Posted on 10/07/2002 10:38:31 AM PDT by Asmodeus
The ant works hard in the withering heat all summer long, building his house and laying up supplies for the winter. The grasshopper thinks he's a fool and laughs and dances and plays the summer away.
Come winter, the ant is warm and well fed. The grasshopper has no food or shelter so he dies out in the cold.
The ant works hard in the withering heat all summer long, building his house and laying up supplies for the winter. The grasshopper thinks he's a fool and laughs and dances and plays the summer away.
Come winter, the shivering grasshopper calls a press conference and demands to know why the ant should be allowed to be warm and well fed while others are cold and starving. CBS, CNN, NBC and ABC show up to provide pictures of the shivering grasshopper next to video of the ant in his comfortable home with a table filled with food. America and the world are stunned by the sharp contrast. How can it be that, in a country of such wealth, this poor grasshopper is allowed to suffer so?
Then a representative of the NAGB (National Association of Green Bugs) shows up on Nightline and charges the ant with "green bias," and makes the case that the grasshopper is the victim of 30 million years of greenism. Kermit the Frog appears on Oprah with the grasshopper, and everybody cries when he sings "It's Not Easy Being Green."
Bill and Hillary Clinton make a special guest appearance on the CBS Evening News to tell a concerned Dan Rather that they will do everything they can for the grasshopper who has been denied the prosperity he deserves by those who benefited unfairly during the Reagan summers, or as Bill refers to it, the "Temperatures of the 80's."
Richard Gephardt exclaims in an interview with Peter Jennings that the ant has gotten rich off the back of the grasshopper, and calls for an immediate tax hike on the ant to make him pay his "fair share."
Finally, the EEOC drafts the "Economic Equity and Anti-Greenism Act." Retroactive to the beginning of the summer, the ant was fined for failing to hire a proportionate number of green bugs and, having nothing left to pay his retroactive taxes, his home is confiscated by the government.
The story ends as we see the grasshopper finishing up the last bits of the ant's food while the government house he's in, which just happens to be the ant's old house, crumbles around him since he doesn't know how to maintain it. The ant has disappeared in the snow. And the image on the TV, which the grasshopper bought by selling most of the ant's food, is of Bill Clinton standing before a wildly applauding group of compatriots announcing that a new era of "fairness" has dawned in America.
| THE ANT AND THE GRASSHOPPER |
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| Posted by Asmodeus On Oct 7 6:38 PM with 1 comment This Website ^ THE ANT AND THE GRASSHOPPER (THE CLASSIC VERSION) The ant works hard in the withering heat all summer long, building his house and laying up supplies for the winter. The grasshopper thinks he's a fool and laughs and dances and plays the summer away. Come winter, the ant is warm and well fed. The grasshopper has no food or shelter so he dies out in the cold. THE MODERN VERSION -- c. 2000 The ant works hard in the withering heat all summer long, building his house and laying up supplies for the winter. The grasshopper thinks he's a fool... |
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| The ant and the grasshopper |
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| Posted by WaterDragon On Sep 14 2:33 PM with 40 comments Oregon Magazine ^ | September 1, 2002 | unknown Classic VersionThe ant works hard in the withering heat all summer long, building his house and laying up supplies for the winter. The grasshopper thinks he's a fool...(snip)Modern VersionThe ant works hard in the withering heat all summer long, building his house and laying up supplies for the winter. The grasshopper thinks he's a fool..(snip)..CBS, NBC and ABC show up to provide pictures of the shivering grasshopper next to a video of the ant in his comfortable home with a table filled with food. America is stunned by the sharp contrast...(snip)Click here for full article. |
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| The Ant and the Grasshopper: The American Updated Classic |
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| Posted by wayne_shrugged On Jan 15 6:09 AM with 8 comments E-mail | 01/14/2002 | Anonymous The Ant & The Grasshopper OLD VERSION: The ant works hard in the withering heat all summer long, building his house and laying up supplies for the winter. The grasshopper thinks he's a fool and laughs and dances and plays the summer away. Come winter, the ant is warm and well fed. The grasshopper has no food or shelter so he dies out in the cold. MODERN VERSION: The ant works hard in the withering heat all summer long, building his house and laying up supplies for the winter. The grasshopper thinks he's a fool and laughs and dances and ... |
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| The Ant and the Grasshopper |
