happy to say I'm in the sweet spot in the middle!
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A wealthy old lady decides to go on a photo safari in Africa, taking her
faithful aged poodle named Cuddles, along for the company. One day the
poodle starts chasing butterflies and before long, Cuddles discovers that
she's lost. Wandering about, she notices a leopard heading rapidly in her
direction with the intention of having lunch. The old poodle thinks, "Oh,
oh! I'm in deep **** now!" Noticing some bones on the ground close by, she
immediately settles down to chew on the bones with her back to the
approaching cat. Just as the leopard is about to leap, the old poodle
exclaims loudly, "Boy, that was one delicious leopard! I wonder if there are
any more around here?" Hearing this, the young leopard halts his attack in
mid-strike, a look of terror comes over him and he slinks away into the
trees. "Whew!", says the leopard, "That was close! That old poodle nearly
had me!"


Meanwhile, a monkey who had been watching the whole scene from a nearby
tree, figures he can put this knowledge to good use and trade it for
protection from the leopard. So off he goes, but the old poodle sees him
heading after the leopard with great speed, and figures that something must
be up. The monkey soon catches up with the leopard, spills the beans and
strikes a deal for himself with the leopard. The young leopard is furious at
being made a fool of and says, "Here, monkey, hop on my back and see what's
going to happen to that conniving canine!" Now, the old poodle sees the
leopard coming with the monkey on his back and thinks, "What am I going to
do now?", but instead of running, the dog sits down with her back to her
attackers, pretending she hasn't seen them yet, and just when they get close
enough to hear, the old poodle says: "Where's that damn monkey? I sent him
off an hour ago to bring me another leopard!"


Moral of this story..


Don't mess with old farts...age and treachery will always overcome youth and
skill! Bullsh!t and brilliance only come with age and experience!