Thursday, 10 January 2019

DOWN MEMORY "FOREST" LANE

EPISODE 5: DO WHAT I SAY AND NOT WHAT I DO
By C. Ramful (CFCEO), forestry_mauritius


My ex-boss, who was the brain behind several successful forestry projects, was also renowned to adore eating, drinking and merry-making.




Consequently, he landed up with some health issues for which he was put on a detox programme and had to follow a strict vegetarian diet.




One day he called me and confided how he was feeling rejuvenated and recharged. He lectured to me at length on the benefits of a vegetarian diet.Finally, he summed up exhorting me to become a vegetarian.


 I hesitatingly informed him that I am already a vegetarian for more than 25 years to which he nodded in appreciation. I discreetly started making a move towards the door.  Then, I mustered some courage and queried whether he was still on a vegetarian diet.


He naughtily smiled and replied “Have you ever seen a lion becoming vegetarian permanently? ‘’. I got my answer and left ruminating over the famous quote “Do what I say and not what I do

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