The 99 Club !!!

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The 99 Club !!!

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Once upon a time, there lived a King who, despite his luxurious lifestyle, was neither happy nor content.

One day, the King came upon a servant who was singing happily while he worked.
This fascinated the King; why was he, the Supreme Ruler of the Land, unhappy and gloomy, while a lowly servant had so much joy.
The King asked the servant, ' Why are you so happy?'
The man replied, ' Your Majesty, I am nothing but a servant, but my family and I don't need too much - just a roof over our heads and warm food to fill our tummies.'

The king was not satisfied with that reply. Later in the day, he sought the advice of his most trusted advisor.
After hearing the King's woes and the servant's story, the advisor said, '
Your Majesty, I believe that the servant has not been made part of The 99 Club.'
'The 99 Club? And what exactly is that?' the King inquired.

The advisor replied, ' Your Majesty, to truly know what The 99 Club is,
place 99 Gold coins in a bag and leave it at this servant's doorstep.'
So the king did like wise. When the servant saw the bag, he took it into his house.
When he opened the bag, he let out a great shout of joy... So many gold coins.

He began to count them. After several counts, he was at last convinced that there were 99 coins. He wondered,
'What could've happened to that last gold coin? Surely, no one would leave 99 coins!'
He looked everywhere he could, but that final coin was elusive.
Finally, exhausted, he decided that he was going to have to work harder than ever to earn that gold coin and complete his collection.

From that day, the servant's life was changed.
He was overworked, horribly grumpy, and castigated his family for not helping him make that 100th gold coin.
He stopped singing while he worked.

Witnessing this drastic transformation, the King was puzzled.
When he sought his advisor's help, the advisor said,
'Your Majesty, the servant has now officially joined The 99 Club.'

He continued,
' The 99 Club is a name given to those people who have enough to be happy but are never contented,
because they're always yearning and striving for that extra 1 telling to themselves:
'Let me get that one final thing and then I will be happy for life.'

We can be happy, even with very little in our lives,
but the minute we're given something bigger and better, we want even more!
We lose our sleep, our happiness, we hurt the people around us;
all these as a price for our growing needs and desires.
That's what joining The 99 Club is all about.
If its not broken, Your not trying hard enough!!

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I'm in the over 30 club.

It's crappy, I'm balding. :(
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noobas wrote:I'm in the over 30 club.

It's crappy, I'm balding. :(
Do you have any hair left? Im presuming so cause your "Balding" & not bald.....

grind42 wrote:The 99 Club is a name given to those people who have enough to be happy but are never contented
My point stands....
If its not broken, Your not trying hard enough!!

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Let me rephrase:

I'm in the over 30 club: woot!

I'm balding, but I still got lots of hair! it rawks!

:D :D :D :D :D
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Grind can i have 99 gold coins.. I know SA has lots of them. GImme
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This is sort of like the "glass half full" or "glass half empty" crew. :D
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Elrojo wrote:Grind can i have 99 gold coins.. I know SA has lots of them. GImme
They called Kruger Rands & yes SA has many but I have none :/ Sry
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Gimmeh.

That or 99 Iron Brew.
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Well, I never even got tp the 99 club in AO. Not even on the doorstep. I can say I like it, but I do have to look for greener grass I think. WTB user interaction, paying well.
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I love the story :)

Fluxxy....NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO where did j00 gooooooooooooooooooooooooo
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Commie-story!
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