The ant story - elections 2009

[marine1]

> The ant story:
>

>
> ORIGINAL VERSION:
>
> The ant works hard in the withering heat all summer long, building his
>
> house and laying up supplies for the winter.
>
>
>
> The grasshopper thinks the ant is a fool and laughs and dances and
> plays
> the summer away.
>
>
>
> Come winter, the ant is warm and well fed. The grasshopper has no food
> or
> shelter, so he dies out in the cold.
>
>
>
> MORAL OF THE STORY:
>
> Be responsible for yourself!

> MODERN VERSION:
>
> The ant works hard in the withering heat all summer long, building his
>
> house and laying up supplies for the winter.

> The grasshopper thinks the ant is a fool and laughs and dances and
> plays
> the summer away.

> Come winter, the shivering grasshopper calls a press conference and
>
> demands to know why the ant should be allowed to be warm and well fed
>
> while others are cold and starving.

> SABC1, 2 and 3 show up to provide pictures of the shivering
grasshopper
>
> next to a video of the ant in his comfortable home with a table filled
>
> with food. The world is stunned by the sharp contrast.

> How can this be, that in a country of such wealth, this poor
> grasshopper
> is allowed to suffer so?
>
>
>
> Kermit the Frog appears on Good Morning with the grasshopper, and
>
> everybody cries when they sing, 'It's Not Easy Being Green.'
>

> Demonstrations are held in front of the ant's house where the news
>
> stations film the group singing, 'We shall overcome.'
>
>
>
> TV commentators explain that the ant has gotten rich off the back of
> the
> grasshopper, and there are calls for an immediate tax hike on the ant
> to
> make him pay his fair share.

> Finally, the Government drafts the Economic Equity & Anti-Grasshopper
> Act
> retroactive to the beginning of the summer.
>
> The ant is fined for failing to hire a proportionate number of green
> bugs
> and, having nothing left to pay his retroactive taxes, his home is
>
> confiscated by the government and handed to relatives of the
> grasshopper.

> The grashopper instigates a lawsuit against the ant, and the case is
> tried
> under the watchfull eyes of the trade unions.

> The ant loses the case.

> The story ends as we see the grasshopper finishing up the last bits of
> the
> ant's food while the government house he is in, which just happens to
> be
> the ant's old house, crumbles around him because he doesn't maintain
> it.
> The ant has disappeared in the snow.

> The grasshopper is found dead in a drug related incident and the
house,

> now abandoned, is taken over by a gang of spiders who terrorize the
> once
> peaceful neighbourhood.

> MORAL OF THE STORY:
>
> Be VERY careful how you vote in 2009!!

 

[Weasley]

+1 made me LOL. And that's why i will probably vote for DA, not because they are White but because you actually hear about them doing something that up lifts the people. Like last year somethime helen was arrested for protesting against drug lords in CPT.

 

[marine1]

Yeah I remember that. I will vote DA too. I remember that COPE and the ANC are one in the same and both are responsible for the mess we are in today.

 

[stoke]

Good story.

 

[NameOfBeast]

Response to the SA Ant-Grasshopper Story

Very witty. Someone posted that story as a comment to a politicsweb article, and it received the following response (you need to scroll down to the comment section):
http://www.politicsweb.co.za/politicsweb/view/politicsweb/en/page71619?oid=116458&sn=Detail

Ungrateful Ants!!
The ants came by boat and found the grasshoppers living peacefully in a land with enough for everyone, ants and grasshoppers. But the ants were greedy and thought that they were chosen by God to rule the grasshoppers, the grasshoppers were however . .more peaceful and generous. Their land was forcefully removed from them and they were pushed to unproductive and unfertile land. The patience of the grasshoppers and their hope for peaceful co-existence was tested to unfathomable extents, until the grasshoppers organised themselves with the original intention of drowning the ants in the sea because they knew that despite the ants having superior technology the grasshoppers by far outnumbered them.
.....to be continued. . .less

by Ant eater (Skhokho) on February 04 2009, 15:02

Ungrateful Ants!----Continued
The grasshoppers were on the verge of annihilating the ants, of course with a considerable amount of casualties, but it would of been worth it. However, ubuntu prevailed on the side of the grasshoppers and a fearful expectation of drowning came upon the . .more ants, both sides did the reasonable and Godly thing and negotiated. But there would never be peace while the wrongs of the past and their consequences were not corrected. The ants were ungrateful for the forgiveness they were afforded but only God can forgive and forget. They wanted the grasshoppers to forget also, and they could not comprehend why the grasshoppers wanted an equitable share of the resources. The ants lived lavish lives and could not see why the grasshoppers were poor and uneducated, they could not understand that as it took generations to impoverish the grasshopper it would take even more time to bring things back to order. It takes years to build but days to destroy. Stop complaining and be grateful that this is nothing like post-liberation Africa. . .less

by Ant eater (Skhokho) on February 04 2009, 15:21
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[Snormossel]

The Ant story

ORIGINAL VERSION:

The ant works hard in the withering heat all summer long, building his house
and laying up supplies for the winter.