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| Posted by jmp702 On May 30 2001 1:24 AM with 5 comments email | unknown | unknown THE ANT AND THE GRASSHOPPER CLASSIC VERSION The ant works hard in the withering heat all summer long, building his house and laying up supplies for the winter. The grasshopper thinks he's a fool and laughs and dances and plays the summer away. Come winter, the ant is warm and well fed. The grasshopper has no food or shelter so he dies out in the cold. LIBERAL DEMOCRAT VERSION The ant works hard in the withering heat all summer long, building his house and laying up supplies for the winter. The grasshopper thinks he's a fool and laughs and dances ... |
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| The Ant and the Grasshopper (or Why to Vote) |
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| Posted by DUBYAnkee On Nov 2 2000 4:02 PM with 1 comment unknown | unknown The Ant and the Grasshopper CLASSIC VERSION: The ant works hard in the withering heat all summer long, building his House and laying up supplies for the winter. The grasshopper thinks he's a fool and laughs and dances and plays the summer away. Come winter, the ant is warm and well fed. The grasshopper has no food Or shelter so he dies out in the cold. MODERN VERSION: The ant works hard in the withering heat all summer long, building his House and laying up supplies for the winter. The grasshopper thinks he's a fool and laughs and dances and ... |
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| The Ant and the Grasshopper (or Why to Vote) |
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| Posted by DUBYAnkee On Nov 2 2000 4:00 PM unknown | unknown The Ant and the Grasshopper CLASSIC VERSION: The ant works hard in the withering heat all summer long, building his House and laying up supplies for the winter. The grasshopper thinks he's a fool and laughs and dances and plays the summer away. Come winter, the ant is warm and well fed. The grasshopper has no food Or shelter so he dies out in the cold. MODERN VERSION: The ant works hard in the withering heat all summer long, building his House and laying up supplies for the winter. The grasshopper thinks he's a fool and laughs and dances and ... |
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| The Modern Ant and the Grasshopper |
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| Posted by prometheus On Oct 27 2000 4:02 PM with 5 comments From my Cousin ^ | who knows. | ????????????? THE ANT AND THE GRASSHOPPER CLASSIC VERSION: The ant works hard in the withering heat all summer long, building his house and laying up supplies for the winter. The grasshopper thinks he's a fool and laughs and dances and plays the summer away. Come winter, the ant is warm and well fed. The grasshopper has no food or shelter so he dies out in the cold. THE ANT AND THE GRASSHOPPER MODERN VERSION: The ant works hard in the withering heat all summer long, Building his house and laying up supplies for the winter. The grasshopper thinks he's a fool ... |
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| Ant v.s. Grasshopper |
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| Posted by MuskieTom On Oct 26 2000 5:07 PM with 6 comments Email from Cousin ^ | 10/26/2000 | Unknown THE ANT AND THE GRASSHOPPER THE CLASSIC VERSION The ant works hard in the withering heat all summer long, building his house and laying up supplies for the winter. The Grasshopper, who thinks he's a fool, laughs, dances, and plays the summer away. Come winter, the ant is warm and well fed. The grasshopper has no food or shelter so he dies out in the cold. THE MODERN VERSION The ant works hard in the withering heat all summer long, building his house and laying up supplies for the winter. The Grasshopper, who thinks he's a fool, laughs, dances, and ... |
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| Grasshopper and Ant Parable, Clinton/Gore Style |
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| Posted by Mean Daddy On Oct 20 2000 3:20 AM with 2 comments email | Oct. 19, 2000 | Unknown Email CLASSIC ANT & GRASSHOPPER VERSION: The ant works hard in the withering heat all summer long, building his house and laying up supplies for the winter. The grasshopper thinks he's a fool and laughs and dances and plays the summer away. Come winter, the ant is warm and well fed. The grasshopper has no food or shelter so he dies out in the cold. MODERN ANT & GRASSHOPPER VERSION: The ant works hard in the withering heat all summer long, building his house and laying up supplies for the winter. The grasshopper thinks he's a fool and laughs and dances ... |
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| BILL CLINTON'S "GRASSHOPPER":IT IS TIME TO PASS THE TORCH |
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| Posted by stormchaser On Oct 17 2000 2:42 PM with 3 comments Ether Zone ^ | 10/16/00 | John Guthmiller The master of any art knows when his days are numbered. In those sunset moments, he must strive with a frenzy to realize his vision before the light fades, the hand falters, and the spirit dies. If he would pass his seed to a distant generation, he must anoint a successor. Whatever his medium, his final work must be wrought in flesh and blood. Hayden taught Beethoven. Phillip of Macedonia taught Alexander the Great. Yogi Bear taught BooBoo. Bill Clinton’s days are numbered. His tawdry, cheesy Reign of Error is slouching toward a dismal and long-awaited end. His capital has ... |
