the little boy

[Eaglerock]

A preacher was making his rounds on a bicycle, when he came upon a little boy trying to sell a lawn mower. 'How much do you want for the mower?' asked the preacher. 'I just want enough money to go out and buy me a bicycle,' said the little boy.


After a moment of consideration, the preacher asked, Will you take my bike in trade for it?' The little boy asked if he could try it out first, and, after
riding the bike around a little while, said, 'Mister, you've got yourself a
deal.'



The preacher took the mower and began to crank it. He pulled on the rope a few times with no response from the mower. The preacher called the little boy over and said, 'I can't get this mower to start.'



The littleboy said, 'That's because you have to cuss at it to get it started.'
The preacher said, I can't cuss. It's been so long since I became a Christian
that I don't even remember how to cuss.



The little boy looked at him happily and said, 'You just keep pulling on that
rope. It'll come back to ya.'

[Swobee]

My wife sold that mower at her garage sale last May.

[Eaglerock]

My wife sold that mower at her garage sale last May.

Did she get enough for a bike?

[Keith Benson]

OK - some many years back I moved my new bride and myself from Boston to WI. We rented a half of a duplex with a nice yard and were responsible for mowing the lawn. Cash was tight so we were hitting yard sales looking for a cheapo mower. So we pull up to this yard sale and I see this rather dilapidated mower and said "I'm not doing it, I'm not even getting out of the car." The love of my life just gives me the "don't be a schmuck" look, hops out of the car, runs over has an extremely brief chat with the gentleman running the yard sale, hands him some cash and beckons me over. So we toss the mower in the trunk and drive home. I'm thinking she paid something like five bucks for this thing, (it is really it looked like five bucks) and yet she calmly announces that she paid the man $25. I said "$25?!? why an earth did you pay $25 for that thing?" Her response was that that's what the guy asked fot it. Now I'm thinking that my lovely bride, who I had always thought of it as having a keen intellect, has not only saddled me with a lousy mower, but paid way too much for it. So for the next 2.5 years I take the occasional opportunity to give her some mild "all in good fun" grief over the cost of the thing.

Well, long story short, we are packing up to move again and have our own yard sale. Where she promptly sells the thing for $35 bucks, and the kicker is that someone offered her that much for the thing!

And yes, I still hear about it from time to time.

Keith

[Eaglerock]

Now that was a good story... thanks for sharing... I will think of it everytime I see a mower for sale.

[sqkcrk]

Now that was a good story... thanks for sharing... I will think of it everytime I see a mower for sale.

Or a preacher on a bike?

[Eaglerock]

Or a preacher on a bike?

Yes... Now I will...lol

[cow pollinater]

I'm sure it was my wife's dog that did it because MY dog would't do such a thing even though he's the one that's always in the shop, but a dog chewed the starter rope off of my brand spanking new lawnmower a few years ago. Now the only way to start it is to hand wind a rope around the shaft so that you get one pull before you stop to wind it up again.
If I'm getting ready to mow, I'm mad even under the best circumstances. But now I'm ready to go ape by about the third pull... One of these days when I'm already in a bad mood I might just fix that thing.