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I've been looking for a line (I think it's from the Ingoldsby Legends- but deuced if I can find it) which declares that a man has fulfilled his duty to the ages if he has
1. Produced a child
2. Written a book
3. Planted a tree.
I've done all three- the first in triplicate. So, please sir, can I be excused, now?
When I was a very small child I wanted to be a farmer. Well, having just spent an hour mucking out the rabbit and the guinea pigs, I reckon I've fulfilled that ambition too. P.S. There's a reason why guinea pigs are called "pigs" and it's not just because they squeak.
Do I have any ambitions left? More pertinently, is it proper for a person in their mid 50s to still have ambitions?
Except to grow old with dignity and grace- and not to hang about too long.
1. Produced a child
2. Written a book
3. Planted a tree.
I've done all three- the first in triplicate. So, please sir, can I be excused, now?
When I was a very small child I wanted to be a farmer. Well, having just spent an hour mucking out the rabbit and the guinea pigs, I reckon I've fulfilled that ambition too. P.S. There's a reason why guinea pigs are called "pigs" and it's not just because they squeak.
Do I have any ambitions left? More pertinently, is it proper for a person in their mid 50s to still have ambitions?
Except to grow old with dignity and grace- and not to hang about too long.