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| The Ant and The Grasshopper |
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| Posted by makoman On Oct 12 2000 1:52 AM with 4 comments CLASSIC VERSION: The ant works hard in the withering heat all summer long, building his house and laying up supplies for the winter. The grasshopper thinks he's a fool and laughs and dances and plays the summer away. Come winter, the ant is warm and well fed. The grasshopper has no food or shelter so he dies out in the cold. MODERN VERSION: The ant works hard in the withering heat all summer long, building his house and laying up supplies for the winter. The grasshopper thinks he's a fool and laughs and dances and plays the summer away. Come ... |
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| Prequel to the Grasshopper Ant story |
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| Posted by Spcl0ne2 On Oct 3 2000 9:01 AM with 21 comments 10/2/00 | Tammara Landrum THE GRASSHOPPER AND THE ANT STORY ( A PREQUEL) Fortyscore and several years ago A colony of outcast English ants crawled into a log and left their home in Plymouth England. Unable to work the navigation equipment correctly, the dumb ants sailed aimlessly for days eventually ending up 500 miles from their destination. Upon arriving to the already inhabited "New World," they placed a flag in the ground and proclaimed it theirs. One day a group of Wapanoag grasshoppers saw that the ants weren't doing so well. Some had died in the bitter cold and others were starving. The ... |
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| The Ant and the Grasshopper - updated |
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| Posted by dixie sass On Sep 24 2000 2:30 PM with 22 comments Personal Email ^ | unknown | unknown THIS IS TOO TRUE TO BE EVEN A LITTLE BIT FUNNY... CLASSIC VERSIONThe ant works hard in the withering heat all summer long, building his house and laying up supplies for the winter. The grasshopper thinks he's a fool and laughs and dances and plays the summer away. Come winter, the ant is warm and well fed. The grasshopper has no food or shelter so he dies out in the cold.MODERN VERSIONThe ant works hard in the withering heat all summer long, building his house and laying up supplies for the winter. The grasshopper thinks he's a fool and laughs ... |
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| Ant & Grasshopper, yet another version |
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| Posted by neutrino On Sep 18 2000 1:13 AM with 8 comments Internet CLASSIC VERSION The ant works hard in the withering heat all summer long, building his house and laying up supplies for the winter. The grasshopper thinks he's a fool and laughs and dances and plays the summer away. Come winter, the ant is warm and well fed. The grasshopper has no food or shelter so he dies out in the cold. MODERN VERSION The ant works hard in the withering heat all summer long, building his house and laying up supplies for the winter. The grasshopper thinks he's a fool and laughs and dances and plays the summer away. Come ... |
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| The Ant and The Grasshopper: Gore/Clinton Style |
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| Posted by Zansman On Aug 24 2000 4:01 PM with 3 comments Unknown | ? | ? A little "red-meat" humor for everyone: For years, Aesop's fables have been used to teach such virtues as hard work,personal responsibility, kindness, honesty, etc. In spite of the many positive contributions to society made by the development of these virtues,it is considered politically incorrect to attempt to instill these virtues in children today. To be politically correct, one must be more concerned with such concepts as "self-esteem", "tolerance", and "fairness". Therefore, many of Aesop's fables should be updated. Here is one such fable and a more enlightened version of the story. Subject: The Ant and the Grasshopper The Orignal Unenlightened ... |
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| The 'New' Ant and Grasshopper |
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| Posted by newsman On Jun 9 2000 12:35 PM with 2 comments Chattanooga Free Press | 06/09/00 | Editorial Here's a summary of the "old" version of Aesop's fable about the ant and the grasshopper: "The ant works hard in the withering heat all summer long, building his house and laying up supplies for the winter. The grasshopper thinks the ant is a fool and laughs and dances and plays the summer away. Come winter, the ant is warm and fed. The grasshopper has no food or shelter so he dies in the cold." We don't know who wrote it but a reader sent us this "modern American version": "Come winter, the shivering grasshopper calls a press conference ... |
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| The Grasshopper and the Ant |
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| Posted by Elsie On May 30 2000 5:59 AM with 4 comments e-mail | Memorial Day | Unknown THE ANT & THE GRASSHOPPER: THE CLASSIC VERSION The ant works hard in the withering heat all summer long, building his house and laying up supplies for the winter. The grasshopper thinks he's a fool and laughs and dances and plays the summer away. Come winter, the ant is warm and well fed. The grasshopper has no food or shelter so he dies out in the cold. THE MODERN VERSION The ant works hard in the withering heat all summer long, building his house and laying up supplies for the winter. The grasshopper thinks he's a fool and laughs ... |
