Thursday November 8, 2007

 

Mr. & Mrs. Thing

Author Unknown

I read this on my nieces blog madquackersmoo the other week, and thought it fun and thought-provoking.  I checked with her and the speaker who shared it, but neither knew who wrote it.

 

Internet Photo

 

Mr. and Mrs. Thing are a very pleasant and successful couple.  At least that’s the verdict of most people who tend to measure success with a thing-o-meter.

When the thing-o-meter is put to work in the life of Mr. and Mrs. Thing the result is startling.

There he is sitting down on a luxurious and very expensive thing, almost hidden by a large number of other things.

Things to sit on

Things to sit at

Things to cook on

Things to eat from

Things to clean with

Things to wash with

Things to clean

Things to wash

Things to amuse

Things to give pleasure

Things to watch

Things to play

Things for the long, hot summer

Things for the short, cold winter

Things for the big thing in which they live

Things for the garden

Things for the lounge

Things for the kitchen

Things for the bedroom

Things on four wheels

Things on two wheels

Things to put on top of the four wheels

Things to pull behind the four wheels

Things to add to the interior of the thing on the four wheels

Things, things, things.

And there in the middle are Mr. and Mrs Thing

Smiling and pleased pink with all their things.

Thinking of more things to add to their things.

Secure in their castle of things

 

Well, Mr. Thing, I have some bad news for you.

I just want you to know that your things can’t last.

They’re going to pass, there’s going to be an end to them.

Maybe you’ll just pass them off to the second-hand thing dealer.

Or maybe they’ll wind up a mass of mangled metal being towed off to the thing yard.

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Well, it’s time for bed.

Put out the cat.

Make sure you lock the door

And hope some thing-taker doesn’t come and take your things.