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Cookies
PostPosted: Mon Feb 23, 2004 12:18 pm
by CobaltAngel
hehe, I got this in an e-mail, thought it was cute...
[font=Arial][size=84]> The woman arrived
> At an airport one night
> With several long hours
> Before her flight.
> She hunted for a book
> In the airport shop,
> Bought a bag of cookies
> And found a place to drop.
> She was engrossed in her book
> But happened to see,
> That the man sitting beside her,
> As bold as could be,
> Grabbed a cookie or two
> >From the bag in between,
> Which she tried to ignore
> To avoid a scene.
> So she munched the cookies
> And watched the clock,
> As the gutsy cookie thief
> Diminished her stock.
> She was getting more irritated
> As the minutes ticked by,
> Thinking, "If I wasn't so nice,
> I would blacken his eye."
> With each cookie she took,
> He took one too,
> When only one was left,
> She wondered what he would do.
> With a smile on his face
> And a nervous laugh,
> He took the last cookie
> And broke it in half.
> He offered her half,
> As he ate the other,
> She snatched it from him
> And thought... ooh, brother!
> This guy has some nerve
> And he's also rude,
> Why he didn't even show
> Any gratitude!
> She had never known
> When she had been so galled,
> And sighed with relief
> When her flight was called.
> She gathered her belongings
> And headed to the gate,
> Refusing to look back
> At the thieving ingrate.
> She boarded the plane,
> And sank in her seat,
> Then she sought her book,
> Which was almost complete.
> As she reached in her baggage,
> She gasped with surprise,
> There was her bag of cookies,
> In front of her eyes.
> If mine are here,
> She moaned in despair,
> The others were his,
> And he tried to share.
> Too late to apologize,
> She realized with grief,
> That she was the rude one,
> The ingrate, the thief!
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PostPosted: Mon Feb 23, 2004 12:28 pm
by DrNic
Hehe...kool. I've not heard that one before.
PostPosted: Mon Feb 23, 2004 1:20 pm
by Reverie
That was very cute!
PostPosted: Mon Feb 23, 2004 2:15 pm
by ZiP
exelent!
PostPosted: Mon Feb 23, 2004 2:16 pm
by Fsiphskilm
Oh my gosh... I
PostPosted: Mon Feb 23, 2004 2:20 pm
by Hitokiri
thats funny and cute. I've had that happen to me, a littl ebit different though. For some odd reason, I pictured the guy looking like Spike from Cowboy Bebop.
wait, she ate the cookies too, which wasn't hers?
PostPosted: Mon Feb 23, 2004 3:41 pm
by CobaltAngel
<<actually I was expecting the cookie theif to be Jesus for some reason ???>>
Yeah... me too. XD!
PostPosted: Mon Feb 23, 2004 3:55 pm
by cbwing0
Yeah, I also thought there would be some religious significance to the story, but it is good despite that.
Did I say there was no religious significance to the story? What I meant was, "You, therefore, have no excuse, you who pass judgment on someone else, for at whatever point you judge the other, you are condemning yourself, because you who pass judgment do the same things" (Romans 2:1).
The story is a nice illustration of that principle.
PostPosted: Mon Feb 23, 2004 3:58 pm
by Debitt
I've heard a story like that somewhere before...my goodness, I'd hate to be in that lady's shoes.
PostPosted: Thu Apr 21, 2005 6:05 pm
by CobaltAngel
The story is a nice illustration of that principle
Good verse... yes it is. ^^~
I'd hate to be in that lady's shoes.
LOL, I think my friend would agree, this totally sounds like something that would happen to me.
PostPosted: Thu Apr 21, 2005 6:09 pm
by Locke
xD Great!
PostPosted: Thu Apr 21, 2005 6:18 pm
by Arnobius
Douglas Adams used this in So Long and Thanks for all the Fish. Be interesting to see which came first.
PostPosted: Thu Apr 21, 2005 6:46 pm
by Sakura15
actually I was expecting the cookie theif to be Jesus for some reason ??? I don't know.
rofl!! me too!
PostPosted: Thu Apr 21, 2005 8:47 pm
by Mangafanatic
Volt wrote::sweat: actually I was expecting the cookie theif to be Jesus for some reason ???:lol: I don't know.
Funny thing is-- for a second, I expected that too.
I saw the end coming, but it was cute anyways. *awwwww*
PostPosted: Thu Apr 21, 2005 10:10 pm
by Mithrandir
Volt wrote:Oh my gosh... I would of scolded my skin with hot water if I ever did that to someone.
actually I was expecting the cookie theif to be Jesus for some reason ???:lol: I don't know.
I can't say I blame you, actually. These kind of chain letters ususally are.
PostPosted: Fri Apr 22, 2005 4:00 am
by Mr. SmartyPants
yeah i expected it to be Jesus too XD
PostPosted: Fri Apr 22, 2005 4:29 am
by termyt
I had heard this story before, but not as a poem. That's really cute, and it's a lot more fun to read.
Thanks, Coby.
PostPosted: Fri Apr 22, 2005 9:09 am
by soul alive
cute poem. ^_^ thanks for sharing. i would be on a guilt trip for days if i did something like that... O_O.
it does illustrate the point quite well.
PostPosted: Fri Apr 22, 2005 9:11 am
by Syaoran
That was a great poem you got there. Nice. I had a idea that the women was the thief.
PostPosted: Sat Apr 23, 2005 8:50 am
by Chocobo777
Cool poem. I thought it was cute.
PostPosted: Sat Apr 23, 2005 5:12 pm
by Scribs
Like the majority of you, I thouhg taht it would be Jesus as well. When I got to te end i remembered that I heard it before, and I think it was in So Long and Thanks for all the fish.
PostPosted: Sat Apr 23, 2005 5:17 pm
by the_lizardqueen
I read it in one of Douglas Adam's books too, which has me wondering if it really happened to him. Eh, regardless, it's a funny story ^_^