one pays me....
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Sunil, at 9:57 AM
Hi Sunil
I got the punchline of this story from an old cartoon. It was Bullwinkle. I loved watching that as a kid and I was pretty young -maybe 6 or 7. In one episode Rocky and Bullwinkle (the heros) to for help to the wise man who lived in a hole in the ground. After he helped them, the narrator mentioned something about the wise man and the wise man looked at the screen and addressed the narrator: "I don't know. If I'm so wise, why am I living in a hole in the ground?"
Somehow that stuck me as immensely funny and profound at the same time. I never forgot it.
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Michael Higgins, at 10:15 AM
Michael, good one! your cave woman sounds like one of our wise (and usually stinking rich and phony) god men!
sitto to what sunil has said :)
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Anonymous, at 10:30 AM
Michael, good one! your cave woman sounds like one of our wise (and usually stinking rich and phony) god men!
ditto to what sunil has said :)
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Anonymous, at 10:30 AM
Interesting! But what surprises me is that IT men have become so active these days that they are even after cavemen ? Did that women possesed PAN card?
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Anonymous, at 11:44 AM
Hi Charu and Sandy
Thanks for the nice comments.
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Michael Higgins, at 12:50 PM
Be more original.
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Anonymous, at 8:59 PM
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