As we get older, we tend to accumulate knowledge and wisdom and we start to use them to help us in many different areas of life. It is also true, however, that there are going to be times when we don’t have the wisdom necessary to get through a particular situation. It seems as if that was the case for the old man in the following joke. He had a young bride, and he went to the doctor smiling for all the right reasons. By the time he left, however, he had learned a lesson that he will never forget.
An 86-year-old man went to his doctor for his quarterly check-up…
The doctor asked him how he was feeling, and the 86-year-old said, ‘Things are great and I’ve never felt better.’
I now have a 20 year-old bride who is pregnant with my child.
“So what do you think about that Doc?”
The doctor considered his question for a minute and then began to tell a story.
“I have an older friend, much like you, who is an avid hunter and never misses a season.”
One day he was setting off to go hunting.
In a bit of a hurry, he accidentally picked up his walking cane instead of his gun.”
“As he neared a lake, he came across a very large male beaver sitting at the water’s edge..
He realized he’d left his gun at home and so he couldn’t shoot the magnificent creature.
Out of habit he raised his cane aimed it at the animal as if it were his favorite hunting rifle and went ‘bang, bang’.”
“Miraculously, two shots rang out and the beaver fell over dead.
Now, what do you think of that?” asked the doctor.
The 86-year-old said, “Logic would strongly suggest that somebody else pumped a couple of rounds into that beaver.”
The doctor replied, “My point exactly.”
