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Originally Posted by T Bogus
If you are Old School, then I must be Community College.
"Money? I ain't got no money. I don't need no money.
I don't have to show you any stinking money!"
...I download 90% of my music.   |
As I said, it can be paraphrased for any occasion.
Although, do you think I always had any money? Back in the day, there was this thing called, cutting the old ladie's and lazy slob's lawn. You know, otherwise known as a job. You might have heard the word used, on occasion.
Satchmo did some some serious lawn cutting in his day, and no sane kid messed with Satchmo's clientele. Even then at that early age, Satchmo showed his later and now more well known enterprising spirit, and started his own lawn cutting business with peons. Of course, there was no benefits paid and I didn't hire union.
There was however, the
War of the Lawns in 1974. Fortunately, we didn't have to go to the mattresses, and no one went swimming with the fishes.*
The funniest part, is that some of those early peons, are still peons all these years later. They have bigger titles and they're a whole lot better paid peons, who now also get great benefits, but peons nevertheless. Somewhow these particular peons always seem to miss the annual
Christmas Eve firings, which bring warmth to Satchmo's heart.
* For The Godfather fans, among you.