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| The Ant, the Grasshopper, and Civil Rights |
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| Posted by Miss Antiwar On May 20 2000 2:21 PM with 3 comments LewRockwell.com ^ | 05/20/00 | Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr. The Ant, the Grasshopper, and Civil Rights by Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr. The Classic Version The ant works hard in the withering heat all summer long, building his house and laying up supplies for the winter. The grasshopper thinks he's a fool and laughs and dances and plays the summer away. Come winter, the ant is warm and well fed. The grasshopper has no food or shelter, so he dies out in the cold. The Modern Version The ant works hard in the withering heat all summer long, building his house and laying up supplies for the winter. The ... |
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| The Ant & the Grasshopper (American Version) |
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| Posted by rapture-me On Mar 27 2000 9:37 PM Vanity ^ | 3-27-0 | Vanity The Ant & Grasshopper Revisited Once upon a time there lived an ant and a grasshopper. Now, all through the summer season the industrious little ant worked from early morning until way past dark storing up supplied for the winter. Come rain or shine or heat wave, the little ant just kept on working and not paying much attention to the grasshoppers, since they would only ridicule him for working so hard that he had little time for entertainment. Most of the time they would only laugh at him and call him a fool, or greedy, or self righteous. When ... |
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| The Ant And The Grasshopper |
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| Posted by matters On Mar 27 2000 4:38 PM with 5 comments E-mail | 3/27/00 >The Ant And The Grasshopper > >-------------------------------- >REPUBLICAN VERSION >------------------------------ >The ant works hard in the withering heat all summer >long, building his house and laying up supplies for >the winter. The grasshopper thinks he's a fool and >laughs and dances and plays the summer away. Come >winter, the ant is warm and well fed. The grasshopper >has no food or shelter so he dies out in the cold. >--------------------------------------- >DEMOCRAT VERSION >--------------------------------------- >The ant works hard in the withering heat all summer >long, building his house and laying up supplies for >the winter. The grasshopper thinks he's a fool ... |
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| THE ANT AND THE GRASSHOPPER |
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| Posted by eb44 On Mar 9 2000 2:43 AM with 6 comments Unknown THE ANT AND THE GRASSHOPPER The Original Version The ant busts his tail in the withering heat all summer long, building his house and laying up supplies for the winter. The grasshopper thinks he's a fool and laughs and dances and plays the summer away. Come winter the ant is warm and well fed. The grasshopper has no food or shelter so he dies out in the cold. The New Liberal Version The ant busts his tail in the withering heat all summer long, building his house and laying up supplies for the winter. The grasshopper thinks he's a ... |
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| The Ant And The Grasshopper |
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| Posted by TomServo On Feb 25 2000 0:44 AM with 3 comments Email ^ | 2/24/2000 | Unknown Old Fable Version: The ant works hard in the heat all summer long, building his house and laying up supplies for the winter. The grasshopper thinks the ant is a fool and laughs and dances and plays the summer away. Come winter the ant is warm and well fed. The grasshopper, by contrast, has no food or shelter so he dies out in the cold. Modern American Version: The ant works hard in the heat all summer long, building his house and laying up supplies for the winter. The grasshopper thinks the ant is a fool and laughs and dances ... |
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| The Ant and the Grasshopper - Year 2000 version |
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| Posted by George Smiley On Feb 24 2000 3:04 PM with 4 comments via e-mail ^ | unknown | unknown THE ANT AND THE GRASSHOPPER ----YEAR 2000---- THE CLASSIC VERSION The ant works hard in the withering heat all summer long, building his house and laying up supplies for the winter. The grasshopper thinks he's a fool and laughs and dances and plays the summer away. Come winter, the ant is warm and well fed. The grasshopper has no food or shelter so he dies out in the cold. THE MODERN VERSION The ant works hard in the withering heat all summer long, building his house and laying up supplies for the winter. The grasshopper thinks he's a fool ... |
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| Aesop's Ants and the Grasshopper: Insights in Campaign 2000 |
