There’s an old story about a Chinese farmer who buys a horse. A short while later, the horse runs away. Zirs neighbor says, “Oh, that’s bad news.” The farmer responds, “Good news, bad news, who can say?” Three days later, the horse returns, and with it, a herd of wild horses. Zirs neighbor, seeing zirs good fortune, congratulates zir on the good news. The farmer responds, “Good news, bad news, who can say?” The farmer gifts one of the horses to zirs son. Zirs son rides it, only to be thrown from its back, badly breaking zirs leg. “That’s bad news,” says the neighbor. The farmer replies, “Good news, bad news, who can say?” Days later, the emperor summons every able-bodied young man to fight in the war. The farmer’s son is spared. What good news. Good news, bad news, who can say? It all depends where the story ends. And that is the only thing in life we can predict. The only thing we truly know. Everybody’s story ends the same way. Death.
There’s an old story about a Chinese farmer who buys a horse.
A short while later, the horse runs away.
Zirs neighbor says, “Oh, that’s bad news.”
The farmer responds, “Good news, bad news, who can say?”
Three days later, the horse returns, and with it, a herd of wild horses.
Zirs neighbor, seeing zirs good fortune, congratulates zir on the good news.
The farmer responds, “Good news, bad news, who can say?” The farmer gifts one of the horses to zirs son.
Zirs son rides it, only to be thrown from its back, badly breaking zirs leg.
“That’s bad news,” says the neighbor.
The farmer replies, “Good news, bad news, who can say?”
Days later, the emperor summons every able-bodied young man to fight in the war.
The farmer’s son is spared.
What good news.
Good news, bad news, who can say? It all depends where the story ends.
And that is the only thing in life we can predict.
The only thing we truly know.
Everybody’s story ends the same way.
Death.
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(Read more: https://www.springfieldspringfield.co.uk/view_episode_scripts.php?tv-show=the-last-man-on-earth-2015&episode=s04e05)
Video: https://estream.to/embed-4soa0uz1piwm.html
Audio: https://soundcloud.com/mati-roy/the-story-of-the-chinese-farmer
Other: https://ask.slashdot.org/story/04/03/31/1420252/the-worst-development-job-youve-ever-had https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OX0OARBqBp0