The whole town laughed at my great-grandfather, just because he worked
hard and saved his money. True, working at the hardware store didn't
pay much, but he felt it was better than what everybody else did,
which was go up to the volcano and collect the gold nuggets it shot
out every day. It turned out he was right. After forty years, the
volcano petered out. Everybody left town, and the hardware store
went broke. Finally he decided to collect gold nuggets too, but there
weren't many left by then. Plus, he broke his leg and the doctor's
bills were real high.
-- Deep Thoughts by Jack Handey
hard and saved his money. True, working at the hardware store didn't
pay much, but he felt it was better than what everybody else did,
which was go up to the volcano and collect the gold nuggets it shot
out every day. It turned out he was right. After forty years, the
volcano petered out. Everybody left town, and the hardware store
went broke. Finally he decided to collect gold nuggets too, but there
weren't many left by then. Plus, he broke his leg and the doctor's
bills were real high.
-- Deep Thoughts by Jack Handey
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