Once upon a time, there was a wise sage who knew just what to say in every situation. When asked how he could always have exactly the right words, he told a story of a man who rode into town and saw a fence with a couple dozen targets drawn on it and a perfect bulls-eye shot into each one. Amazed at the accuracy, he asked around and found that this was the work of a boy named Johnny. He had to find this kid and when he did, he said, “What’s your secret?” The boy said, “I shoot, then I draw the target around it.” The wise sage concluded: “I have spent my life gathering stories and illustrations. They’re all in my head already. When a situation arises, it’s like someone shooting into the fence. I just pull out the story and draw it around the situation.”
Templo S.U.D. over 12 years ago
That’s cheating!
cdward over 12 years ago
This reminds me of a story I read once:
Once upon a time, there was a wise sage who knew just what to say in every situation. When asked how he could always have exactly the right words, he told a story of a man who rode into town and saw a fence with a couple dozen targets drawn on it and a perfect bulls-eye shot into each one. Amazed at the accuracy, he asked around and found that this was the work of a boy named Johnny. He had to find this kid and when he did, he said, “What’s your secret?” The boy said, “I shoot, then I draw the target around it.” The wise sage concluded: “I have spent my life gathering stories and illustrations. They’re all in my head already. When a situation arises, it’s like someone shooting into the fence. I just pull out the story and draw it around the situation.”
WaitingMan over 12 years ago
If you ain’t cheatin’, you ain’t tryin’.
QuietStorm27 over 12 years ago
I think Gracie did an excellent job, I couldn’t shoot an arrow like that.
bryan42 over 12 years ago
Clever, very clevvvver
tcreole over 12 years ago
What a great metaphor for analyzing debate performance!
“See, here’s why what the candidate said was actually a winner, because he MEANT…”
danlarios over 12 years ago
cute
Neat '33 over 12 years ago
Now if one would replace Danae with Gracie, WOW ! What possible great things could/would happen???
Comic Minister Premium Member over 12 years ago
Nice try Gracie.
The Orange Mailman over 12 years ago
Cute. I wonder how often this happens in real life. Something happens and we think, “Hey, it’s just like I planned.”
ginkens001 over 12 years ago
She’s not ready for “The Hunger Games” yet.
craigwestlake over 12 years ago
@Orange Mailman
Actually, that is standard protocol among photographers…
lcdrlar over 12 years ago
Good as an intimidating visual. Didn’t say how the arrow came to be in the bulls eye,
Potrzebie over 12 years ago
Ok, let’s see her now pretend to have fun while painting the fence in order to trick Baldo into painting it for her.