A Little Birdie

[Mookie]

had me go look at JEaton and sure enough - he has the big 4 stars!

So wif my mouf fuw of widdow biwdie........Congwatulations!

[:-,]

Mz Moo....

[dharmon]

Congrats Jay!

[cherokee woman]

Congratulations Jay, on getting your fourth star!! Keep the posts
rolling right on down (or up) the tracks.

[JoeKoh]

Jay
Congrats on 4 stars. keep em coming.
stay safe
Joe

[Willy2]

Congrats on getting your fourth star Jay!

[Anonymous]

Congratulations on your fourth star, Jay!!!!!!!!!!!!! I wish you many more!!!!!!

[espeefoamer]

Congratulations,Jay[:D]! Welcome to the Four Star Club[8D]!!!

[mudchicken]

[bow][bow][bow][bow][bow][bow][bow][bow][bow][bow][bow]

[zzz][zzz][zzz]

[jeaton]

Thank yew, Thank yew very much.

Stars remind me of my favorite allegory. Excerpts here.

Now, the Star-Belly Sneetches
Had bellies with stars.
The Plain-Belly Sneetches
Had none upon thars.

Those stars weren’t so big. They were really so small
You might think such a thing wouldn’t matter at all.

But because they had stars, all the Star-Belly Sneetches
Would brag. “We’re the best kind of Sneetch on the Beaches”…

Then ONE day, it seems…while the Plain-Belly Sneetches
Were moping and doping alone on the beaches,
Just sitting wishing their bellies had stars…
A stranger zipped up in the strangest of cars!

“My friends,” he announced in a voice clear and keen,
“My name is Sylvestor McMonkey McBean.
And I’ve heard of your troubles. I’ve heard you’re unhappy.
But I can fix that. I’m the Fix-it-UP Chappie….

Then, quickly, Sylvester McMonkey McBean
Put together a very peculiar machine.
And he said, “You want stars like a Star-Belly Sneetch…?
My friends, you can have them for three dollars each!”…

Then they yelled at the ones who had stars at the start,
“We’re exactly like you! You can’t tell us apart….

“Good grief!” groaned the ones who had stars at the first.
“We’re still the best Sneetches and they are the worst….

Then up came McBean with a very sly wink
And he said, “Things are not quite as bad as you think….

I’ll make you, again, the best Sneetches on beaches
An all it will cost you is ten dollars eaches.”

“Belly stars are no longer in style,” said McBean.
“What you need is a trip through my Star-Off Machine….

Then of course from THEN on, as you probably guess,
Things really got into a horrible mess.

All the rest of that day, on those wild screaming beaches,
The Fix-it Up Chappie kept fixing up Sneetches….

Then, when every last cent of their money was was spent
The Fix-it-Up Chappie packed up and he went.

And he laughed as he drove in his car up the beach,
“They never will learn. No. You can’t teach a sneetch.

But McBean was quite wrong. I’m quite happy to say
That the Sneetches got really quite smart on that day,
The day they decided that Sneetches are sneetches
And no kind of Sneetch is the best on the beaches.
That day, all the Sneetches forgot about stars
And whether they had one, or not, upon thars.

(From The Sneetches By Dr. Seuss Copyright 1989 by Theodor S. Geisel and Audrey S. Geisel.)

I recommend the book to everyone.

I am about to charge off and prepare several hundred income tax returns, so any posting for the next couple of months will be useful and interesting in the extreme.

Jay

[Anonymous]

Jay - nice job! Congrats!

[Kozzie]

Hey Jay - a big "Well Done" from Downunder - keep 'em comin'.....

Mookie - thanks for alerting us - I hadn't picked that one up...

Dave

[locomutt]

Congratulations Jay,[bow]
Keep them coming[:D]