The grasshopper thinks the ant is a fool and laughs and dances and plays the
summer away.

Come winter, the ant is warm and well fed. The grasshopper has no food or
shelter, so he dies out in the cold.

MORAL OF THE STORY:
Be responsible for yourself!

MODERN VERSION:

The ant works hard in the withering heat all summer long, building his house
and laying up supplies for the winter.

The grasshopper thinks the ant is a fool and laughs and dances and plays the
summer away.

Come winter, the shivering grasshopper calls a press conference and demands
to know why the ant should be allowed to be warm and well fed while others
are cold and starving.

SABC1, 2 and 3 show up to provide pictures of the shivering grasshopper next
to a video of the ant in his comfortable home with a table filled with food.
The world is stunned by the sharp contrast.

How can this be, that in a country of such wealth, this poor grasshopper is
allowed to suffer so?

Kermit the Frog appears on Good Morning with the grasshopper, and everybody
cries when they sing, 'It's Not Easy Being Green.'

Demonstrations are held in front of the ant's house where the news stations
film the group singing, 'We shall overcome.'

TV commentators explain that the ant has gotten rich off the back of the
grasshopper, and there are calls for an immediate tax hike on the ant to
make him pay his fair share.

Finally, the Government drafts the Economic Equity & Anti-Grasshopper Act
retroactive to the beginning of the summer.
The ant is fined for failing to hire a proportionate number of green bugs
and, having nothing left to pay his retroactive taxes, his home is
confiscated by the government and handed to relatives of the grasshopper.

The grashopper instigates a lawsuit against the ant, and the case is tried
under the watchfull eyes of the trade unions.

The ant loses the case.

The story ends as we see the grasshopper finishing up the last bits of the
ant's food while the government house he is in, which just happens to be the
ant's old house, crumbles around him because he doesn't maintain it. The ant
has disappeared in the snow.

The grasshopper is found dead in a drug related incident and the house, now
abandoned, is taken over by a gang of spiders who terrorize the once
peaceful neighbourhood.

MORAL OF THE STORY:
Be VERY careful how you vote in 2009!!

 

[Amida]

Snorrie back to work!!

 

[Peder]

LOL!!!!

I like!!

 

[The_Pumpkin_King]

*yawn*

 

[PoenderHoesie]

The_Pumpkin_King *yawn*

/point
F^&*in Grasshopper

 

[Snormossel]

Snorrie back to work!!

He he he....

*yawn*

Troll.....

One word answers helps so much towards your grand total, doesn't it??

/point
F^&*in Grasshopper

+1000000000

 

[Kim_Webchick]

Brilliant lol

 

[xrapidx]

Ant Story - Please vote!

ORIGINAL VERSION:
The ant works hard in the withering heat all summer long, building his house and laying up supplies for the winter.

The grasshopper thinks the ant is a fool and laughs and dances and plays the summer away.

Come winter, the ant is warm and well fed. The grasshopper has no food or shelter, so he dies out in the cold.

MORAL OF THE STORY:
Be responsible for yourself!

MODERN VERSION:
The ant works hard in the withering heat all summer long, building his house and laying up supplies for the winter.

The grasshopper thinks the ant is a fool and laughs and dances and plays the summer away.

Come winter, the shivering grasshopper calls a press conference and demands to know why the ant should be allowed to be warm and well fed while others are cold and starving.

SABC1, 2 and 3 show up to provide pictures of the shivering grasshopper next to a video of the ant in his comfortable home with a table filled with food. The world is stunned by the sharp contrast.

How can this be, that in a country of such wealth, this poor grasshopper is allowed to suffer so?

Kermit the Frog appears on Good Morning with the grasshopper, and everybody cries when they sing, 'It's Not Easy Being Green.'

Demonstrations are held in front of the ant's house where the news stations film the group singing, 'We shall overcome.'

TV commentators explain that the ant has gotten rich off the back of the grasshopper, and there are calls for an immediate tax hike on the ant to make him pay his fair share.

Finally, the Government drafts the Economic Equity & Anti-Grasshopper Act retroactive to the beginning of the summer.
The ant is fined for failing to hire a proportionate number of green bugs and, having nothing left to pay his retroactive taxes, his home is confiscated by the government and handed to relatives of the grasshopper.

The grashopper instigates a lawsuit against the ant, and the case is tried under the watchfull eyes of the trade unions.

The ant loses the case.

The story ends as we see the grasshopper finishing up the last bits of the ant's food while the government house he is in, which just happens to be the ant's old house, crumbles around him because he doesn't maintain it. The ant has disappeared in the snow.

The grasshopper is found dead in a drug related incident and the house, now abandoned, is taken over by a gang of spiders who terrorize the once peaceful neighbourhood.

MORAL OF THE STORY:
Be VERY careful how you vote in 2009!!

