Members The Farmers Daughter Posted June 18, 2011 Author Members Report Posted June 18, 2011 What an exciting experience, also an example of " Learning by doing " ! I sure hope you are well after your roping challenge. Must tell you a story : There were two men watching a bull moose swimming across the lake. They got a bright idea, ran for a boat and managed to catch up with the swimming moose. They roped the bull moose and tied the rope to the boat. When the moose reached the shore it ran into the woods, the men fell out of the boat and the moose and boat were gone, they never saw it again. Next year, after the moose hunting season the two men met. " I killed the moose that we roped on the lake last year" he said. " How can you tell it was the same moose" the other man asked. " I recogniced the boat" he replied. / Knut Quote "Look back on our struggle for freedom, Trace our present day's strength to it's source; And you'll find that man's pathway to glory Is strewn with the bones of a horse"
Members albane Posted June 18, 2011 Members Report Posted June 18, 2011 I never laughed so hard in my life. Thank you, Quote Al Bane<br />Al Bane For Leather<br />818 209 7945 <br />www.myspace.com/albaneforleather<br />www.facebook.com/albaneforleather<br />www.albaneforleather.etsy.com
Members Wishful Posted June 18, 2011 Members Report Posted June 18, 2011 Thanks for the lesson . I think I was just reading something (boyscout rope manual or something) that said never tie a rope around your waist.... Quote
Members The Farmers Daughter Posted June 18, 2011 Author Members Report Posted June 18, 2011 Thanks for the lesson . I think I was just reading something (boyscout rope manual or something) that said never tie a rope around your waist.... I can vouch for that. Plus, for most of us...common sense would dictate. Sadly, I must have been under the influence of :brainbleach:. Quote "Look back on our struggle for freedom, Trace our present day's strength to it's source; And you'll find that man's pathway to glory Is strewn with the bones of a horse"
Members Login Dog Posted July 5, 2011 Members Report Posted July 5, 2011 http://www.snopes.com/critters/farce/ropedeer.asp Quote
Members TexasJack Posted July 6, 2011 Members Report Posted July 6, 2011 The original story smelled of BS from the get-go, but I really did like the moose-and-boat story! Quote
Contributing Member TwinOaks Posted July 6, 2011 Contributing Member Report Posted July 6, 2011 I find it somewhat cumbersome and more than a little distressing that anyone should have to explain the essence of a "Tall Tale". The lesson to be learned is not in the particulars of the tale, though therein may lie some lessons, but is instead in the telling of the tale. And though this story has circulated around the internet for several years, there's no need to debunk the tale, or decry it as false. Here is the lesson: Sometimes things need not be true and verifiable to be enjoyable. Keep that in mind. Life's more fun with some imagination. Quote Mike DeLoach Esse Quam Videri (Be rather than Seem) "Don't learn the tricks of the trade.....Learn the trade." "Teach what you know......Learn what you don't." LEATHER ARTISAN'S DIGITAL GUILD on Facebook.
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