Them That Gots are Them That Gets

There is lyrics to a song entitled, "Love Makes the World Go Around." I would have an opposing contention to that premise. My contrary thought is that love has absolutely nothing to do with the traveling-direction of this world, however if we find love, we will be unconcerned about the world's destination.

 Personally, I find another quote or saying more interesting. It is frequently reported that circus owner, P. T. Barnum once said, "There's a sucker born every minute." Perhaps the saying is justified, however it was not P.T. who said it but instead it was uttered by George Hull, a competitor of Barnum's. I am convinced that both love and 'gullibility' run dual rails in the human DNA.

Making the case for gullibility, I offer those 'chain' letters that seemed frequent in my mail box years ago. I suppose on three different occasions, I sent my dollar bill to the first name on those lists and I am still waiting for my million dollars to roll-in; shows to go that U. S. Postal service is slow.
Love will often times serve as a catalyst to gullibility. I saw young guys with dates at summer carnivals 'throw away' good money trying to knock down those bottles or get that ring toss over the bottle so they might 'win' that coveted stuffed animal for their sweetie.

Once while working at my father's restaurant, I closed late at night and when I was walking across the parking lot at 1:00 A.M. a gentleman sped into the lot and motioned to me. He was wanting to sell me a 'hot' diamond ring. Perhaps I could have made a good buy and then again my gullibility urge could have been a 'fools-purchase;' I didn't bite that time. A few years later, I did allow my gullibility taste to  motivate a 'hot' jewelry buy outside Soulard's Market in South St. Louis and for a mere fifty bucks, I did very well.

Politicians garner many votes from the gullible public. Those politicians 'pander' to our group and we like their stroking; makes us feel important, therefore we support that person running for office. I spoke of our family restaurant earlier and I can tell you that restaurants 'could' purchase 'pressed' meats and sell it for steaks at a significant profit margin. However, as Abe once said, "You may fool all of the people some of the time, you can even fool some of the people all of the time, but you cannot fool all of the people all the time." I suppose the restaurant's gamble is predicated on the speculation of which group of fools eat out most often or finding out the percentage of Americans with a sensitive 'gag-reflex!'

I just wish that the federal government would offer once again a 'stimulus' rebate that they believe would encourage consumers to buy. Heavens, I'd gas-up the motor home and head to the casinos in Tunica, Mississippi and 'really' make some money!