Monday, July 25, 2011

Texting With My Teenager: Boy For Hire



"Do not hire a man who does your work for money,
but him who does it for love of it."
Henry David Thoreau 


Heee-Yeah! - Riiiiight!
Perhaps ol' Henry spent a little too much time at the pond?


Kinda funny that Nathaniel Hawthorne said this about Thoreau: "He has repudiated all regular modes of getting a living, and seems inclined to lead a sort of Indian life among civilized men- an Indian life, I mean, as respects the absence of any systematic effort for a livelihood".



5 comments:

  1. I dig this post. Clever! I'm sure your son didn't think it was very funny though...

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  2. I just learned that some parents in my ward pay their kids to go to church....I bet my kids feel really cheated! Don't get me wrong, I'm not judging....I just found it interesting....

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  3. Linda: I wonder if they then have to pay the kids to get them to pay their tithing on the money they earned from going to church. ?

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  4. That screen shot could have come straight out of a conversation between me and my boy !!

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  5. Thanks for stopping by my blog today and leaving such a nice comment. I love this post! Hawthorne is one of my favorites.
    Sandy

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