 

[2CentsWorth]

The real story
An ant makes grasshoppers work hard in the withering heat all summer long, building his house and laying up supplies for the winter. The ant is well educated, and works a great job earning a big salary. The grasshoppers are poorly educated as they were not afforded, in terms of the country's legislation, the opportunity to attend the same high class schools the ant was. The grasshoppers are paid a minimum labourer's wage, which is barely enough to cover their transport costs. The ant splashes out on his own personal car, can afford to buy enough clothes not to wear the same thing every day, and can afford to vary his dietary intake daily without needing to eat the same meal day after day after day. The ant eats at least three meals a day, while the grasshopper is lucky to have one. The grasshopper thinks himself a fool because the ant's father and father before him thought the grasshopper's father and father before him was a fool.

Come winter, the shivering grasshopper calls a press conference and demands to know why the ant should be allowed to be warm and well fed while others are cold and starving.

SABC1, 2 and 3 show up to provide pictures of the shivering grasshopper next to a video of the ant in his comfortable home with a table filled with food. The world is stunned by the sharp contrast.

How can this be, that in a country of such wealth, this poor grasshopper is allowed to suffer so?

Kermit the Frog appears on Good Morning with the grasshopper, and everybody cries when they sing, 'It's Not Easy Being Green.'

Demonstrations are held in front of the ant's house where the news stations film the group singing, 'We shall overcome.'

TV commentators explain that the ant has gotten rich off the back of the grasshopper, and there are calls for an immediate tax hike on the ant to make him pay his fair share. The ant thinks this is unfair, and recalls fake memories of him slaving away all summer building his house and gathering food. He devises methods to avoid paying excess taxes, and employs a chartered accountant and other tax specialists to find ways to reduce his tax implications.

Finally, the Government drafts the Economic Equity & Anti-Grasshopper Act retroactive to the beginning of the summer.
The ant is fined for failing to hire a proportionate number of green bugs and, having nothing left to pay his retroactive taxes, his home is confiscated by the government and handed to relatives of the grasshopper. And then the ant wakes up and realises this was all just a bad dream. He realises that none of this is happening in South Africa, and he realises that perhaps his super negative outlook on life pales in comparison to the real negative reality 90% of all the grasshoppers face every day.

The grashopper thinks of instituting legal action against the ant, but few if any of the ant-run lawfirms is willing to take on a case pro-bono fighting the plight of the grasshoppers. So the grasshoppers just patiently wait for the next free and fair elections to keep voting the ants from gaining power.

The story ends as we see the grasshoppers turning to their government for help while the ants remain fat and healthy on the best foods and excellent healthcare their private money can buy. The grasshoppers watch as their shanty homes are swept away by floods, and while their cricket brothers are killed by cholera outbreaks. The ants blame the grasshopper government for all this, conveniently forgetting their own hand in it all. The ant complains a lot.

The grasshopper is found dead from TB and malaria, treatable diseases that were not treated sufficiently while the ant ruled the roost.

MORAL OF THE STORY:The ant will complain no matter what. The grasshopper will do the work the ant is not willing to do, put up with shocking health care, public transport, maize meal, a shack, flash floods and the ant's complaining. But, at least the grasshopper now gets to vote.

 

[xrapidx]

Yup - can see who you vote for.... hop along now...

 

[Alan]

Very good

 

[2CentsWorth]

Yup - can see who you vote for.... hop along now...

And who might that be?

Your story is factually incorrect. I would do a little more reading on South African history if I were you.

 

[Drunkard #1]

And who might that be?

Your story is factually incorrect. I would do a little more reading on South African history if I were you.

So is yours.

So when will it stop being the ant's fault? 10 years, no, that come and gone, 15 years, no, doesn't look like it, maybe 20 years, or 50 years. If we look across the ocean, American grasshoppers are still blaming ants for all their troubles.

Maybe the ants will stop being blamed in 10 000 years, but I wouldn't bet on it.

 

[xrapidx]

So is yours.

So when will it stop being the ant's fault? 10 years, no, that come and gone, 15 years, no, doesn't look like it, maybe 20 years, or 50 years. If we look across the ocean, American grasshoppers are still blaming ants for all their troubles.

Maybe the ants will stop being blamed in 10 000 years, but I wouldn't bet on it.

They'll only stop blaming the ant once there's nothing left - and everything has been consumed/destroyed.

 

[2CentsWorth]

So is yours.

So when will it stop being the ant's fault? 10 years, no, that come and gone, 15 years, no, doesn't look like it, maybe 20 years, or 50 years. If we look across the ocean, American grasshoppers are still blaming ants for all their troubles.

Maybe the ants will stop being blamed in 10 000 years, but I wouldn't bet on it.

It will take more than 1 generation mate. But then again it's completely pointless pointing out to you lot that the travesties committed by the Apartheid regime will take time to fix. And little ant and grasshopper stories spread as jokes by idiots is not doing that process any favours.

By the way, which of my corrections are factually incorrect?