Gotta Love The Old Guys

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Older and Wiser

A wealthy old lady decides to go on a safari in Africa, taking her faithful aged poodle named Cuddles along for company.

One day the poodle starts chasing butterflies and before long, Cuddles discovers that he's lost.  Wandering about, he notices a leopard heading rapidly in his direction with the intention of having lunch.

The old poodle thinks, "Oh, oh! I'm in deep doo-doo now!"  Noticing some  bones on the ground close by, he immediately settles down to chew on the  bones with his back to the approaching cat.  Just as the leopard is about to leap the old poodle exclaims loudly, "Boy, that was one delicious leopard!  I wonder if there are any more around here?"

Hearing this, the young leopard halts his attack in mid-strike, a  look of terror comes over him and he slinks away into the trees. "Whew!," says the leopard, "That was close!  That old poodle nearly had me!"

Meanwhile, a monkey who had been watching the whole scene from a nearby  tree, figures he can put this knowledge to good use and trade it for protection from the leopard.   So off he goes, but the old poodle sees  him heading after the leopard with great speed, and figures that something  must be up.  The monkey soon catches up with the leopard, spills the beans and strikes a deal for himself with the leopard.

The young leopard is furious at being made a fool of and says, "Here, monkey, hop on my back and see what's going to happen to that conniving canine!"

Now, the old poodle sees the leopard coming with the monkey on his back and thinks, "What am I going to do now?", but instead of running, the dog sits down with his back to his attackers, pretending he hasn't seen  them yet, and just when they get close enough to hear, the old poodle  says:  "Where's that damn onkey?  I sent him off an hour ago to bring me another leopard!"

Moral of this story...Don't mess with the old ones...age and treachery will always overcome youth and skill! B.S. and brilliance only come with age and experience!

Poodle

Poodle
The Poodle

The Poodle is a breed of dog. Poodles are intelligent, active dogs and come in varieties distinguished by size, color, and coat. Toy, miniature, and standard poodles are distinguished by adult shoulder height.

Poodles come in many colors including black, white, red, apricot, silver, and brown.

They also appear in parti-color, or multi-colors. While the multi-color poodles can not be shown in the American Kennel Club (AKC), Canadian Kennel Club (CKC) or any Fédération Cynologique Internationale (FCI) conformation ring, they can be shown in the United Kennel Club (UKC) show ring and in all performance rings