And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
But can't mend a dress, let alone wear one, decipher how a turn signal works, read a map, make a sandwich nor even a cup of decent coffee, hold down a job, nor even show up for one on time.
Weep for your future; this is who will inherit it.
Youth, fitness, coordination, self confidence, fearlessness, and a willingness to take risks. A great collection of arrows for anybody's quiver. Even without Coke or Nike she'll do just fine.
That's at least four ways to say "young and clueless". Unless she's the geek at the sideshow dodging baseballs, she has skills with no applicability, whatever amount of fun she's having. For every Tony Hawk, there are 20M people on welfare. No small percentage are Tony Hawk wannabees. Ask the hoodrats how their NBA dreams went.
Has the knee, hand, and elbow scars to prove it. Will be very beneficial in the future.
ReplyDeleteHand & elbow injuries may prevent her making samitches. Then what will she do?
ReplyDeleteYou are dishshshPICable! But 'struth!
DeleteBut can't mend a dress, let alone wear one, decipher how a turn signal works, read a map, make a sandwich nor even a cup of decent coffee, hold down a job, nor even show up for one on time.
ReplyDeleteWeep for your future; this is who will inherit it.
But, thanks to endorsements from Coke and Nike it will make her a millionaire by the age of 25.
DeleteYouth, fitness, coordination, self confidence, fearlessness, and a willingness to take risks. A great collection of arrows for anybody's quiver. Even without Coke or Nike she'll do just fine.
DeleteThat's at least four ways to say "young and clueless".
DeleteUnless she's the geek at the sideshow dodging baseballs, she has skills with no applicability, whatever amount of fun she's having.
For every Tony Hawk, there are 20M people on welfare. No small percentage are Tony Hawk wannabees.
Ask the hoodrats how their NBA dreams went.
Nice skills, now get a job.
ReplyDeleteI note that she is watching her feet, and the position of the board, and not where she is going.
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