The following message was from Mike Camidge to the list but somehow, I'm
not sure how, Mike's name/e-mail address got knocked out of the CAMIDGE
mail list so the message "bounced" to me as "not a subscriber".
Mike,
I added your MSN address in to the CAMIDGE-L subscriber list. If you
want me to put your mike(a)camidge.org address back in for when you get
that address working again, just let me know. .... Warmest regards to
all the "quiet" CAMIDGEs on this list! .... From Cliff and Carolyn
Camidge... celebrating our 13th wedding anniversary!! Hurray!
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Subject: {not a subscriber} Fw: Hi... again!
Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2004 05:35:35 -0700
From: Michael Camidge <mikecamidge(a)msn.com>
To: CAMIDGE-L <CAMIDGE-L(a)rootsweb.com>,
Thought you might enjoy this.
By the way, our email address at
camidge.org is temporarily out of order. We can be
reached thru mikecamidge@msn.com<mailto:mikecamidge@msn.com> .
The creation of pets
Where do pets come from?
A newly discovered chapter in the Book of Genesis has provided the answer to "Where
do pets come from?"
Adam and Eve said, "Lord, when we were in the garden, you walked with us every day.
Now we do not see you any more. We are lonesome here, and it is difficult for us to
remember how much you love us."
And God said, "No problem! I will create a companion for you that will be with you
forever and who will be a reflection of my love for you, so that you will love me even
when you cannot see me. Regardless of how selfish or childish or unlovable you may be,
this new companion will accept you as you are and will love you as I do, in spite of
yourselves."
And God created a new animal to be a companion for Adam and Eve.
And it was a good animal.
And God was pleased.
And the new animal was pleased to be with Adam and Eve and he wagged his tail.
And Adam said, "Lord, I have already named all the animals in the Kingdom and I
cannot think of a name for this new animal."
And God said, "No problem. Because I have created this new animal to be a reflection
of my love for you, his name will be a reflection of my own name, and you will call him
DOG."
And Dog lived with Adam and Eve and was a companion to them and loved them.
And they were comforted.
And God was pleased.
And Dog was content and wagged his tail.
After a while, it came to pass that an angel came to the Lord and said, "Lord, Adam
and Eve have become filled with pride. They strut and preen like peacocks and they
believe they are worthy of adoration. Dog has indeed taught them that they are loved, but
perhaps too well."
And God said, "No problem! I will create for them a companion who will be with them
forever and who will see them as they are. The companion will remind them of their
limitations, so they will know that they are not always worthy of adoration."
And God created CAT to be a companion to Adam and Eve.
And Cat would not obey them. And when Adam and Eve gazed into Cat's eyes, they were
reminded that they were not the supreme beings.
And Adam and Eve learned humility.
And they were greatly improved.
And God was pleased.
And Dog was happy.
And Cat didn't care one way or the other.