The following was forwarded to me, and I say, right on!
I asked my friend's little girl what she wanted to be when she grows up. She said she wanted to be Prime Minister of Canada some day. Both of her parents, NDP supporters, were standing there, so I asked her, "If you were Prime Minister what would be the first thing you would do?" She replied, "I'd give food and houses to all the homeless people." Her parents beamed, and said, "Welcome to the NDP Party!" "Wow...what a worthy goal!" I told her. I continued, "But you don't have to wait until you're Prime Minister to do that. You can come over to my house, mow the lawn, pull weeds, and sweep my yard, and I'll pay you $50. Then I'll take you over to the grocery store where the homeless guy hangs out. You can give him the $50 to use toward food and a new house." She thought that over for a few seconds, then she looked me straight in the eye and asked, "Why doesn't the homeless guy come over and do the work, and you can just pay him the $50?" I smiled and said, "Welcome to the Conservative Party." Her parents still aren't speaking to me.
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Hi JC, thank you for the warm congrats! : ) This would be my 12th year living in Canada (and 6th year living in Victoria). I love Taiwan (except maybe the hot, humid weather), and I totally love your blog (Totally agree with you on the parking post)! For sure I will come back and check for your new posts.
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ReplyDeleteWe visited the Taroko today, it was magnificient. I would like to go back often and hike some of the trails. With so much to see and discover, I have yet to really miss Victoria, although we can use some cool breeze right now.
I think the QiPaos on your blog look smashing, simply elegant. Hope your plans for the wedding are going well. My niece is getting married in a few days at St Ann's, but unfortunately we will miss it with my daughter starting school here...
JC