Train Encounter

This fellow who had spent his whole life away from civilization went to visit a friend. He’d never seen a train or the tracks they run on. While standing in the middle of the railroad tracks one day, he heard a screeching train whistle behind him, but not knowing what it was, he was hit — but only a glancing blow — and was thrown to the side of the tracks with some minor internal injuries, a few broken bones, and some bruises.

After weeks in the hospital recovering, he was back at his friend’s house attending a party one evening. While in the kitchen, he suddenly heard a tea kettle whistling. He ran and grabbed a baseball bat from the nearby closet and proceeded to batter and bash the tea kettle into an unrecognizable lump of metal.

His friend, hearing the commotion, rushed into the kitchen, saw what had happened and asked the man: "Why did you ruin my good tea kettle?"

The man replied: "You gotta take care these things while they’re still small."