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| Posted by newsman On Jan 23 2000 12:36 PM with 6 comments Chattanooga Free Press | 01/23/00 | Editorial One of the favorites among Aesop's ancient fables dealt with industrious ants and a lazy grasshopper. Remember? The ants worked hard all summer, making preparations for the winter they knew was coming. By contrast, the grasshopper lolled in the sunshine, making no preparations for his future, exemplifying the attitude that "The world owes me a living." Everyone who has heard the story, of course, has gotten the clear message. All have applauded the working ants and looked down on the grasshopper's indolence and irresponsibility. But that was "yesterday." "Today," would the ants win a moral popularity contest -- or ... |
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| THE ANT AND THE GRASSHOPPER: THE MODERN VERSION |
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| Posted by MeneMeneTekelUpharsin On Nov 8 1999 4:08 AM E-mail from friend | 7 November 1999 The Ant and the Grasshopper... ORIGINAL VERSION The ant works hard in the withering heat all summer long, building his house and laying up supplies for the winter. The grasshopper thinks he's a fool and laughs and dances and plays the summer away. Come winter, the ant is warm and well fed. The grasshopper has no food or shelter so he dies out in the cold. MODERN AMERICAN VERSION The ant works hard in the withering heat all summer long, building his house and laying up supplies for the winter. The grasshopper thinks he's a fool and laughs and ... |
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| The Ant and the Grasshopper |
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| Posted by Cincinatus On Oct 29 1999 4:24 PM e-mail | October 29, 1999 | Aesop (rewritten in modern idiom) ORIGINAL VERSION The ant works hard in the withering heat all summer long, building his house and laying up supplies for the winter. The grasshopper thinks he's a fool and laughs and dances and plays the summer away. Come winter, the ant is warm and well fed. The grasshopper has no food or shelter so he dies out in the cold. MODERN AMERICAN VERSION The ant works hard in the withering heat all summer long, building his house and laying up supplies for the winter. The grasshopper thinks he's a fool and laughs and dances and plays the summer away. ... |
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| THE ANT AND THE GRASSHOPPER CIRCA 1999 |
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| Posted by SC DOC On Oct 22 1999 2:56 PM with 4 comments unknown CLASSIC AMERICAN VERSION The ant works hard in the withering heat all summer long, building his house and laying up supplies for the winter. The grasshopper thinks the ant's a fool and laughs and dances and plays the summer away. Come winter, the ant is warm and well fed. The grasshopper has no food or shelter so he dies out in the cold. 1999 AMERICAN VERSION The ant works hard in the withering heat all summer long, building his house and laying up supplies for the winter. The grasshopper thinks the ant's a fool and laughs and dances and ... |
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| The Ant and the Grasshopper |
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| Posted by (Unknown) On Oct 7 10:49 AM |
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| Off Topic -THE ANT AND THE GRASSHOPPER in 1999 |
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| Posted by (Unknown) On Oct 7 10:49 AM |
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| The Ant and the Grasshopper. New version |
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| Posted by (Unknown) On Oct 7 10:49 AM |
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| THE ANT AND THE GRASSHOPPER in 1999 |
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| Posted by (Unknown) On Oct 7 10:49 AM |
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| THE GRASSHOPPER & THE ANT |
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| Posted by (Unknown) On Oct 7 10:49 AM |
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| The Ant & the Grasshopper: Aesop Updated for the Clinton Era |
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| Posted by (Unknown) On Oct 7 10:49 AM |
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| Clinton Administration's Grasshopper and Ant Story |
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| Posted by (Unknown) On Oct 7 10:49 AM |
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| The Ant and the Grasshopper |
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| Posted by (Unknown) On Oct 7 10:49 AM |
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| Ant & the Grasshopper |
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| Posted by (Unknown) On Oct 7 10:49 AM |
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| Ant and Grasshopper - Revisited |
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| The Grasshopper And The Ant under the Clinton Administration |
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| Posted by (Unknown) On Oct 7 10:49 AM |
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If it was that good, why not bump one of the 37 previous articles instead of creating a new one? A search doesn't take that much time.
That's because everyone knows George Carlin wrote this!
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