SHORT BUT MOVING STORY
There once was a little boy who had a bad temper. His Father gave him a bag of nails and told him that every time he lost his temper, he must hammer a nail into the back of the fence. The first day the boy had driven 37 nails into the fence. Over the next few weeks, as he learned to control his anger, the number of nails hammered daily gradually dwindled down. He discovered it was easier to hold his temper than to drive those nails into the fence.... Finally the day came when the boy didn't lose his temper at all. He told his father about it and the father suggested that the boy now pull out one nail for each day that he was able to hold his temper. The day passed and the young boy was finally able to tell his father that all the nails were gone. The father took his son by the hand and led him to the fence. He said, "You have done well, my son, but look at the holes in the fence. The fence will never be the same. When you say things in anger, they leave a scar just like this one. You can put a knife in a man and draw it out. It won't matter how many times you say I'm sorry, the wound is still there."

I didn't understand if he lost nails playing golf or eating too much mayonnaise.

But what does that have to do with mayonaze?

The father is the professor I think. SUre the boy has bad temper because the professor ate all the mayonnaise

Franco, your confusing this story with the other about the proffessor and the mayonnaise or just trying to confuse everyone.. I though this was another GREAT read 121ace..Keep them coming. Thanks.

you're more than welcome JC

Maybe you all are mayonnaise addicted. But please don't eat that while playing golf against a bad temper player. That would be disappointing.

i think you are addicted to mayonnaise FRANCO.. you always talk about it. he he he..

You are right. Also i am addicted to gorgeouspil and to cooked spicy gremlins

all you need is a tube of liquid nail and you can patch that fence in a jiffy...

lol alaska you're so bloody funny, hahahaha, american reject!

Actually, you can fill in those holes, they do that now. Anger does not cause permanent damage. In fact, getting angry is good, it gets you in touch with the angers that others feel, so that you can better relate to them. It's a necessary biological process. Also, the kid should have hammered nails when he was not angry. Then, when he got angry, no hammering, so he would be disappointed because hammering is such a fun workout. Basically, the father was using the boy's laziness to teach him to be a pacifist. That's lame. Lame and lazy.

just like you eh? you good old canadian!

My father used the belt buckle across my ass to get me motivated. It worked every time!

you talk about this buckling as though you enjoyed it?