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Monday, September 12, 2005
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Green Ping Pong Balls
For those of you who have no idea what the last entry was about, I shall explain. It's from a campfire story from cubscouts, and it went something like this:
OK, so there's this kid. Let's call him Johny. He turns 3 in a couple days, so his dad asks him what he wants. In his little 3-year-old voice he says, "Green ping pong balls!"
Well, his dad can't find any, so he gets him a tricycle instead.
On Johny's 6th birthday he gets a magic kit, you know, it teaches you how to do magic tricks. Of course, he really wanted green ping pong balls.
On his 12th birthday he gets a new bike, and on his 16th, a car (His dad's one of those guys who has a lot of money and spoils his children).
When Johny graduates from college, his father buys him a house in the area where Johny's new job is. And as a house warming gift, Johny receives a big screen TV.
Now, all this stuff is fine and dandy, and Johny was happy and all, but something was missing... Every year he told his father he wanted green ping pong balls, and every year he got something else.
Well, one day Johny got into a car accident, and there was nothing the doctors could do for him. They called his dad and said that Johny was on his death bed and wasn't expected to make it to tomorrow. His dad rushed to the hospital and asked his son if there was anything he could do for him. Johny replied with a cough, "I would really like some green ping pong balls." His father says, "OK, I'll find you some," and rushes out of the hospital.
He goes to the mall and looks throughout the entire building, but there are no green ping pong balls to be found. He checks every store in the city, but is unlucky. It's getting late and he wants to get back to the hospital with his son. He doesn't want to disappoint him, but there just aren't any green ping pong balls. But just then! As he's approaching the hospital entrance, across the street is a small booth that happens to be selling green ping pong balls! He rushes over and buys them all and takes them up to his son who is just barely alive.
Johny smiles and seems very happy and tells his father, "Thanks dad." The father wonders and asks, "All these years you've asked for green ping pong balls. Why? What do you want them for?" Johny replies, "Well, I've always wanted them because--" And he exhales his last breath.
Great story, eh?!
posted by Rick at 3:31 PM
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